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February 15, 2011 at 3:55 PM | By: Nicole

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Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I just noticed that my college major somehow changed from History to English on my profile... trying to switch it back I discovered that History is no longer a valid option as a major. It's as though Facebook is trying to tell me something ten years too late.
12 hours ago ·  ·  · 

    • Katie Dohman I think you should 100% be a humor writer. And I am absolutely not being funny about that.
      12 hours ago · 

    • Kathy Haddad English is an option? I started out teaching "English" and now I teach "Language Arts". I also majored in "Speech" and now it is "Communication Arts".
      12 hours ago · 

    • Nicole Klein I agree Katie! Nicole I love reading your fb status! Always funny even when sad or weird...
      12 hours ago · 

    • Lorie Haddad You already ARE a humor writer. You just need to start getting paid for it.
      12 hours ago ·  ·  1 person

    • Megan Vogt Schaack What's wrong with history degrees? They are as good as a museum/archives major! Oh wait, I have both and look where it got me. Well, at least I'm not unemployed in Greenland.
      12 hours ago · 

    • Mike Sebille Weird. My profile still has History listed.
      11 hours ago · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie A museum/archives major at least has a job attached to it. History is sort of freefloating, with a lot of theoretical opportunities that I'm not qualified for. But maybe they're not even calling it History any more-- maybe it's Traditional Culture Studies or something. Either way, I really am unemployed in Greenland, unable to buy brandy with the proceeds from my degree or career as a fabulous writer of entertainments. (But thanks guys, I'm here till Thursday *ba dum CHA*)
      9 hours ago · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie There is something wonky going on with my profile... it will not let me put History in there, but it did let me use Traditional Culture Studies. Plus, as I was typing that, it suggested Transfiguration. I TOTALLY should have majored in transfiguration.
      9 hours ago · 



Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I told my kids I was going to take a really long vacation on a cruise ship to a deserted island and sit by myself until my headache was gone. Me: "Nope, I'm not going to take you with. I'll send you a picture of me, swimming with the dolphins." Jacob: "I hope you swim with sharks".



Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Nine years ago today I went on my first date with a cute freshman who made me dinner. Six years ago today, that same guy proposed in my kitchen after making me dinner. We can't be together this year but I'd like to think if he was in my hemisphere, Thomas Beattie would be making me dinner :)
Yesterday at 8:51am ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
From the "Where do they come up with this" files: Waiting for the car to heat up and melt the ice on the windshield, Jacob asks "Are we waiting for death?"
February 9 at 1:23pm ·  ·  · 

  • Scott Weinand, Joseph Blum, Tami Murphy and 3 others like this.

    • Kim Miller Your stories crack me up!
      February 9 at 1:27pm · 

    • Bekki DuBord Yep, keep 'em comin! :)
      February 9 at 1:39pm ·  ·  1 person

    • Bekki DuBord I hope my future children are half as entertaining as yours.
      February 9 at 1:39pm · 

    • Michelle Susan Henrich Do you make this stuff up?
      February 9 at 1:49pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I do not make any of it up. Cross my heart.
      February 9 at 1:50pm ·  ·  1 person

    • Lorie Haddad I'm using that one from now on. Thanks Jacob! Pure gold.
      February 9 at 1:53pm · 

    • Michelle Susan Henrich I think you should write a book with all the comments your kids make . . they could make a TV sitcom out of it! You'd be rich!
      February 9 at 2:08pm ·  ·  2 people

    • Megan Vogt Schaack Kids like death. Fiona made my mom a birthday card that said "don't die." Then later she told me she smelled death and we had a detailed conversation about death, that her uncle Chad knows exactly what it smells like (he was a mortician), and all the things that happen to your body after you die. All while she sat on the potty.
      February 9 at 2:15pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I just snorted coffee out my nose. That is hilarious! Did she ask Chad about all of this at one point? Because otherwise, I would also consider that a submission for the "WDTCUWT" file.
      February 9 at 2:19pm · 

    • Megan Vogt Schaack I brought it up to him but I don't think he talked to her about it. And I noticed I said potty. I have little kids.
      February 9 at 2:25pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It did not even register as out of the ordinary. I'm pretty sure I have told adult company that I have to go to the potty.
      February 9 at 2:27pm · 

