tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223Sat, 08 Nov 2025 20:08:23 +0000My Life in PicturesMy Cute KidsParentingAbout the GirlUpdatesAround WisconsinDaily DrivelHolidaysCrazy FamilyFamily FunFlickrLove and MarriageRantsWeirdnessFoto FridayHome SchoolingMemesMotherhoodSad ThingsThe BeastsThursday ThirteenBlah Blah BlahDailysFriendsI'm Just Sayin'KidismsListsMakes You WonderTellin' it like it isThe Walk of FaithVacationsADHDBirthdaysCool PeopleCoolnessDepressionDomesticityFluffLife in MilwaukeeLinkiesMom's Brag BookPop CultureSnooBabyBlog StuffBoston TerriersCritter TalkRules to live byThat's LifeThe Girl RantsThe Girl's a TouristYears Gone Bybreastfeedingcurrent eventsWarning! Motherhood isn't for wimps. I'm plodding through motherhood one clogged toilet at a time and I'm still loving it. My life is full of beauty and craziness. I've decided I'm officially going insane, would you like to come along?http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger302125en-usnoWarning! Motherhood isn't for wimps. I'm plodding through motherhood one clogged toilet at a time and I'm still loving it. My life is full of beauty and craziness. I've decided I'm officially going insane, would you like to come along?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-2393334892493626526Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:03:00 +00002009-05-01T10:14:20.448-05:00BabyMotherhoodInspector Diaper. Do-doot-do-doot-doot-do. Yeah, there I said it. I've been sifting through the poo like I’m some sort of top secret investigator on a mission. You know that slime in Ghost Busters? Well, I think it's in Eva's diaper. Either that or the The Teens are pulling a prank on me. (Hey, let’s Nickelodeon slime the baby’s diaper when she’s not looking.) You know, just so they can gauge my http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2009/03/call-me-inspector.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4953765581936898975Sat, 17 May 2008 20:28:00 +00002009-06-02T15:42:05.672-05:00Do not read ifFrom The Electric New Paper, SingaporeThe earthquake in China unleashed one of the most powerful forces on earth - love.Whether it is a mother saving her child, a female cop breastfeeding lost infants or celebrities moved to act, it was there like a comforting blanket amid the pain, grief and heartbreak.Perhaps one of the most powerful examples of these acts of love is the last http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2008/05/mothers-inscinct.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-2449331674989373268Sat, 17 May 2008 20:28:00 +00002009-06-02T15:36:44.867-05:00breastfeedingcurrent eventsMooch was super excited this morning and kept waking us up. I have no idea what time it was the first two times she came in, but by the third time I figured we had better get up.This was after I shouted, "Never! You will never get me out of this warm bed!" I then threw my Christmas orange at her. I never was a morning person as my poor family can attest to. They used to come into the room with http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-1161187570778858251Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:37:00 +00002007-12-16T19:17:04.765-06:00Around WisconsinI'm Just Sayin'This is national news. I'm sure Jose Sanedoval's Momma is proud, he's certainly given the country something to talk about. Now when people think of Wisconsin they'll think of beer, cheese, and blow-up dolls?Mr. Sanedoval is accused of stealing "dolls" from an adult store. Apparently he was being drunk and stupid, which I'm sure is the least of his problems.A criminal complaint that has been filedhttp://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/12/makin-momma-proud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-6342197803925379120Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:19:00 +00002008-01-01T00:19:49.816-06:00KidismsParentingUpdatesToday is the first day after Thanksgiving vacation that I have attempted to get back into our routine after having spent the last week sick with the flu. Today was also a day for a little s*x education. I'll get to that later. Sticking to a routine and schedule is extremely hard for my kids. People with ADHD tend to reject order, routines, planning ahead, and waiting their turn- not to mention a http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/12/chaos-among-order.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-7764307358063690744Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:24:00 +00002007-12-05T00:41:12.981-06:00DailysUpdatesVacationsI will driving to Michigan either tonight or tomorrow to spend Thanksgiving with my grandma. We're very much looking forward to being with her, but not to the strange smells during the eight hour car ride or the horrid traffic through Chicago. Not to mentoned the bazillion tolls on the way through. I tell you the truth that you might as well just drive around flinging dollar bills out the window http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/11/thanksgiving-without-martha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-225668277143765101Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:26:00 +00002007-12-23T23:20:41.821-06:00Family FunLife in MilwaukeeMy Life in PicturesThis is our third year going to the Milwaukee Christmas parade and it has become a little tradition we look forward to every year. My husband's company provides bleacher seats and complimentary peppermint cocoa, apple cider, coffee, and Christmas cookies. The children must have cast on a spell on me this year because I actually volunteered to take two of their