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So I know I said I was going to do a better job blogging every day...but I have failed miserably this last week!  My husband, son, and I were all sick with a terrible cold and I just didn't have the energy.  I didn't have a great weekend, either.  My husband and I weren't getting along...SaturdayI forgot my bank card when I got to the grocery store and didn't realize it until I went to check out (with all of my groceries already on the conveyor)....and this morning my son took a header on…

I didn't have a very good day yesterday.  My son has a cold, and was being extra cantankerous. I was feeling under the weather, too, and my temper was short.  Bad combination!  So today I decided to take it easy, and to spend extra quality time with him.  We had a good time, and I could tell the extra attention really helped his mood and behavior.

Even though I'm a stay-at-home mom, it's easy to get busy and distracted and not really connect with my child.  It's also easy to go days…

Another busy couple of days has prevented me from writing.  Day 4 was shopping day for me, and I had a lot of fun 'planting' coupons next to the products they were for.  I wasn't very organized, so after planting about a dozen, I left the rest of my coupons in an envelope in the diaper aisle for someone to find.  On the envelope I wrote "For another mother--I hope you can use these coupons".

Day 5 was Easter Day, and we headed out of town to a get-together with my husband's family.  I…

My gift yesterday was filling up the gas tank in my hubbie's car on the way home from book club.  I feel sheepish calling this a gift since I used his money to buy the gas, but I was trying to be thoughtful and save him from running to the gas station in the morning.  

Today my son and I went to the toy store so he could spend the Easter money his great-grandma gave him.  At the checkout, the cashier asked me if I wanted to make a donation for Autism research.  I decided to give $5,…