Wife in progress

Bad Ideas

alaurak — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:43:08 +0000

It is a bad idea to attempt to do yoga with a baby crawling around at your feet. It is also a bad idea to do said yoga in very baggy pants. The result: you’re doing yoga in your underwear, with your pants around your ankles, trying desperately to stay balanced and relaxed as a [...]

Emma in the New Year

alaurak — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:17:28 +0000

I want to start the year off right, so here are my latest and favorite Emma quotes: me: Emma! Don’t push your brother! Emma: (exasperated) Uh! I’m not pushing! I’m punching! While choosing lunch plates: me: Would you like green or pink? Emma: Umm. Pink. Daddy says geniuses pick green. me: Yeah? And do you know what a genius is? Emma: Well…um…not [...]

Lessons Learned

alaurak — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:02:55 +0000

We have now had our first two weeks of homeschooling and I think I’m starting to come back to an equilibrium. Week one went very well. I had planned out a daily schedule for us to follow, which involved me getting up before the children and even had time slots for specific chores I wanted [...]

Out of Retirement…

alaurak — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:25:59 +0000

And into a family of five! It has been quite a while, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to write anymore, but new developments have inspired me to begin again. In the last year we’ve increased our quaint little family of four to a family of five. Enter little Archer, who is now 4 months [...]

SAHAM, part II

alaurak — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:55:36 +0000

Two months later. Husband has pretty much been home since my last post. Now I am getting re-adjusted to married life again. And capable, opinionated Me is having a harder time adjusting. Marriage is not the same as roommates, and it’s not actually a right-or-wrong situation. It’s a give-and-take while still being a part of [...]

The Stay-at-Home-Alone-Mom

alaurak — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:30:24 +0000

For the past five months I have been in Nebraska with the kids and without the husband, mostly. He manages to swing through for a few days here and there, and we even had him for over a week once, but for the majority of the time he’s been either in California or traveling. It [...]

Sweet Spot

alaurak — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:47:18 +0000

I have a serious problem with sweets. Sugar is absolutely my drug (and yes, I know it is also probably my biggest hurdle in losing weight, but I’m not quite ready to admit that and give it up). Anyway, in case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been short on time lately, so this Twitter Tuesday, while [...]

Shape Up

alaurak — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:47:17 +0000

Every April, Vogue puts the focus of their magazine on the “celebration of size and silhouette,” and makes the emphasis of their articles on the female body in a more healthful, rather than just fashion-full, way. I was actually pleasantly surprised; perhaps because I was reading this at a time when my shape seems to [...]

Birthday Tea Party: The Plan

alaurak — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:48:38 +0000

Ok. I promised I would get some info up on throwing a tea party birthday, and I’ve been awfully slow on my follow-though. So here is part two, designed to give ideas for what to do at the party. I like to think of parties in four parts: craft project, games, cake, and presents. But [...]

How To Not Get Old

alaurak — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:28:58 +0000

I’m not sure Emma quite understands the concept of getting old, but here’s what she has to say on how not to get old, or die. “When you get old, you die. But you have to take medicine so you’re not old. That’s the only way. You’ll have to take medicine when you’re old so you [...]