LYNNABEL's CalorieKing Blog
I have received some very touching inquiries from many of you about my sister and her work in Haiti. She is keeping a blog now, and here is the link:
http://enhaiti.blogspot.com/
I get to see her in just over a week and I can't wait.
Will is 4.37 years old.
Will brought home from school a picture he drew of 4 people. I asked him who the largest person in the picture was. Ellen he said. Then I asked him who the next largest person was, who has no face. Me he said. Then I ask him who the 3rd and very small person was. Some kid he says. Then I ask him who the 4th person is. The kids friend.
I havent stopped laughing since he told me all this. I can take from this that a) his sister rules his uni...
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I took Friday and today off of work to use up my PTO. It has been both nice and not nice. Its been great to see the kids so much and being to hug and kiss them whenever I want to, but I've been experiencing a lot of anxiety.
Part of the progress I've made over the past six months is that I'm taking time to stop and really analyze my anxiety - essentially I'm making time to figure out the source of it, and this is where I'm getting much better - addressing it. Whether its as big as having a ...
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I have so much to write about but no time. I just wanted to stop by with one thing - it isn't often that life hands you such a satisfying vindication of having taken the high road, but it happened to me. I was on a business trip with my new supervisor earlier this week and over the course of a few days she told me that before working with me she had had no idea how much I did, how compenent I was, how warm a person I am, and that she has gone to each person she said unkind things about me to and...
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" P. N. O. T. - that spells 'milk'! " - Ellen
" Oh, maaaan! " - Ellen
" Where are the stickers? Hmmm (finger tapping on her lips) - Wait! (holding up her pointer finger) I have a clue! " - Ellen
" Oh, goodness! (hands on cheeks) Where is the big dragon? I don't know. Dragon! Where are you? " - Ellen
(wagging her finger at me) " No pooping in the tub, Mommy " - Ellen
She's 2. Going on 13. When I'm not laying down with a co...
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