    • Kathy Haddad Jeez!
      February 9 at 2:33pm · 

    • Carmen Schempp Jacob can be glad he's not in ND right now! haha....I love it!
      February 9 at 3:02pm · 

    • Becca Spears Patenaude seriously, your kids say the craziest stuff. Crazier than anybody else out there!!!
      February 9 at 10:33pm · 




Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
A conversation with my resident teenager (Brynn): "Mom, I don't have any lipstick and I really want some." "Honey, you're four years old. I don't think you need lipstick." "Melany gets to wear it when she goes out." "Well Melany is six and maybe her parents think that's old enough." (argument continues...) "Maybe I can go to the store and get you a special chapstick." "Ok... Mom? Can you make sure it's pink?"
February 9 at 8:36am ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Tonight after explaining why I don't actually go to a school like she does and where my teacher is located, I gave Brynn a detailed explanation of the many different types of schools that people go to-- medical, law, librarian, teacher-- and concluded with, "So there are lots of different kinds of schools you can go to and learn to be anything you want!" To which Brynn declared: "I want to be a bird."
February 8 at 7:43pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I sit on the computer, Wyatt climbs on the counter and smears a bowl of grits all over himself and the cupboards. I get off the computer, he climbs up on the desk and I find him with a mouth full of thumbtacks. I tie the bathroom stool to the sink so he can't drag it out to the kitchen, he uses it to get the bathroom foamy soap and pump it all over the floor. He is bringing some serious game, and it's ON.
February 8 at 6:26pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I spent two hours yesterday with a box of SOS pads and my kitchen floor, and today my arms are seriously gimped. Oh well, guess I'd better take it easy-- no more cleaning. I'm sure it's what a doctor would say.
February 8 at 8:52am ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Just when you think your day might finally be winding down, you discover a toddler smeared in toothpaste and covered in the threads of an unraveled hair ribbon testing out toothbrushes in the bathroom. Or is that just in my world?
February 7 at 8:46pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My sage mommy advice for the day: 12-18 months is as cute as your child will ever be. Enjoy it, take pictures and movies, spend money on the cutest clothes. Once 18 months hits, your cute little bug will turn into a naughty, mischievous little poop that you will be caught between hugging (for the remnants of cute) and smacking (for the burgeoning, evil independence).
February 7 at 7:39pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Shaping the leaders of tomorrow: Explaining to a tearful 3-year-old in a swimsuit why a snow day is not a good day to pull out the pool, then explaining to a 6-year-old professing innocence that putting a banana peel in a hot panini press is always a bad idea. Always. Oh, also an explanation about how when your co-bather poops in the bathtub, it's necessary to tell Mom right away and not continue playing.
February 4 at 6:40pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Each of the three years that Jacob has been in school, he has had at least one day off for snow or ice. I went to school for how many years in MN? And I don't know if the total snow/ice/extreme cold days I ever had was more than five. These kids don't know how good they have it.
February 4 at 10:00am ·  ·  · 

  • Kathy Haddad, Carol Pogatchnik Haddad and Jennifer Haddad Duffy like this.

    • Lorie Haddad Make sure you mention to him that you had to walk to school uphill both ways too. ; )
      February 4 at 10:12am · 

    • Joseph Smiley With bare feet!
      February 4 at 10:25am · 

    • January Turner ‎5 miles in 20 foot drifts
      February 4 at 10:33am · 

    • Lorie Haddad Even on Saturdays.
      February 4 at 10:39am · 

    • Renee Pogatchnik Jirik uphill both ways
      February 4 at 10:45am · 

    • Mitch Winterroth is this like a " i walked up hill both ways in the snow" thing
      February 4 at 10:50am · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Didn't anyone ever give you that line? "Back when I was a kid, we had to walk five miles to school barefoot, even when it was snowing, 'cause we only wore shoes on Sundays. It was uphill both ways, and it used to get colder back then, like -60 below, but we didn't complain because we appreciated our education..."
      February 4 at 10:55am · 

    • Tami Murphy And you had to carry your lunch of bread crusts and gruel.
      February 4 at 12:05pm · 

    • Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Our outerwear was made and stuffed with such heavy fabric and stuffing you could barely walk.
      February 4 at 12:18pm · 

    • Kathy Haddad See what I had to endure when I was growing up?
      February 4 at 10:11pm · 

    • Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Kathy, I was talking about myself. We walked two miles each day to a one roomschoolhouse. Lots a learnin going on there!:)
      February 4 at 10:27pm · 

    • Kathy Haddad Yep.
      February 4 at 10:28pm ·  ·  1 person




Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My morning mantra to the kids: "Get dressed, put on clean underpants." Jacob: "I'm pretty sneaky about putting my dirty underpants in the laundry. I'm so sneaky, you might not even see them there."
February 1 at 8:03am ·  ·  · 


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob, flipping through a cookbook before dinner: "We have to make something very healthy. Fruit is healthier than vegetables, so NO vegetables. Only fruit... ooh, desserts! These have fruit!" (For the record, I haven't figured out why he thinks fruit is healthier than vegetables.)
January 29 at 8:32pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Norah, walking through the women's department at JC Penneys: "Mom, look at all the grandma dresses!"
January 28 at 8:03pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
The hamster has been found. I should say, the hamster presented himself. I walked into the bathroom, and he was sitting in the cat's water dish while the cat watched him and meowed to get my attention. Fluffy is safe and sound back in his cage, no doubt thankful for his watchful feline friend.
January 19 at 12:16am ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Came home after a weekend spent with a good friend to discover that the hamster has escaped and is nowhere to be found. I had to explain to Jacob that we might find Fluffy somewhat deceased, if the cat got to him first. I did stop myself from asking him if he thought the cat had "hamster breath"-- I'm getting good at this parenting thing.
January 18 at 6:39pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My brain has a tendency to think of the day's events in paragraph form. I will save this for my autobiography: "I stopped him from eating out of the garbage, at which point he became quite angry and took his pants off. He stole the knob off the new crockpot and by the time I had located it he had already climbed on to the desk and ripped everything off the bulletin board. Unsurprisingly, he had also made a poopie."
January 13 at 9:14pm ·  ·  · 




Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Cold day and I'm curled up with a blanket, some hot tea, and a new mystery to read. Today I like my job :)
January 12 at 1:01pm ·  ·  · 

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    • Amy Smith Read? How do you pull that off with the kids. I can't ever finish a page without them screaming for some random reason.
      January 12 at 1:54pm via Facebook Mobile · 

    • Megan Vogt Schaack I wondered the same thing. I mean I read with my kids around but not curled up with a cup of tea. Its usually standing in the kitchen while making dinner.
      January 12 at 3:23pm · 

    • Shelby Pogatchnik jealous
      January 12 at 7:31pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Both kids were napping. I even had time to pick up the house first! It doesn't really happen all that often. Like today, when I tried to continue my reading-- within about five minutes, Wyatt had spilled my coffee and Norah had gotten herself tangled in an unravelled hair ribbon. Usually my job satisfaction level is somewhere near the single digits... yesterday was a good day.
      January 13 at 10:56am · 


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I know I'm going to get grief from everyone who wants to throw their -20 weather in my face... but in my world 35 degrees is butt cold and I hate it.
January 11 at 1:44pm ·  ·  · 

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    • Lorie Haddad You are correct about your first assumption. I am dreaming of the possibility that it may get to 40 degrees at the end of the month. Dreaming!
      January 11 at 2:20pm · 

    • Charis Wiles Childers It's killing me! AND we have no heat in our office!
      January 11 at 2:40pm · 

    • Carol Pogatchnik Haddad See! Texas is for you!
      January 11 at 6:49pm · 

    • Jennifer Haddad Duffy To defend you Nicole...last time I was in Texas, it was in the 40's I think and it was terribly cold and just plain miserable. It felt much colder than the temperature stated.
      January 11 at 6:53pm · 

    • Heather Rodriguez AGREED!
      January 12 at 10:27am · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Thank you Jennifer. I have claimed this for years, but most people assume that Texas weather = lovely. On paper, it looks good. In person, it's kind of evil. Carol-- warm weather may indeed be for me. Texas... not so much.
      January 13 at 10:53am · 



Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Pro tip: When buying your textbook from another source in an attempt to outsmart your school's overpriced selections and then bragging about said accomplishment... make sure you purchase the correct book.
January 10 at 8:44pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I tried to use this cute little picture as the desktop on my computer. After about the fifth time I had to listen to Norah yell "the kitty is stuck, Mom, help the kitty" I chose something different.


