http://beyondmom.com A mommyblog (mom blog) that covers parenting, life, business, tech, current events, television, and it all somehow connects together and helps you understand me a little better! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:38:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My grandmother is in the hospital and seems to have acute renal failure. It's like regular renal failure, but totally adorable. (No, that joke does not get old for me.) We won't have any further information on that until she's been transferred from the out-of-network hospital she is in now, ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/07/grandmother-pregnancy-playdate-update/ You all know I'm petrified about breastfeeding. I did it with my first two, but it was not easy, it was not fun, and I didn't do it as long as I feel I should have. Everything I've done during this pregnancy (save acquiring a new puppy) has been done in order ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/07/link-to-an-awesome-breastfeeding-story/ Oh wow. The new puppy sleeps, like, all the time. It's awesome! When she's not sleeping she's playing in the yard or following me around. Love it, love it, love it. I, on the other hand, do not sleep all the time...which is less awesome. It's just a pregnancy thing - the ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/07/puppy-day-two/ I went to bed at ten last night. Before Randy went to the store. Then, I woke up at 7:30am (after a wonderful night's rest) and he wasn't in bed. I freaked the hell out. Jumped up, practically ran through the house, only to find him making coffee in the kitchen. The ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/exhausted-yet-still-going-strong/ Even though my kids are young, one of the things my husband and I talked about before the first one even came home with us was, "How are we going to teach this child to thrive in this society?" While I totally realize there are about a billion things that can ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/allowance-and-kids-our-working-plan/ The "My Fantasy Life" series also includes homeschooling. I just saw what may be the cutest thing ever on Etsy. I found the link through Adventures in Babywearing. Pillowcase dresses made out of old t-shirts. You really just cannot get any cuter than your little one running around with your old ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/my-fantasy-life-sewing/ Sheena, from Mommy Daddy Blog, is one of my favorite mom bloggers. She recently did a post (linked above) on ways that she's a Crunchy Mama. We're all a little crunchy in our own way, whether it's getting organic fruit or bathing two kids at once...because we're totally only doing that ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/i-am-a-sorta-kinda-crunchy-mama/ One of the things I've been thinking about lately is homeschooling. Mostly because I'm insane. But today I had the idea for a co-op homeschool where five families get together and all the kids go to one house for school each weekday. This gives all the parents a chance to homeschool while ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/my-fantasy-life-homeschooling/ If someone dropped you in the middle of a forest and told you to find the ranger station to get home, it would kind of suck. You wouldn't know the right direction to go and if you started walking you would have no idea if you were making any progress or ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/first-step-to-financial-control/ As a (self-confessed) workaholic, I believe that deadlines are sacred and to miss one is to be banished from my good graces and lose my trust.  There are exceptions where writers had good reasons and let me know something was up before the deadline, and when that happens I always ... http://beyondmom.com/2009/06/pregnancy-brain-and-deadlines/