A Really, I Am Moment: New-Age Moms Make Me Burp!

Any Sanford and Son fans out there?  I'm asking because I want to make sure you understand when I say some things in life just give me gas!  If Fred Sanford didn't like something, his excuse was because it gave him gas or made him burp.  I've kind of adopted the phrase for stupid stuff that people do.  And in this Really, I Am rant, I'm targeting moms. 

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Update on New Designs

As you know, I've been testing out some of the new designs from Blogger.  I've decided to stick with my own design for now.  I think a little more work has to be done to perfect the new designs.  I loose a lot of my tools and gadgets with the new designs, and there are some things that I don't want displayed that are showing up.

So it's back to my original look...all warm and fuzzy Fall colors!  Enjoy!

...On to a New Design

I promised to let you know when I changed the design.  I wasn't feeling Flipcard view, so I decided to switch to Snapshot.  Let me know what you think!

SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT....

Well, after I spent weeks revamping the look of the blog, Blogger has enticed me with 7 new designs.  I have picked out my top 4 favs.  This week's choice is the Flipcard view. I will be testing it out for the next few weeks.  I'll let you know when the design changes, but they're so distinctly different that you'll notice right off the bat.   I would ask for input, but I know how shy my readers are.  You guys never leave comments or use the easy reaction buttons at the end of each posts.  But it's all good, though.  I have my ways of finding out what you like. *wink*    

I thought this would be a good time to tell you which posts are getting the most views.  I think all of the posts are interesting reads, including my favorite, The House That Built Me.  Then again, I'm a little biased.  Here's a look at the top 10 posts on Diary of a Happy Mom:

10. One Special Little Boy - 31

9. Some Real Therapy - 33

8. The Story of Kim  - 34

7. Golden Girls of Australia - 36

6. Sun Dresses in the Springtime... - 37

5. Movie Review: Jumping the Broom - 38

4. Through It All - 39

3. Life, Love & Freedom - 47

2. Family Portrait... - 53

1. Movie Review: Madea's Big Happy Family  - 130  (Who knew!)

BTW...THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME REACH OVER 1500 PAGE VIEWS!!!

BIG HUGS AND KISSES TO READERS IN THE UK, RUSSIA, LATVIA AND GERMANY WHO CONTINUED TO READ POSTS WHEN I WASN'T WRITING MUCH OVER THE SUMMER.  I'M THRILLED AND I WILL CONTINUE DOING THIS AS LONG AS YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT MY CRAZY LIFE.  THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO COME! SMOOCHES!!

So You Wanna Fight, Huh??

Then we'll do it my way! I am so sick of the kids fighting about everything! Don't get me wrong.  They are great children, individually; but together they are enough to drive me mad! Again, it the reason why the blog title ends with a "Really I Am."

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Summer Recap....

School is in full force now.  Austin and King actually brought home progress reports a couple of days ago; and I'm proud to say out of 10 classes between them,  there was only one C!!  Wanna guess who got the C and in what subject?  Yep!  Kingston...and reading.  The boy hates to read, but he's off to a good start this year overall.  We're just encouraging him to stay focused and to do his best. 
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So, I'm finally back...

...for good this time.  We finally got our second computer all hooked up and ready to go.  Now we can say that we are a Mac and a PC family.  No choices to make there.  I do wish, however; that I could reverse the decision to turn my family room into command central. Lon's desk is on one wall and mine is on the adjacent wall.  Were it not for the bookshelf standing between our spaces, our desks would make the perfect "L" shape. 

But this setup is anything but perfect.  Neither of us has been getting much work done. Lon's favorite three-liner is, "Look at this!"  Not a second later am I expected to turn my big comfy chair around (messing up some serious chill time) and look at...something ridiculous on his Facebook page.

I guess I can't talk.  Since the PC has been set up, I've been working on a new look for DHM. Every time I change the color or the design,  I'll turn and ask, "Wha'cha think about this?" He flips up a big fake thumb-ups and goes back to whatever he's working on.  So our perfect little setup...ain't so perfect.  Simply put - we get on each other's nerves.

Funny, though, how nothing beats those times when we're actually working and being productive. The kids are hanging out with their friends and there are no interruptions  - and we actually bounce some really great ideas off each other. That makes it all worth it.

So, I'm whipping myself back into shape and getting DHM ready.  New recipes, movie reviews, and recaps on my favorite prime-time shows are in store. That, and all the latest happenings with the Burney's!