Category Archives: Appetizer for Life

Back To The Future: My Binders Full of Women

Posted on by November 29, 2012

I love Halloween. And I don’t mean in the wild-about-zombies kind of way. I just like to dress up and see other people’s costumes. My faves are the homemade ones.

I have a friend who makes these crazily intricate costumes for her whole family. One year, they were characters from Toy Story and I remember her trying to think of different ways she could make Buzz Lightyear’s space helmet. This year her son is going as a turtle and according to Facebook, she turned to … Read more ...

Back To The Future With She’sWrite

Posted on by November 13, 2012

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….

I’ve decided we’re going to do a little Back To The Future trip on She’sWrite. I’ve been bogged down with other things, I haven’t taken the time out to write for myself, and that’s why I started this blog in the first place.

I’ve started posts and never gotten back to them, or finished them but haven’t taken the time to hit “Publish.” So hop on in with me in the Delorean as we go Back To … Read more ...

One Little Girl Gave Me A Much-Needed Reality Check

Posted on by October 15, 2012
AndrewEick

It’s been a long week. Hubby left for Berlin on business on Sunday night and returned Thursday evening. Friday midday he left again, but this time for a boys’ trip at our alma mater Mizzou.

AndrewEickSo I’ve been flying solo this week with my two little guys, and my youngest has croup, which means not much sleep for me and the need for an extra dose of patience as my poor baby is extra clingy, whiney, and just plain doesn’t feel good.

On Friday, I … Read more ...

We Did It! Pretty Muddy Was Pretty Awesome

Posted on by October 9, 2012

It’s days later and I am still finding dirt. It’s behind my ears, under my nails and in other crevasses you don’t want to hear about.

Me and my girls finished the Pretty Muddy race. It was a fabulous 5K with about 10 obstacle courses on beautiful farmland in Chicago’s far south suburbs. The morning festivities started off at my house,

Before the Pretty Muddy race.

where three of us piled into my friend’s new Honda Pilot. (Her husband was adamant that he was … Read more ...

Remember That One Time, When We Tried To Kill The Teacher?

Posted on by August 30, 2012

It’s that time of year again. When everyone’s Facebook stream is filled with back-to-school pictures. In light of the education-themed hue our social networks have been filled with, I share with you a post Children of the cornabout how in elementary school we tried to snuff out our teacher.

I wrote it for one of my very good bloggy friends at Coffee Lovin’ Mom. The theme was to be Coffee Confessions and I found my fingers clicking out the sordid tale on my keyboard. You can check … Read more ...