Author Archive: Laura Scarborough
just the mutterings of a hormonal woman
My apologies to the men who might read this. Perhaps you might want to just move along…but then again if you have ever once in your life said you just don’t get women…well. at least you can’t say I didn’t warn you. A couple of years ago during one of those annual lady-parts exam I [...]
playing in our backyard
Sometimes it seems in the quest for family fun and adventure, we often overlook that which is in our own neck of the woods or perhaps a hour’s drive beyond. For years, no decades…nearly three decades…we have driven by this place without so much even slowing down. Back when we lived in the Bay Area [...]
the gift
I’ll let you all in on a little secret. Back in the day before Holly made me a mommy, the last thing that I wanted was a girl-child. It’s not that I didn’t like girls. I did and I do. I’m a girl. What’s not to like about me? But truth be told, I “got” [...]
red velvet and that little boy’s smile
Like most everyone else these days, I enjoy frittering away my time discovering new, amazing and inspirational things on Pinterest. What is Pinterest you ask? Actually Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite [...]
weirdos
He is a typical 9 year old boy. He loves to joke about farts and burps and anything else that will elicit a squeal or eye roll from his sisters over how gross he is. In his opinion, girls are gross, well except for his sisters and his mom…and Jodie’s dance teachers…the ones who are [...]
waking up from my dream
Our family circus is not unlike many, many other American families. We dreamed a dream of owning a home of our very own. It would be a cozy home. Perhaps a cluttered home because with five children how in the world could we possibly keep it neat and pristine? It would be the place where [...]
permission
The problem with blogging glimpses into your life is it often includes your family. It’s all the more difficult as they grow from cute and cuddly little kids (who really aren’t aware of this crazy thing mom does) into older, worldly and wiser people who exclaim, “Oh my gawd! Mom! Please don’t put THAT on [...]
celebrating the opposites
He loves Pepsi, she knows that Coke is it. She hangs the t.p. over (the way it should be hung), when he does manage to hang it under is how it goes. He’s a little bit Country, she’s a whole lot of Rock & Roll. He’s a Republican and she is a Democrat. They say [...]
checked out in Target
It’s just another day of running errands and shopping at Target with one of my girls. Yes, my life is a glamorous one and because it is, we dressed for the occasion…jeans, t-shirt and a sweatshirt. I went a little crazy applying mascara but other than that, my daughter and I were dressed for the [...]
she flatters me
They do say that imitation is the highest form of flattery. It’s especially true when our children model themselves after us. You know, like when they are little and they tenderly rock and feed their dollies and stuffed toys. Certainly not when they , er, chastise or discipline their toys. Good lord, no, not then! [...]
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