Follow my blog with Bloglovin Like a majority of my posts here I am going to have to come up with a title after I am done writing. I might just call it, “Bla, Bla,” or “Title This” to get some suggestions. What do you think? As I am writing this I realize that I don’t have any good or new photos from my phone to add. Maybe I should just post random family photos from the past few months. I know I have quite a few saved on this…
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A Random Rant From The Zoo
I love being a mom and I especially love having five children. I would not change anything for the world. Each one of my kids are special, unique and bring me joy every single day. There is never a dull moment in my home and every day brings new surprises. But recently I have come to realize that raising five children also takes my time and attention away from other activities that I enjoy. As their mother it is my responsibility to make sure that the home that they live…
Read MoreHow Blogging Has Changed Over the Past 6 Years
When I started blogging back in 2007 it was so easy. Writing on my blog was my way of escaping from reality. I would write a few paragraphs and forget about my newborn and postpartum depression for a couple of hours. Back then when I was still learning how to grow my blog, professional bloggers emphasized the importance of creating discussions on your blog through comments. The best way to get readers was to comment on other blogs. For the first couple of years I did that every single day.…
Read MoreThe Yelling Has to Stop!
But sometimes I can not control myself. Last evening was one of those times. Every week Chris is out of town from Tuesday to Thursday. This week he is in Seattle. For some strange reason my kids will listen to everything that their dad says but when I speak it is as if I am talking to a brick wall. My mother told me that when we were kids we did the same thing. I guess most kids listen to their fathers and ignore their mothers. Maybe I should have…
Read MoreI was Hacked and Other Stories from the Zoo
The Talbert Zoo has been pretty busy lately. School is in full swing, Chris is still travelling for work and I am finding less and less time to myself. When it really gets crazy sometimes I just want to run outside and scream, but I am sure I would attract the wrong kind of attention if I did that. Instead, I’m going to keep taking life one day at a time and pray for patience. Image credit: by Stuart Miles freedigitalphotos.net A couple of days ago Chris and I were both victims…
Read MoreCold Weather, Halloween and Other News from the Zoo
I think this is just going to be a rant. I haven’t decided what to title this yet. Hopefully I will come up with something before I finish writing this. Kitty’s Jack o’ Lantern I got a new laptop this week and I absolutely love it. It is an HP Pavilion TouchSmart with Windows 8. When I was shopping around for new laptops a lot of reviews I read said that if you have Windows 8 you must get a touch screen in order to really use all of Windows…
Read MoreOctober Catch Up at The Zoo
This month I’ve let my Talbert Zoo readers down and I apologize. It’s been a few weeks since I last updated this blog. October is nearly over and I still am not used to my family’s school schedule yet. It’s been a busy, crazy couple of months. I’ll try my best to catch you all up on the happenings at The Talbert Zoo. Monkey and Bear October 2013 Goose is now a junior in high-school and sometimes I can not believe that she is that old. School has been tough…
Read MoreExcited About Our New Furniture
When Chris got his new position last May it also came with a pay raise. We were super excited at the time because we knew that finally we would be able to get off of food stamps, get caught up with some bills that were put on hold and finally replace our old icky furniture that we both have had since before we got married. We had Chris’s grandmother’s old dining set in our dining room. It was wooden, barley seated all seven of us and food and gunk was…
Read MoreA Family Game Night Would be so Much Fun
familygamenight.net Now that my kids are older I am thinking it might be a good time to start planning a family game night. Every once in a while I play cards with Goose. It would be a lot of fun to include Parrot and Kitty in the card games. Even my younger kids are starting to play games. Monkey and Bear have Hungry Hungry Hippos which I remember playing as a kid. It would be fun to play classic games like, Monopoly or Life with my family. Hasbro has a ton…
Read MoreI Miss Summer Already
Today is October 2 and it seems like August and September flew by way too quickly. The temperatures in the Inland Northwest are dropping well under 50 degrees and I hear the wind howling every night. I sure wish it was still summer. The kids and I had a fantastic summer. In June we visited my parents out in Wisconsin. The weather was hot and humid so we went swimming nearly every day at the local out door swimming pool. Even though I made sure they all wore floatation devices…
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