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Ladies First, Please.

by Shannon on 04. Nov, 2009 in School Drama, Teen Trials

All of you parents with elementary aged school children, be warned: by the time your kid reaches high school, make sure you have lots of money, power tools, and great neighbors. My oldest son Tyler is a Junior, and in Physics this year. Somehow I lucked out of Physics in both High School and College. I do [...]

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Are you Ready For Some Football?

by Shannon on 10. Sep, 2009 in School Drama, Stadium Seats

This week we had our first Middle School Football scrimmage for Thing 2 and Thing 3 at my house. Of course with my luck, they were on the same day, at opposite stadiums. Decisions, decisions. 

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The Wonders of Open House

The Wonders of Open House

by Shannon on 04. Sep, 2009 in Random Mom, School Drama

Last night was the Middle School Open House. I really did not want to go.  Ohmygoodnesssplease I could think of a million other things to do than run around the middle school from 7 to 9:30 pm on a weeknight. I would have looked for a way out of it, except for one reason: Jordan.

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Dear Google.

by Shannon on 31. Aug, 2009 in School Drama

Dear Google, I want to say thank you. Last week, during the first week of school, my sixteen year old son announced that he’d figured out all by himself what ‘natural numbers’ are. Well, I think it was natural numbers. Whatever it was, it sounded hard, and what he was looking up was for his [...]

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And English is Terribly Boring

And English is Terribly Boring

by Shannon on 26. Aug, 2009 in School Drama

I arrived home today from my work trip to Dallas, still feeling some of the mom guilt that crept up on me for missing the first few days of school. I’m sure the fatigue I was feeling had nothing to do with the 4 hours of beauty rest I got in the hotel, or the [...]

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Like Sands Through The Hourglass

Like Sands Through The Hourglass

by Shannon on 25. Aug, 2009 in School Drama

If you live anywhere near me and happened to look outside yesteday and see someone doing cartwheels down the street in their pajamas, that was probably yours truly. The school year is off to a start, and if the State of Texas started school on a weekend, I would have been toasting myself yesterday with [...]

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I’m Just Saying….

I’m Just Saying….

by Shannon on 24. Aug, 2009 in A Working Mom, School Drama

If you’re like me, and a working mom, here are a few tips if you happen to be out of town on the first day of school: 1.) Don’t stop at a truck stop on your trip and buy beef jerky, praline rolls, AND Diet Cokes to eat on your trip, if you are overcome [...]

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