Fern's blog

The tinny ring of an alarm clock jars you out of bed at 6 a.m.

Cat is clawing at the window
Your hair is standing on end
You're freezing your a double s off.

you get the house warm
Kids up--read more

I'm beat! Why can't my household just be normal. Or is it and I just don't know it?

I sometimes wonder what possesses people to have kids, but I guess that's pretty obvious. What then, can you tell me, is the reason they also end up with a passel of pets?--read more

It began all over again yesterday on the way home from the dentist office. Up til then everything was fine. We always have breakfast after the appointments and then back to school.

He (DS12) wolfed down his breakfast like he hadn't had a meal in a week. A Big Breakfast it was. . .bacon, eggs, bisquit, hashbrowns, but minus the gravy. Boy,was it ever good if the look on his face was anything to go by.--read more

It's been a wild day around here today. It got me to thinking about cause and effect. I found it interesting to break it down. Try breaking down your day!

Effect: I shut the alarm off setting my day on a downhill slide (lateness).--read more

You know, growing up way back when, the word "unmentionables" referred to many things. First thing that comes to mind was underwear. You just didn't refer to it with its specific name. No way! You couldn't even leave your unmentionables on top of the laundry basket. They had to at least be covered by a towel. --read more

Do you ever wonder "Why Me?" Those words have been running like a ticker tape through my head for days now.

It started with a severe onslaught of allergy symptoms after having a cookout, which turned out perfect, by the way. It's that can't sleep, can't breathe, sore throat kind of stuff, where your throat only stops hurting when something is going down it and you only ever get one nostril working at a time.--read more