http://commonmom.com Uncommon Sense Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:29:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 3 miles + 564 feet + 2.4 inches The distance in a 5K race. The distance the Boedies will travel, by foot (some people call it running), on September 18th in a fundraiser for the kids' school. What the hell was I thinking registering for this? I blame it on a brain fart after a long, ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/what-is-310685596/ Dude has been busy earning lots of extra patches and belt loops and pins for Cub Scouts. It was finally time to get him one of those Boy Scout sanctioned red vests that you put your extra stuff on and wear over your uniform - you're only allowed to put ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/that-damn-sewing-machine/ I love my house. I love my neighborhood. I love the school my kids go to. BUT, last week, a house I've been curious about and have had my eye on for 7 years since it was first custom built went on the market . . . and for way less ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/what-to-do/ A couple summers ago, there was a mountain lion casing the neighborhood . . . snatching up little dogs (no, I'm not kidding) and attacking larger dogs. We haven't seen the lion for a while (thankfully!) . . . definitely hoping he's gone! Last night, or should I say early this ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/lions-and-tigers-and-bears/ Had GNO last night with a few friends. Tried out a new brewery in town - Colorado Mountain Brewery. I was pleasantly surprised! The beer was good, which is obviously key for a micro-brew place. The food was good - at least the sweet potato fries that I had were ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/eat-pray-love-and-some-brew/ Last week was our first full week of me working more days/hours, both kids starting soccer (3 practices a week total), school being back full-time, and Hubby being gone. I QUICKLY saw my evenings getting out of hand . . . and me staying up WAY too late to try to ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/120-minutes-2/ After finishing editing Hubby's book, making a trip to the Boy Scout Shop, and dropping a laptop off at the smart people store this morning, I'm pretty sure my car got sucked into an alternate universe! Proof? You want proof? I went to Target and came home with only ONE additional item ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/an-alternate-universe/ The Bronze Medal goes to the person that invented drain spouts on coolers. I made the mistake of  taking a smaller cooler camping last weekend since it was just me and Princess. The cooler did not have a spout! I was so annoyed. I vowed to go directly to the store ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/daily-medals-camping-edition/ This was my first actual 30-hour work week in 18 months. It was AWESOME! Great meetings to kick of a new HUGE project that I'm way excited about. So much less stress knowing I have some hours to actually work on the projects rather than get going Tuesday and put ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/decompress/ I'm a regular donator to Goodwill. I'd much rather donate my stuff to them than have a garage sale and try to make a few bucks. I'm also pretty particular about what I donate . . . I don't donate broken things or clothes that have been too worn by ... http://commonmom.com/index.php/too-picky/