(the following haiku must be spoken in your best wrestling announcer voice…) It’s a G word fight!! Guilt v. gratitude… cage match! The victor? Stay tuned… …………………………………………………. I work full-time and my husband stays at home with the kids (one in school full days, one in half days). He manages the household – laundry, cooking, [...]
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Oh, Great… New Guilt (flavored with Gratitude)
Posted by Family Haikus on April 28, 2012
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Even My Tired is Tired
The body begs “sleep”; The mind succumbs to rubbish, dressed as important. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am dog tired. I am a dog-who-was-left-on-vacation-and-walked-400-miles-back-to-her-owner’s-house-in-a-week-then-had-10-puppies tired. There are three things responsible for this. 1. The Oscars. I’m not all that into movies, but I love to watch the Oscars. The clips are fun, the jokes are usually ok, the [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 27, 2012
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My 7 1/2 Minute Lesson
For how much longer will his little hand seek mine, earnestly, in love? ”””””””””””””””””””””’ At work today there was a celebration – a “thank you” for everyone for their hard work. One feature was free chair massages, and I happened into the room where they were set up just as a cancellation came in. Bonus! [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on February 14, 2012
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Am I being replaced?
Sitting here jealous of homework and puppy walks. I don’t wanna work. ””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””” The change has been quite subtle… My daughter would run to Dad as much as me when she hurt herself and needed comfort. And then the kids would call me Dad (granted, they would call him Mom). But a few weeks ago [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 29, 2012
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Old Women with Shovels
With a quiet strength Old women with shovels can Handle anything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This post is dedicated to all the old women with shovels I know. I hope to be one of you someday. Did you see the article about the 85-year-old woman from Alaska whose husband was being trampled by a moose? She grabbed a [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 27, 2012
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Making Choices – My 5 Roles
Embrace the choices: They map your way forward and Soothe the looks backward. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I learned something a few years ago from an executive at my company that has helped me with my work/life balance. He (yes, it was a he) hypothesized that each of us can reasonably have 5 roles in life that we [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 22, 2012
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Stop Driving Me Crazy – A Request to my Work Colleagues
My job would be great… if I didn’t have to work with any people ************************************* I work in a large company and have the pleasure of spending most of my days in meetings with other people. Sometimes those people (excluding those of you who happen to be reading this) drive me a little crazy. I’d [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 19, 2012
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Have you seen mom? (or, how Bermuda saves my sanity)
Hey mom… Hey mom… Hey (…witness protection program…) mom… Hey mom… HEY MOM! ——————————————– The weekend didn’t start well. I believe my 5 year old said “mom” easily 30 times before breakfast was on the table Saturday. Even my hubby noticed: “Dude, give the woman a break,” he said. It was somewhat downhill from there. [...]
Posted by Family Haikus on January 9, 2012
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