friends without their even bringing http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/11/kickin-off-holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-6261894689510753333Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:00:00 +00002007-12-16T19:25:09.626-06:00DailysHolidaysMy Life in PicturesAnother year has almost come and gone. This year I'm not that big on Halloween. LiL' J wants to know why we don't have scary spiders, vampires, and ghosts like the neighbor kid has. I told him to go ask his father.I'm too busy keeping up with the scariness of my own house. I got Squishy's (an alternative nickname) costume at the new Costco in Grafton, Wisconsin, about a month ago. He's the black http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/10/sugar-highs-and-bad-wigs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-318740589825384119Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:48:00 +00002008-01-06T23:52:18.908-06:00Boston TerriersCritter TalkMy Life in PicturesIt’s a girl! Oh wait; it’s a boy…and another boy! Congrats to Holly Bear of Waterford, Wisconsin.She's now a first time mom of three. One of our best friend’s Boston terrier just had a litter of pups. This is her first litter and will be her last. Holly is a tiny thing and was bred with Max of Brian’s Bostons. She’s the daughter of Nika the 2nd and she’s the most adorable little purse Boston you http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/10/dogs-are-moms-too.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-5920805057093998595Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:05:00 +00002007-11-06T15:06:15.336-06:00About the GirlParentingAs some of you may know, my threshold for caffeine tolerance is low. In fact, up until a few years ago, I couldn't even tolerate one cup of chai without going bezerk. Let's just say the house has never been cleaner then when I've had a bit too much of the stuff. Not too mention I hate like a crazy person.Which isn't really unusual, but that's not the point I'm trying to make. Over the last few http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/10/ive-learned-my-lesson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-2950642804851219935Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:59:00 +00002007-09-27T12:44:59.537-05:00Today was LiL' J's first day of second grade. He goes to a small christian school which is part of our church. It's a K4-12th school. Like all schools, it has its good sides and its bad sides, but I'm very thankful and grateful that LiL' J is there and that he does so well. I am going to miss him during the day, but it will be a lot easier to homeschool the others and get back to more housework. http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/1st-day-of-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-216806294148198586Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:38:00 +00002007-08-30T11:28:49.895-05:00Crazy FamilySad ThingsI just found out via round about way, through an email sent by my mom, that my aunt's husband of twenty years died of cancer two weeks ago. He was fighting the cancer for over a year and a half. He left behind a seventeen year old daughter and a daughter who I think is about twenty years old.I had no idea. The real kicker is that the email wasn't really about the death itself. The email wasn't http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4280515178706236531Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:18:00 +00002007-11-05T10:53:14.285-06:00Family FunHome SchoolingMy Life in PicturesToday I took the kids to an edible plants field trip. I'm not sure it was entirely all that interesting, but it got us out of the house and we did learn a few new things. Like, mosquitoes are taking over the world, or at least southeast Wisconsin. Oh, and you can eat certain plants in the wild. You just need to know which ones won't give you the runs or make you want to sandpaper your tongue http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/sure-go-ahead-eat-grass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4059079470323462776Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:11:00 +00002007-08-30T10:37:19.769-05:00Pop CultureI am coming out of hiding for just a moment. The Husband is watching Big Brother upstairs on the bed because he's hurt his back for the millionth time. I keep trying to tell him he needs to ditch his secret dream of being a ballet star. It just doesn't suit his body type. Those pirouettes will kill ya. I've gotten to where I can't stand the show anymore so I hijacked his laptop and I'm downstairshttp://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-have-vision.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-9185212022606559884Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:51:00 +00002007-11-06T12:06:33.458-06:00Love and MarriageThe Husband and I were sitting in bed last night, where the magic rarely happens, seeing as though The Children don't know that they're not suppose to stand outside our locked door and ask questions like-How come they call it a sandwich when there's no sand it in? Or my favorite is when they knock on the door and shout into the crevice- I'M BORED. Anyways, we were watching a movie and I was http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/pillow-talk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-498799166287184072Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:33:00 +00002007-11-06T12:10:54.464-06:00ParentingThe Walk of FaithWhat do they have in common. Well, when you're seventeen, you figure out a way to put two of your favorite thing