Memorandum December 10, 2010 To: My Family From: Fed-Up Carol Anne/Mama Re: Agreement If I agree to work a full-time job plus a part-time job to keep a roof over our heads, bills paid, refrigerator stocked and some other fun
Life With The Eldest
A one minute clip from this YouTube video sums up my life right now. The whole thing is funny, but the apart most applicable to me starts at 50 second into the video. It’s safe, clean, and funny. Enjoy. Then,
Car Living
My kids always wondered how we’d power our computers if we ever had to live in our cars, under a bridge. I found this today on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/2bl47bc Carol Anne Wall St. Paul, MN cawall@msn.com thewallsofstpaul.blogspot.com
Just Another Sunday on the Bleachers
At least this time I'll have video. Posted later… Sent using AT&T Xpress Mail
When Sisters Sleep in the Same Room…
…some rules must be written down. Sent using AT&T Xpress Mail
Wiped Out
By this time, 10 years ago, I think I was out cold on the hard hotel bed. John and I had spent the day touring the Forbidden City, which seemed not only Forbidden but Forever (as in going on forever
In Beijing…
By now we would have landed in Beijing, walked through the smoky, silent corridors of the new airport in Beijing. It would be 6:30 pm. Made it through incoming customs and security posts, picked up the luggage. Oops, forgot there
10 years ago this minute
I was sitting in a 747 in the Detroit airport, wishing I had several drinks under my belt, scared to death, waiting for take-off for Beijing. And so, the overseas portion of our trip to Sarah began. Sent using AT&T
Girls Shopping Trip
Of course no girls trip is complete without a token male. Aren’t we lucky SpongeBob was nearby? At the MOA right now, after purchasing unmentionables. Enjoying refreshment at Starbucks. Then off to American Girl, and home. A full 2 hours.
The Girl’s a Genius
Maybe not technically a genius, but I know Rachel is pretty darn smart. As I have told some of my friends, she is a frightening child — the depth of her thinking is not typical of her age. That I