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Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
‎..."I could tell you what kind of animals they are"... "I would give them a guidebook"... "you have to draw the pictures"... "we need to know what the birds eat"... "maybe some bats would live in our tree"..."I'm going to build a treehouse"... "we could earn some money"..."it looks like ice but it's really glass"...
January 9 at 3:09pm ·  ·  · 

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob rambles even when no one in particular is listening. As a result, I hear the most random snippets as I tune in and out: "I can steal all the Egyptian spiders"... "repeat steps one through four"..."I love Christmas"..."we'll play a prank on Brynn"..."this map has a mouse on it"..."stray cat harbor"..."I think it's in Spanish"..."the worms break down the decaying material"..."I don't see any snow at all"...
January 9 at 12:32pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Ah, yes. This sounds familiar.


11 Step Program for those thinking of having kids

by Amy Lawrence on Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 9:24am
Lesson 1

1. Go to the grocery store.
2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.
3. Go home.
4. Pick up the paper.
5. Read it for the last time.

Lesson 2

Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their...
1. Methods of discipline.
2. Lack of patience.
3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.
4. Allowing their children to run wild.
5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breastfeeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behavior.
Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.

Lesson 3

A really good way to discover how the nights might feel...
1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)
2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.
3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.
4. Set the alarm for 3AM.
5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.
6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.
7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.
8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.
9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)

Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.

Lesson 4

Can you stand the mess children make? T o find out...
1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.
2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.
3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.
4. Then rub them on the clean walls.
5. Take your favorite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.
6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

Lesson 5

Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.
1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.
2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out.

Time allowed for this - all morning.

Lesson 6

Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.
1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment.
Leave it there.
2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.
3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.
4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.

Lesson 7

Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys. Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.

Lesson 8

1. Hollow out a melon.
2. Make a small hole in the side.
3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.
4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.
5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.
6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air.

You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.

Lesson 9

Learn the names of every character from Sesame Street , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.

Lesson 10

Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.

Lesson 11

Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.

This is all very tongue in cheek; anyone who is parent will say 'it's all worth it!' Share it with your friends, both those who do and don't have kids. I guarantee they'll get a chuckle out of it. Remember, a sense of humor is one of the most important things you'll need when you become a parent!



Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
As proof that school has started for me once again, my 3000 word syllabus has been published (bullet points and all) in one ginormous paragraph with no formatting whatsoever. Bonus: It's from the professor teaching the Microsoft class.
January 7 at 4:28pm ·  ·  · 
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
As I sit and waste time on Facebook, Wyatt pooped his diaper and decided he didn't enjoy the sensation. Consequently, I will be logging off to dispose of the dirty diaper he just shoved on the desk in front of me.
January 6 at 7:47pm ·  ·  · 

  • Emily Beattie likes this.

    • Kathy Haddad On a similar note - my cat is carrying the cat dancer around the living room by himself with the pole that I am supposed to hold just dangling sadly behind him...
      January 6 at 7:51pm · 

    • Kathleen Duppler My dog brought a frozen poop into the house for me! I think yours is pretty gross though!
      January 6 at 8:00pm · 

    • Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Smart kid; knows how to get mama's attention!
      January 6 at 8:08pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Ah, thanks for making me laugh out loud, guys. I just bought my cat one of those dingle bell stick toys, and he gave me the stinkeye and walked away when I tried to play with him. The kids had better luck when they tried to make him wear hats and necklaces.
      January 6 at 8:13pm ·  ·  1 person

    • Kris Murphy I learned the other day that you can solve baby constipation with prunes. However, several meals of prunes over the course of several days will test the very limits of a diapers containment power.
      January 7 at 7:40am · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie There is a delicate balance to be found in the art of regulating baby poop. I wonder if I could start to potty train Wyatt... I have been changing diapers for the last 6 years. I'm ready to let go of the moment.
      January 7 at 8:59am · 




Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
CTC has this thing where they require (and consequently only sell) the latest, most up-to-date custom printed editions of textbooks. However, I've noticed that they don't actually update the syllabi (or coursework) when they change the textbooks. I'm beating the system this quarter by purchasing the textbooks originally required for these classes, which are now darn cheap. Take that, clown college.
January 4 at 3:29pm ·  ·  · 

  • Shelby Pogatchnik, Tanya Joy Staffne and 2 others like this.

