http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/A Day in the Life of a Single Mom...the good, the bad; the beautiful, and the ugly. Here's a toast to all you single moms!<p><p> <i>If you would like to express your appreciation of this blog by leaving a "tip," please click on the donation link below. </i>hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/584438So if the holidays weren't complicated enough, yesterday I had to take a half-day off from work to go to court with the ex. And then I get down there, and he decides that, rather than going through the ordeal of actually appearing in court, he'll work a deal with us there, in the corridor of the...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/583226So we worked it all out and the fence is up. Looks nice, and the kids and I are finding it lovely to be able to use our backyard without having to share it with snarling, slavering, vicious dogs. Then it was Thanksgiving, which was kind of crazy. Our family had the meal on the Sunday before,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/579634I moved into my house in August 1997. There was a chain-link fence all the way around the back yard. In 1999, the back neighbour asked permission (readily granted) to pull up the back portion so he could put in a wooden fence. I gained 18" of backyard in that deal. Since that time, I have wanted...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/579271I'm a busy mom, home-schooling and working full-time. All three of us take karate -- me and Soccer Boy on Tuesdays, and all three of us on Thursdays. We have a fabulous karate teacher -- actually two. And, to my complete surprise, one of them has become a very good friend in a very short time....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/571889We are so busy with different things right now that I'm not keeping up too well with blogs and other "extra-curricular" activities. But we are all happy and haivng fun, so I guess it's a good trade-off. Karate. Last Friday night, the children and I passed our karate rank tests, and advanced from...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/567284My ex agreed to handle Scout uniforms if I would handle karate uniforms. This weekend is New Scout's first camping trip. Ex kept telling me it was next weekend. I kept saying "Scoutmaster told me it was the weekend after Labour Day. This weekend." Guess who was right. (But I wasn't mean yet. I...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/558598Well, kids, I just found out that I have type II diabetes. I've been pre-diabetic for years, and now I've apparently stepped over the line. Not too terribly far, yet. My doctor thinks we can control it with diet and exercise. I sure hope so. Need I say that I am highly bummed out by this? For...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/556032Anyone else watching this "reality" show? I'm oddly fascinated by it. The premise is that the show takes some older teens who are in relationships and takes them through the insanity that is parenting in a sort of telescoped fashion. They arrived at their "home," and got settled in a little. Then...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/555013Working hard this weekend. Kids are with their dad. In addition to buying and installing MS Office and a 500-GB external hard drive on my computer, I've weeded the flowerbeds and watered the lawns (which is how I got the sunburn), made a huge batch of fresh tomato salsa, paid the bills, done six...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SingleMum/551698Not sure why, really, but it sounded like fun. Find me here. I like the shortness of the posts. Sometimes I don't post a blog because I have little to say. Twitter will give me an outlet and keep me writing, even if it's only a few short sentences.