Lily fell backward, hit her head on a rock, and became the first child in our family to need stitches, Elsie was overheard singing "I used to be a beauty, now I'm just a regular woman," Timmy had a hard time finding his place within a sea of female siblings and cousins, Abby was excited to finally give out all of the gifts she had been making for our visitors, Kate cried like usual ...

... are in dire, dire need of literacy help. They are wonderful and hilarious kids (I really should start a competitor to Overheard In New York called “Overheard In Kevin’ ... ”), engaging and inspiring on their good days but infuriating on their bad ones. Unfortunately, this week has seen more of the latter in my classroom. I inevitably take such days to heart, assuming that they happen ...

... , and we were hysterical cause a guy had a dog in his bag! X__O Right.. Overheard.. -- Wouldn't you get AIDs from that? -- I got some on Sunday so have it in your fucking face! -- Wanna know the ... punch! -- Nazi's are well mean -- The Little Mermaid is a bitch A very Nazi-themed week, I think you'll agree. I'm off to see if anyone else has bitched at me on deviantART. -- Kayleigh

E goes to ballet classes once a week. This is a nice little ballet studio, run by the woman I took ballet from at the university twenty-some years ago (and she is also ... on and on. I try to smile and nod and mostly plan my next vacation to the Bahamas while she talks to me. Last week, though, I heard some great stuff from another mother. Her three-year-old daughter was misbehaving, and the mother was ...

On any given day at my office, it’s not ucnommon for us to have a ridiculous amount of clients in the office. This week: 50 every day which pretty much means I’m running around like a chicken with her head cut off. (Side note: Where did that phrase come from? So terrible sounding but I suppose it conveys the image of me perfectly at the moment.) A few clients walked past my desk on ...

... their own sandwiches, and they have to eat whatever they make (and they have made some doozies...but they eat them, or at least they say they do). I miss out on this process 3 nights a week, while I am in school, and I really don't mind much;-) However, I am so happy that I was sitting close by last night to hear their conversation. Princess: Dad, you are a really good Christian role model ...