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie What's that, clown college? You wanted me to pay 362.75 this quarter? Amazon = 38.73. Do you hear my maniacal laughter now?
      January 4 at 3:56pm ·  ·  3 people

    • Lorie Haddad Nothing makes me smile like a 90% discount!
      January 4 at 3:58pm · 

    • Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I needed a victory after another adventure with my guidance counselor. He couldn't find my transcripts and didn't want to sign off on my 200-level English class registration until he was absolutely sure I had taken Comp I and II. I asked him if he thought they would have let me out of college with a BA without those classes. Then he got confused because they aren't actually ON my transcript, having tested out of them in high school... the agony was exquisite.
      January 4 at 4:03pm · 

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
In the course description for "Records and Information Management": "Keyboardng skills or other computer liteacy course recommended." Recommended, but obviously not required. You can still get a job at CTC even without those types of skills.
January 3 at 1:48pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Getting ready to register for my last few classes with CTC. I'm running out of things to take, and was planning on taking Texas History. Should I be deterred by the fact that the textbook has a one star review and accusations of white supremecist affiliation? Something tells me to step away while there's still time...

Amazon.com: The History of Texas (9780882952550): Robert A. Calvert, Arnoldo De Leon, Gregg Cantrell
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Amazon.com: The History of Texas (9780882952550): Robert A. Calvert, Arnoldo De Leon, Gregg Cantrell: Books

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Who doesn't love pictures set to music? Here's 2010, starring my kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iodhxI5gPN4
www.youtube.com
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Jennifer Seamands, Jennifer Haddad Duffy, Dustin Kelly Barnes and 2 others like this.
Kathleen Duppler tried to watch-said video was private...boo
January 1 at 11:20am · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne it said it was private for me too! :(
January 1 at 11:31am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Sorry... try it again and see if it works.
January 1 at 12:24pm · Like
Lora Aschebrock Keith Very cute Nicole! You have such beautiful kids.
January 1 at 12:31pm · Like
January Turner As usual, your kids are absolutely precious! Great memory building!!
January 1 at 1:11pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne Why can't I view this!?! :(
January 1 at 1:17pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I changed it so that anyone with the link can see it... can you copy and paste and open in a new window? I don't know how else to change it.
January 1 at 1:46pm · Like
Bekki DuBord AWESOME!
January 1 at 2:58pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne Thanks Nicole! It was absolutely priceless! Makes you realize how FAST they grow!!! ahhh memories!
January 1 at 3:08pm · Like
Ann Marie Capistrant Pogatchnik I love it, great job with the pictures and music.
January 1 at 3:27pm · Like
Maria Smiley Nice song! They are so big! And you have some of the most beautiful girls I have ever seen! can't wait to see you all!
January 1 at 4:39pm · Like
Jennifer Seamands Nicole - Thanks for the great new years gift. The children are beautiful..and so are you. We think of you daily. :)
January 1 at 9:03pm · Like
Thomas Beattie Thanks for doing this hun, it made my day :)
January 2 at 12:34am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob is so in love with "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" that he is writing the sixth book in the series on his own. Is he the coolest kid or what?
December 28, 2010 at 9:05pm · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Brynn punched Jacob in the eye and was sent to bed. Jacob claims he has a black eye from her "weird strength, like an 11-year-old". He told me I should "have a little talk with her about keeping her hands to herself." I asked him if I should do it before or after I have a little talk with him about minding his own business. He thoughtfully licked his candy cane, said, "well Mom, you've got me there" and walked away.
December 22, 2010 at 6:16pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I finally got to post my course evaluations for the quarter. It felt so good to blast that psych professor for her lazy ways, and the religion professor for showing up one time during the entire class. I'd love to share all of my scathing review for your enjoyment, but I'll just post my favorite:
December 22, 2010 at 1:39pm · · Like ·
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad, Michelle Susan Henrich and Renee Pogatchnik Jirik like this.
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie ‎(In response to how the course might be improved) "Hiring instructors that are actually interested or even knowledgeable about the subjects they are supposed to be teaching would be a start. Either that or just send me a memo about when they post the clipboard in the lobby and I'll sign up to be a professor too. I have a BA, good spelling skills, and the ability to show a complete lack of interest in students so I'm really pretty well qualified by CTC standards."
December 22, 2010 at 1:39pm · Like · 2 people
Alicia Liebel You make me laugh...ALL of the time! I only hope that my students did not blast me in a similar manner!
December 22, 2010 at 2:36pm · Like
Douglas Murphy Great stuff!!!
December 22, 2010 at 3:09pm · Like
Bekki DuBord That is sweet! Seriously, schools need to hear this kind of feedback. I've never experienced an administration doing anything in response to student feedback...but we can hope...
December 22, 2010 at 5:50pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I'm waiting next to my phone for them to offer me a job.
December 22, 2010 at 6:17pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Hi Nicole, I know I am late in replying to this, but I was thinking about two really bad professors I had - one as an undergrad and one as a grad student. When I was an undergrad, I did nothing. But, as a grad student, I remember being so outraged by this horrible professor, that I wrote a group email to the class with the email addresses that we had and asked if people wanted to sign a common letter of complaint. A group of us wrote a letter to the dept. chair, and they ended up actually banning that professor from teaching that course ever again. Not sure if that is an option for you, but something to keep in mind...following up is always good, too.
December 27, 2010 at 8:19pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Wow. That is so cool! I know that when I was an undergrad (the first time) I felt like there were a few professors that just coasted on tenure and shouldn't have been teaching. And of course there's always the ones where you feel like you s...
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December 27, 2010 at 9:49pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Way to go Nicole!
December 28, 2010 at 9:41am · Like

