Brooke Frick

Check your battery!

Today, I am thankful for a blustery fall day and comfort foods like grilled cheese, tomato soup, and homemade apple crisp. I heart the fall. Oh yeah, and I am thankful for batteries. To kids, putting new batteries in old toys is like getting new toys, and thus might as well be comparable to winningContinueContinue reading “Check your battery!”

Let the thankfulness begin!

Facebook: the time leech, the productivity zapper, the braggart’s best friend, the modern day herald, the soap box, the trendsetter (of sorts), the bandwagon, the social network, and the thing we all love to hate (wait, that’s Wal-Mart). Anyway, today I saw on Facebook something about posting things you are thankful for every day throughout the month ofContinueContinue reading “Let the thankfulness begin!”

One year of blogging, thirty years of Butterfingers, and a Happy Halloween

Around this time last year, I sat down at the kitchen table one morning to a bagel and shmear for breakfast. I felt queasy and didn’t know why. Then the fog began to clear and I remembered there was a fun size Butterfinger sitting in my stomach. It was eight o’clock in the morning andContinueContinue reading “One year of blogging, thirty years of Butterfingers, and a Happy Halloween”

These are the days?

I’ve had the relatively same experience a few times recently. It goes something like this: Me out and about with my kids, usually holding one, chasing another. One might be crying, or screaming, or kicking; most definitely someone is running. I am probably trying to do something totally unreasonable like feed them a meal inContinueContinue reading “These are the days?”

‘Bout time for an update

In case you were wondering, I did not go insane after the transcontinental plane ride with two toddlers. It happened a few weeks later. I’m not even sure what to say other than my children are waking up at 5:30 a.m., I am exhausted, I have cried almost every day this week, I haven’t cleanedContinueContinue reading “‘Bout time for an update”

Serenity now…insanity later

In a little over twelve hours I will be on a jet plane with my mom, my two year old son and my one year old son bound for California. Pray for us. It’s not so much the flying I am worried about. It’s all the eating, sleeping, pooping and playing that on a normalContinueContinue reading “Serenity now…insanity later”

Home hair highlighting kits: don’t try them at home

Home hair highlighting kits are never a good idea. Remind me next time. Smelly, messy, unpredictable…dangerous. WARNING: DO NOT GET INTO EYES, MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS DIRECTIONS: RINSE UNTIL WATER RUNS CLEAR As I am hanging my head over the shower trying to wash the toxins out of my hair, the water starts dripping down theContinueContinue reading “Home hair highlighting kits: don’t try them at home”

Thanks Blogging Community, I am now addicted to my computer

After the last post about my insatiable appetite for candy corns, I feel the need to give you an update. 1. I’m still alive and well. The candy corn didn’t get the best of me. And while I do love all things sweet (even for breakfast) I do eat grains, fruits, dairy, meat…and oh yeah,ContinueContinue reading “Thanks Blogging Community, I am now addicted to my computer”

Somebody Stop Me!

It’s candy corn season. Somebody stop me. Please. I will eat these things until my belly aches, my throat hurts and I am otherwise convinced I am slowly killing myself. Death by candy corns. Even worse than my possible comatose state or death caused by obscene amounts of sucrose, is this sobering statement about sugar:ContinueContinue reading “Somebody Stop Me!”

I’m a better blogger without a husband

It’s true. I blog better without a husband. Hmmm…maybe I should clarify. I blog better when my husband is gone. Like away. And it’s only because I love him so much. That is also a true statement. When he is around, I find myself enjoying his company whenever I can (i.e. when the children areContinueContinue reading “I’m a better blogger without a husband”