Author: alicewgold

I would like to state that I am a brunette, but now I am a mix of grey, white, brown, and blonde. I would also like to say that I am 150 pounds, but that would be a boldfaced lie. How about I say I am work in progress because that is the truth? A beautiful work in progress. I love the sound of my fingers tapping on the keyboard and my greatest hope is that something that I write will lift someone else on their journey.

Sophia’s teeth


Sophia: “This is me before I got my teeth out. And, when I had my teeth out, it felt kind of wierd. Then I had to have this thing in my mouth while they were bleeding. A tissue.I showed Daddy my teeth were gone. Now I just have two front teeth instead of my little baby teeth.”

Bella: “Sophia’s teeth turned to be out great.”

Abigail: “When Sophia brought home her teeth she put them in an envelope under her pillow and the next day the tooth fairy came and under her pillow was an envelope with five dollars and twenty-eight cents of change. The most I ever got from the tooth fairy was $3 for one tooth.”

How dare you Rita!

Rita has tagged me…I HATE being tagged, but because I love Rita so much and this tag isn’t too invasive I decided to play along.

A: Attached or single: Attached – Very very attached.
B: Best friend: LG – I don’t believe in having any other “best” friends…so high school
C: Cake or pie: Pie with real whipped cream or ice cream…choc cake with milk
D: Day of choice: Friday, Saturday and Sundays are all equally liked
E: Essential item: Baby wipes
F: Favorite type of music: Songs that I can remember the lyrics to sing along.
G: Gummy Bears or Worms: Both!
H: Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
I: Indulgences: ice cream
J: January or July: In TN Jan…anywhere else July
K: Kids: Three lovely daughters
L: Last movie: I have NO idea.
M: Marriage date: August 15
N: Number of Siblings: Six…they are all crazy
O: Oranges or apples: oranges
P: Phobias or fears: oooo.just the thought of a mouse!
Q: Quote(s): Noah Webster ~ “All knowledge begins with wonder”
R: Reason to smile: my husband’s sense of humor
T: Tag four : NOT GONNA DO IT! – any of you can play along
U: Unknown Fact about me: I lived with no running water or electricity for three months of my life.
(I have no idea what the question is for “V” — it wasn’t attached!)
W: Worst Habit: Pulling out my hair – literally.
X: X-rays or Ultrasounds: Strangest question ever, isn’t it?? I choose ultrasounds I guess
Y: Your favorite food: Ice Cream is the perfect food!
Z: Zodiac: Scorpio

A New Blog Slacker Friend

A while back Cally posted about a lime popsicle….you all must go and read this story, if you haven’t already..I busted into tears when I retold the story to LG. (he has just learned to smile at my womanliness)

Well, I am proud to say that I have made a blogging friend out of the lime popsicle story writer ( I just don’t know her name -isn’t the blogging world great?). I just loved this post where she referred to herself as a blog slacker. I am most definitely going to have to steal this term!

It’s a girl mustache

I think I will post links to the kids every time they post something on their blog. This way I can have a way to say anything I want about their post.

Today’s kid post has an explanation. I started watching a sweet 7 month old baby boy today. I will be babysitting every Mon – Thurs so that I can pick up the financial slack while LG gets started with his own legal practice. (hopefully he can get started – we still have 2 1/2 weeks until bar results)

As you can imagine, today is an adjustment day for all of us. My adjustment was that I didn’t get to go back to bed after Abigail and Sophia got off to school. (normally Bella won’t wake up until 9 or 10) Brayden’s (our new daytime baby) adjustment is getting used to a new place and new people.

And Bella’s adjustment today was entertaining herself while mom went to lay down with the baby to get him used to his new sleeping arrangements. The mustache is what she came up with during her 1/2 hour to herself…so cute!

Chicken Humor

Here’s a funny one about chickens…I thought it appropriate since I am almost an adopted chicken farmer now.

Bob, the chicken farmer

A life-long city man, Bob decided to leave the rat-race, move to the country and become a chicken farmer, so he found a nice chicken farm and bought it. Turned out that his next door neighbour, a kind, generous man named Fred, was also a chicken farmer.

Fred came for a visit one day and said, “Chicken farming isn’t easy. Tell you what. To help you get started, I’ll give you 100 chickens.”

Bob was thrilled. Two weeks later the Fred stopped by to see how things were going, and Bob said, “Not too good. All 100 chickens died.”

Fred said, “Oh, I can’t believe that. I’ve never had any trouble with my chickens. I’ll give you 100 more.”

Another two weeks went by, and Fred stops in again. Bob told him, “You’re not going to believe this, but the second 100 chickens died too.”

Astounded, Fred asked, “What went wrong? What did you do to them?”

Well, Bob said, “I’m not sure whether I’m planting them too deep or not far apart enough.”

Sunday Fun

Here is a good joke for your next Old Testament Lesson:

The Whole Lot

A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, “The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.”

The son asked, “What happened to the flea?”