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Christmas Break at our house pt. 2: Brynn cheerfully informed me at breakfast that I was only going to get rocks for Christmas because I'm so mean. Jacob insisted it would be clothes, because bad people only get clothes and not toys.
December 22, 2010 at 1:01pm · · Like ·


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Christmas Break pt. 1: We put together gift bags of candy for the neighborhood kids. Jacob was very disappointed that he did not get to eat any of the candy, and I reminded him that he just lectured Bean on how giving was one of the "spirits of Christmas". Five minutes later, when I told him he could not have a drink of my pop, he yelled that I didn't know anything about the spirit of giving AT ALL.
December 22, 2010 at 1:01pm · · Like ·
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Jennifer Haddad Duffy You have smart kids...watch out.
December 22, 2010 at 3:13pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Every time he talks about the "spirits of Christmas" my mind drifts toward the cupboard above the stove where we keep the "spirits of coping with parenthood".
December 22, 2010 at 6:19pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Nicole, I think you are going to have to weigh your words and thoughts more carefully, because you are getting big challenges from liittle people!:)
December 22, 2010 at 7:50pm · Like
Kris Murphy We had some of those "spirits" last night, Nicole.
December 23, 2010 at 10:42am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob lost a tooth and the tooth fairy forgot to visit... two nights in a row. Whoops. However, he has had such a terrible attitude all week that I asked him if he thought maybe the tooth fairy didn't want to come visit naughty little boys, to which Jacob responded, "The tooth fairy doesn't work for Santa. There's no way she'd know."
December 22, 2010 at 11:52am · · Like ·

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Heard Norah yell from the other room, "My mind is stuck!" Sure enough, her head was caught in a chair. I'm glad MY mind gets stuck on things like frapucchinos and pringles.
December 21, 2010 at 5:42pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I think I might get on board with this new "I don't feel like it" thing my kids have going on. I ask them to do something, they "don't feel like it". They might just find out how I really feel when 6pm rolls around and they whine that they're hungry.
December 19, 2010 at 12:44pm · · Like ·

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Making my own Frappucchinos is awesome, and so yummy, and I'm really happy not to be tempted to spend money at Starbucks. I'll even share the recipe if you want to make them too. But I have to warn you, if you drink like five of them a day you might get a tummy ache.
December 16, 2010 at 8:37pm · · Like ·
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Bekki DuBord Sound delish...I'll take that recipe!
December 17, 2010 at 3:44pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie ‎1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
1 tablespoon granulated sugar, plus
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1/3 cup strong coffee
1 cup ice

Blend it until delicious.

