Archive - March 2014

My kids love to make up jokes.  Here’s the latest: Which state has the smallest sodas? Minnesota!!!! In fact, they have inspired me to try my hand at penning riddles.  So I have one for you: How do you feed a vegetarian from Iowa? You can’t. Vegetarians don’t exist in Iowa. Admittedly not a zinger.  But I am from Iowa.  And if there is ever a meat-loving place on earth, it is the Corn State.  (I know.  That nickname doesn’t make much sense.  It should be the Ribeye State or the One-Inch-Thick-Pork-Chop-the-Size-of-Your-Head State.)  And years back when Paul McCartney performed…

Today, and for today only (ok, that’s a lie but it sounds good), I am passing the Pot-Shot Bull’s Eye over to my dear husband.  I don’t think he’ll mind as he has been forewarned and didn’t tell me to leave him alone.  I share many of my own snafus and fallacies with PulseonParenting and the time has come for my husband to do the same. Although I am doing it for him.

I’m not sure what “drops” after the “other shoe,” but let’s just say this:  whatever it is did so in a big way the other morning. I could see it coming and managed to stick to my guns and let it happen.  I had only one primal scream (in private, I might add) as a result.  Which is good, isn’t it?  And I think lessons were learned by all. Ownership is a tough skill to master, and it’s not only a challenge for kids…we adults struggle as well.  As parents, we work daily to take and keep charge of our…

It’s only a matter of time before the other shoe drops.  Due to acclimation, burnout, or poor motivation, the honeymoon has to end sometime.  In this case, “sometime” is seven days. But no way, no annulment here.  I don’t give up easy.  Never have and never will.  Ownership is way too important a life skill to just toss out like yesterday’s news.  My kids and I are going to see this one through. And be all the stronger for it. Isn’t it true?  We get the Perfect Plan off on the right foot, feel good about the initial success, and…