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July 11th, 2008

Shut UP! ‘08 Tahoe

Shut UP!

That’s what I said when I saw this ‘08 Tahoe Hybrid and all it’s fancy shmancy features.
I said it when I saw the reverse camera and the XM touch screen radio and the GPS and the tire pressure monitor.

Well, read BlogHer or Bust! to find out just how opulent and extravagant a $52,780 […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 3 comments

June 9th, 2008

Body Impolitic

Laurie Toby Edison of Body Impolitic asked me to guest blog. I submitted Body Image: No Name Calling about how I try to teach Ainsley that the habit of self-deprecation is wrong and carries a real cost to the self-esteem.

Thanks to Laurie for the opportunity. Laurie will be sitting on the BlogHer panel about body […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 6 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Zack Ran Away

“Tracee, Zack is over at my house. A man brought him to the door and said he almost ran him over with his truck. He says if it happens again he’s going to call the police!”

“AACK! Zack What? How? Outside? I’m on my way!”

Evidently, my two-year-old son knows how to work the latch - […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 22 comments

May 13th, 2008

Brain Washing & Potty Training

Brain washing, outside polygamist cults, is an underrated and legitimate method with some great applications.
Potty training would be one of them.
Call me crazy - I’m sure half of you will, but that would be no different than any other day - I’m trying to potty train my 2-year-old son.
For his second birthday we gave him […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 7 comments

May 12th, 2008

Mother’s Day Boast

My family really shines on Mother’s Day. Especially my husband, who always puts a lot of effort into getting the children involved in doing something creative for me.

I woke to pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries, an 8X11 photo of my children spelling out each letter of “Happy Mother’s Day” in my office and “I […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 0 comments

May 7th, 2008

Generation DVR

My 2-year-old has taken to expressing indignation at all commercials.

He hands us the remote and demands that we fast forward.

Even my 6-year-old daughter, Ainsley, is confused about how this happened.

It’s LIVE TV Zack. You have to watch the commercials. Geez, she’ll tell him.

I mean, hasn’t everyone on the planet lived with commercials since television […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 7 comments

April 29th, 2008

Pastoral Input & Elections

I am increasingly uncomfortable and pissed off at the amount of time the media is spending on Barack Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

I go to church every week. I have for several years, after about a decade of never going to church. I was raised in a home where I went to church every week.

I have […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 11 comments

April 28th, 2008

Parents Watching Kids?

If you talk to people you’ll hear all about how the world is going to hell because parents aren’t watching their children anymore. I can hardly go to church, have lunch or momchat on the playground without hearing this come up.

Irresponsible parents do everything from let their children play with the neighbors to allowing […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 21 comments

April 17th, 2008

Stand up and Jump!

We went on a marriage retreat with a ropes course this weekend.

One of the challenges was to climb to the top of a telephone pole, stand on a platform at the top and then jump to a trapeze bar parallel to the pole, pretty far away. There’s a rope harness to keep you from falling […]

By Tracee Sioux -- 0 comments