http://www.smilingmad.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:33:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's nearing the end of summer and my oldest daughter can't wait for school.  Today she is home with a stuffy nose and a case of messy hair.  Technically she should be at her last day of Camp Raintree but instead she's in our sunroom practicing her skills that she ... http://www.smilingmad.com/?p=29 This is the first piece of jewelry I designed a few years ago.  I took a bead class for something to do on a Saturday.  Usually I spend my weekends trying to entertain the offspring but on this Saturday there was a wild hair up my ass and I felt ... http://www.smilingmad.com/?p=26    When I became a mom just like everyone else I had my  ideals and my ways that I wanted to be.  Ways of change that  I would make against the way my mother was towards me.  I  love my Mom she does the best she can especially during  the really ... http://www.smilingmad.com/?p=17  So, this is my blog, a word I wasn't even familiar with less then  a year ago, in fact I thought it was a strange and lonely  concept,but, here I am here now feeling fulfilled by letting the  world into my head.  I am a Mom, a wife, a sister, ... http://www.smilingmad.com/?p=3