together. J, Snoo, and Mooch are all in Staten Island right now on a youth group missions trip. They're teaching VBS to neighborhood New Yorkers and tonight at VBS ten kids got saved. One of the kids was a boy from Brooklyn who J described as the quintessential New Yorker. He's in 5th http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/pizza-and-jesus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-7651592085772809593Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:48:00 +00002007-09-27T11:48:47.790-05:00Love and MarriageMy Life in PicturesVacationsToday my brother-in-law and his new bride took us all to SeaWorld. I'm sure he and The Husband could have gotten along quite well without being subjected to the tortures of yet one more visit with Shamu. But my brother-in-law is now a married man and so therefore his life is never the same. He will happily live alongside pink poofy things, EBay envelopes, and more shoes than anyone ever thought http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/07/postcards-from-seaworld.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-1159034056662461402Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:30:00 +00002007-11-06T14:24:45.929-06:00DailysMy Life in PicturesVacationsToday's postcards...Greetings, from sometimes sunny San Diego. The wedding rush is finally over, but I was not allowed to pass out because today my ever so generous, tiny, beautiful new sister-in-law treated both our family and her family from Taiwan to a day at the zoo. My mother-in-law came, but somehow The Husband and his brother managed to dodge this family outing. I think they said somethinghttp://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/07/hello-from-san-diego-zoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4370752569208263193Wed, 09 May 2007 18:54:00 +00002007-08-16T19:32:16.218-05:00Friendly greetings. I know I vanished again. For that, I am sorry. What a wretched woman I am. I have good reasons though and some good news. I will have blog posts. Lots of blog posts and lots of photos. However, they will be currently unpublished and will be published sometime in the future. When I'm home I'll try to keep up with your flickr streams and blogs. You can still email me at http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/08/pssthey-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-7582212593320815694Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:27:00 +00002007-08-31T16:26:35.881-05:00Daily DrivelUpdatesYes, I know it has been almost two and a half months since I posted. In my defense, The Husband changed the PC set up again and since I have to use his computer now, I'm at his mercy. Between coming out of what felt like three month long bad mood and computer problems I've just been burnt out and unmotivated. Our TV is now a gigantic monitor. The keyboard and the mouse are wireless and the desk http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/04/hello-goodbye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4318307820316908645Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:32:00 +00002007-11-06T14:42:25.575-06:00Thursday ThirteenThirteen Things about Butterfly Girl1. I dislike my job. Leaving my husband and kids for $7.50 an hour is so not worth my time and effort, even if it's only two or three days a week. I'm quitting soon. 2. The man that fell and fractured his leg called me where did he get my numberto ask me if I'd write up a statement for his lawyer-he'd like a summary of what I saw and what the condition of the http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/02/thursdays-thirteen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-4160220018350568587Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:01:00 +00002007-08-31T16:27:12.004-05:00ADHDHome SchoolingParentingKids by the Dozen is a new set of specials on the TLC channel. There's the Heppner family with their sixteen children, the Jeub family with their nest of thirteen, and the Arndt family with their fourteen children. I can't attest to whether or not I have that all correct, but do forgive, I can't even keep my own four children straight lately, and that's the solemn truth.I suppose these shows are http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/01/kids-by-dozen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-6241810419224716335Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:13:00 +00002007-08-18T15:44:55.286-05:00The last two weeks has been very odd around here. First it started with the fire, then a few days later The Husband got in a mild car accident, so mild the only thing damaged is the bumper of our new car. And maybe his pride. The next day I hurt my thumb so badly I thought it was broke and I had to cashier with ice on my hand all night. (I hate that I have to work PT right now, but I'm doing whathttp://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/01/something-wicked-comes-this-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422223.post-7265034305488105399Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:35:00 +00002007-08-18T16:17:54.431-05:00ParentingOur children couldn't be anymore contary lately. It's time for some major prayer and fasting, or perhaps just a really big whacker. I can dress them up to look like the cute human beings that I know deep down they really are, but I just can't take them out.I thought it would be nice to take The Kids out to Applebees. I hate that place, but they all love it. We rarely take them all out at once http://butterflyinjesus.blogspot.com/2007/01/no-such-luck.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)