**taken from Kelly.  I need to thank her for helping me (unintentionally) for giving me the idea for my first official post at my new home.  Hi my name is Dawn.  I go by many names--but my faves are honey and ma ma (sadly this one only happens are accident).  My students call me Dawn … Continue reading Hi My Name Is

Minnow is fast approaching being a year and a half. I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone. When I knew I was going to be a stay at home mom, I joined a stay-at-home moms group. It has been a great group and I don't know what I would have done without … Continue reading Growing Up

And where does he get off creating a "law"? I have been a victim. It will happen to all of us parents. Your spouse aka "the reliever" will go out of town. You will while trying to make dinner, cut your finger so that it bleeds as though you have cut off said finger--when in … Continue reading Who The Hell Is This Murphy Guy?

A short little story on our local news last night reinforced something I had always thought--if two buffalo are fighting one should not try to break up the fight. Sadly, a buffalo farmer tried to break up a fight between 2 of his buffalo when one got our of his own enclosure and entered that … Continue reading What Was He Thinking?

Sadly, a 7-month old baby was left to die in a hot car yesterday.  The mom is a pediatrician and the dad a medical researcher.  This was not the result of neglect, but the result of multi-tasking and lack of communication.  My immediate reaction to the story was "How the hell can you forget that … Continue reading Could This Happen To You?