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Tree Farm Cheaters

Lindsay Maddox — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:27:13 +0000

It was around the time when kid #2 came along that I gave up the idea of going to a farm every year to chop down our own tree. That was what I had grown up doing and I have fond memories of candy canes and coco and that freshly cut tree smell. When the twins came along, any inkling of tree farm hope I had held disappeared. Love my kids and their busy-ness… don’t love the idea of going out in the freezing cold to a super muddy farm to try and pick out a tree while simultaneously trying to chase down runaway two-year-olds and prevent them from getting stabbed by wayward saws or otherwise injured by stumps or other random tree farm paraphernalia.

Distractions: The good and the ugly.

Lindsay Maddox — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:59:30 +0000

Day Four of Clint’s Unemployment: It’s just a normal Saturday.

It struck me this morning how today seemed totally normal. Clint was home, but he was supposed to be home, since it’s Saturday. Our family dynamic was the same as it usually is on Saturday. It all seemed comfortingly normal. It helped that we had distractions all day long. Mine started first thing.

My ladies.

Lindsay Maddox — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:50:31 +0000

Day Two of Clint’s Unemployment: The day of le sigh.

This was my fortune at dinner. I'm not sure I want *everything* to come my way. Sounds overwhelming.

Thank goodness for Renee.

Lindsay Maddox — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:07:00 +0000

Every November for the past few years, I have made it a point to post one thing I’m thankful for every (okay, almost every) day. First, it was Facebook posts, then last year I turned it into blog posts. It has been good for me, particularly in the month that begins the holiday season, to make it a point to find one thing I’m thankful for each day.

Read more on Thank goodness for Renee….

Wyatt is going as “Dead Meat” for Halloween.

Lindsay Maddox — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:02:25 +0000

Here’s the back story:

Wyatt and Zander have decided that they’d rather play than nap at naptime. They’ve been crazy. There have been more poop stories. They’ve been jumping around the room and falling off of the bed. It has been stressful, especially since two two-year-olds minus naps equals craaanky toddlers in the evening.

Adiós, Septiembre (That’s “Goodbye, September” in the English): A month of birthdays, education and guitars.

Lindsay Maddox — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:52:18 +0000

What a month!

First, the twinkies turned the big two, but we missed it because we were away on the Weekend of Bliss. They were in good hands with Clint’s mom, though, and got presents and cupcakes to round out a proper two-year-old birthday celebration.

Overestimating my abilities?

Lindsay Maddox — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:29:16 +0000

Occasionally, I get a wild impulse to take on some do-it-yourself project, as was the case in my bathroom facelift last year. It’s funny, this concept of impulse. Truly, the way it works is that something has been bugging me for too long and finally, one day, I can’t take it anymore, so I decide to fix it. So really, it has been stewing in my mind forever, but the actual act of taking on the project is impulsive.

Why I love 9-11.

Lindsay Maddox — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:12:43 +0000

I haven’t watched TV all week. I have flipped the channel every single time any 9-11 coverage has come on. It isn’t to shield my kids from the terror. It isn’t because I’m not patriotic. It isn’t because I don’t want to remember.

My Newest Obsession

Lindsay Maddox — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:43:24 +0000

I have what I think could be considered an “obsessive personality.” I know it, I recognize it and yanno what? I love it. It’s what brings out spontaneity in me, what drives me to push myself beyond the norm, it’s what gets me out of the rut that we all fall into. It’s why I started and have continued running. It’s why I write and blog. It’s why I started doing web design. (P.S. Huge plug here, but I am working on this website and I’m excited at how it’s turning out!)

A Weekend of Bliss

Lindsay Maddox — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:07:50 +0000

Oh my gosh, you guys. I have to tell you about the weekend I just had.

Here’s how it started:

Received invitation to one of my best friend’s weddings and saw that was a whole weekend family-friendly ordeal in May