http://www.withpurpose.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:08:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a brother who died of SIDS when I was 3 years old (he was 8 months old when he died).  The day of his death is my earliest memory.  So perhaps it's not surprising, then, that I started freaking out when I was about 7 months pregnant with ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/27/sids-prevention/ I'm realizing something. It's nothing new really, but I'm realizing it in a whole new way, or at least admitting it to myself in a whole new way. I am deeply insecure. I do most things to gain the approval of others. I talk a lot ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/25/insecure/ So with the new school year upon us, I'm trying to get myself into a better routine. Except that switching from an 11:30 pm bedtime/7:00 am wakeup time to a 9:30 pm bedtime/5:30 am wakeup time is easier said than done. Why I decide to undertake such ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/22/organized-schmorganized/ I told you I had issues. My latest is "Olympic Fatigue." It's real. I saw it on the news. Comes from staying up WAY TOO LATE night after night in order to watch the Olympics. I SO have Olympic Fatigue. And to make matters worse, ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/19/olympic-fatigue/ So we're eatin' lunch today and here's what my 5-year-old busts out with: Him: "Grandmas are moms without rules." Me: "Oh, where did you hear that?" Him: "Nowhere, I just thought of it." http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/13/where-does-he-get-this-stuff/ So I'm trying to get things organized around here before the school year overtakes us.  This morning we were in my daughter's room.  She's 8 and is just entering the "tween" stage.   Oh my. This gives me a little stress, but that's another post. Regardless of how much the two ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/11/she-cracks-me-up/ So I have this issue. (As if you didn't know that.) I talked before about my people-pleasing tendencies, but now I've kicked it up a notch by having them WITH MY OWN CHILDREN. (Caps were probably not necessary there to get my point across because if you ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/08/a-people-pleasing-parent-not-a-good-combination/ Our oldest two have made good progress in swimming lessons this summer, but I'm considering forkin' out the cash for our younger two to do this. If they ever fell into water, it would be the best money we ever spent. From the ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) website: The ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/07/drowning-prevention-for-babies-6-months-old-up/ I'm not an outstanding cook and this is probably not news to most of you, but I learned this trick from my mom and it's so gratifying when something works right every time, don't you think? Then I was watching Rachael Ray once and saw that she boils an egg ... http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/06/how-to-make-a-perfectly-hard-boiled-egg/ I stopped blogging between May 2007 and July 2008.  Following is a list of posts explaining my absence: My dark year of the soul The bright spot in my dark year My rock bottom http://www.withpurpose.com/2008/08/05/my-year-away/