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The Skimbos: Don't Look Away
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Monday, August 10, 2015. I hope you have been as devastated as I by the recent undercover videos in the news exposing Planned Parenthood for selling aborted baby organs and tissue. My pastor’s passionate sermon this past week bravely discussed a topic that most would prefer to look away from. My pastor pointed out all the ways the bible supports life, celebrates it and honors it as a gift from God. Listening to my pastor speak this past Sunday, I also remembered for the first time in a long time that as ...
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The Skimbos: No One Really Wants to Wear Pants
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Thursday, November 14, 2013. No One Really Wants to Wear Pants. The terrible twos are here to stay at the Skimbo house. If there was any doubt they had arrived, this past weekend defiantly made that clear. First there are the tantrums. Oh lord, those tantrums. Mostly revolving around having to get dressed or wear a diaper. I am a terribly unreasonable mom. Those cute boots Nana bought - torture. The new Minne Mouse jacket - disgusting. Dresses - "I no like it no more! Socks - for wussies. Her not me vs.
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The Skimbos: March 2014
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. Our Hope for a Tornado Shelter. This week I launched the start of a go fund me. Last year was a terrible year. Major tornadoes wiped out several towns, one about 30 miles away and another about 60 miles away from our home in Stillwater. I told the story here: 60 Short Miles. Our neighbors fared much worse, with significant damage to their homes and property. See my facebook video of the damage to our neighbor's properties here. We later learned it was an EF2. Somewhat small on t...
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The Skimbos: The 2nd Baby Debate
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013. The 2nd Baby Debate. To have another baby or not. that is the question. This dreaded decision has been bouncing around my brain for months now and I am no closer to making a decision now then I ever was. It was pretty clear I had a pretty rotten pregnancy (read a few of my posts from the summer of 2011 and that was no secret). I had terrible swelling, which has left me with minimal nerve damage in several places. I got one of the worse cases of PUPPS. But on the other side ...
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The Skimbos: Scary Lessons
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Monday, June 10, 2013. This weekend I learned a scary lesson about being a mom. It takes your full attention, 100% of the time. I had also brought a few water toys, some of which floated on the water and when abandoned by the kids they were pulled into the pool's skimmer. At one point I turned around to dig out a toy from a skimmer. I grabbed a little scoop we had also brought in order to avoid the gross bugs in the skimmer's basket and triumphantly pulled out the lost toy! How long had she been under?
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The Skimbos: The real problem with being a working mom
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The real problem with being a working mom. Everyone knows returning to work after vacation is a tough adjustment. Especially after the long break I got to enjoy in PA this year (almost 5 weeks! Thats an old school candy cigarette in case you were worried. I learned she talks in her sleep, sometimes even yelling at me! Now that we are back to a work schedule, I see my daughter for breakfast and a few hours in the evening. That's it. And most of that time is all about busi...Right...
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The Skimbos: 60 short miles
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013. May 20, 2013 will be a day remembered in Oklahoma for a long, long time. I know for me, yesterday made a permanent mark on my heart. Here in Stillwater, we were about an hour away from the large tornado that tore through Moore, OK. I was in my office at Oklahoma State University helplessly watching the news as a mile wide tornado devastated my state. Do you know what you do as a tornado destroys everything in its path 60 miles from you? Please use PayPal ( https:/ www.paypal...
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The Skimbos: Our Hope for a Tornado Shelter
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Thursday, March 20, 2014. Our Hope for a Tornado Shelter. This week I launched the start of a go fund me. Last year was a terrible year. Major tornadoes wiped out several towns, one about 30 miles away and another about 60 miles away from our home in Stillwater. I told the story here: 60 Short Miles. Our neighbors fared much worse, with significant damage to their homes and property. See my facebook video of the damage to our neighbor's properties here. We later learned it was an EF2. Somewhat small on t...
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The Skimbos: May 2013
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Friday, May 24, 2013. My hands were your hands. I have lived so far away from most of my family and childhood friends for so long that part me had taken it for granted the amazing support system I have. I really hit me this week how immensely important my friends and family are, and how willing they are to help me. I know people can give lots of ways. To help tornado victims, and no doubt programs like the Red Cross. 48 hours after my initial plea I had $720 to spend! What was funny is twice we thought w...
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The Skimbos: February 2013
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Monday, February 18, 2013. Someone has already engrained these principles into my daughter so it's to late to save me. Try to save yourself if you can, or at least prepare yourself for the realities of life with a toddler. They are smarter than we give them credit for. I want this candy RIGHT NOW! 1 Weekdays mean you need to be woken up (so be cranky) for school but on the weekends when Mom has the time to sleep in, rise well before expected for no reason at all. Making a mess is hysterical! 8 Perfect th...