That's for the Mocha Frappucchino. I've also made it with caramel, peppermint cocoa, and chai tea drink mix from Tastefully Simple. I've also doubled the recipe every time I've made it and I feel so gross right now. But they're so good I can't stop... ugh.
December 17, 2010 at 7:32pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Just got an email letting me know that the annual "Toys for Troops" distribution will be held for military families this Saturday... at the Killeen Hooters. Have you ever just wondered what the next thing to make you laugh really hard is going to be? I didn't see that one coming.
December 15, 2010 at 1:02pm · · Like ·

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Since I took all the ornaments off the tree to prevent Wyatt from breaking any more, it should have been a natural conclusion that he would pull down a stocking from the mantle and break the holder... which, unfortunately, was part of a set that spelled "Noel". Happy Oel, everyone.
December 14, 2010 at 5:11pm · · Like ·
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Lorie Haddad Just switch them around so they say Ole! And have a Feliz Navidad!
December 14, 2010 at 5:38pm · Unlike · 3 people
Joel Pogatchnik I suggest you purchase a Joy stocking holde setr, let Wyatt break the o and y and then you will have Joel. That way durring the holiday season you can remember your favorite brother.
December 14, 2010 at 8:15pm · Like · 4 people
Megan Vogt Schaack My tree has 2 halves: top half has my ornmanets/breakables, bottom half has a bunch of plastic ornaments I bought in mass at Target. I'm hoping that by next year I can get rid of the plastic ones but I'm not getting too excited about it.
December 15, 2010 at 9:22am · Like

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This is Tom's unit, which left yesterday for Kuwait. Not much more to say, other than we miss him already!

ADA unit ships out
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December 14, 2010 at 11:54am · · Like · · Share
Jennifer Blanchard-Soldato ‎((hugs)) Let me know if you need anything :)
December 14, 2010 at 12:04pm · Like
Jennifer Payne Pogatchnik Send us his address there so wew can send some packages.
December 14, 2010 at 1:49pm · Like
Lorie Haddad That must be really hard. My thoughts are with you guys. When does he get to come home?
December 14, 2010 at 5:40pm · Like · 1 person
Bekki DuBord I'll be praying for his safety! Love you guys!
December 14, 2010 at 6:39pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I have been thinking of you off and on since I read he left.I hope you have a good support system there. We will keep you all in our prayers.
December 14, 2010 at 7:11pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie This is scheduled to be a short deployment for him. He will be back in March, though in May he'll be going up to Oklahoma for a four month training course. Thanks, everyone :)
December 14, 2010 at 7:14pm · Like
Michelle Susan Henrich I've been thinking of you and your family all day since I read your message about Tom leaving. It's not often I'm at a loss for words but I am now. I have no idea how you must be feeling. I'm sure you must have a group of spouses who are going through the same thing and that you are friends with . . . I'm sure you are a huge help to one another. Just know that you, Tom and the kids are in our thoughts and prayers and that we think of you often Nicole.
December 14, 2010 at 7:51pm · Like · 1 person
Linda Nudell Nicole, email me his address so we can send mail please. Still my boy.....:)
December 14, 2010 at 8:26pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne that picture is worth a million words!!! Sure would be nice if the government could pay attention to holidays etc and not send them out til after next week!
December 14, 2010 at 10:02pm · Like
Christa Evert Ah man....this totally made me tear up. Thinking about you guys!! Wish I could come hang out with you!!!
December 15, 2010 at 8:21am · Like

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did not notice until today that my MN driver's license expired on my birthday (two months ago). To get a TX license, I think I'm going to have to pass the written and driving tests again. Uhhh...
December 13, 2010 at 10:59pm · · Like ·

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The tree has been up since Sunday evening, and the broken ornament tally is already up in the double digits (including one irreplaceable baby hand and a sad decapitated Big Bird). I thought moving the tree away from the tile might help, but it turns out Wyatt really likes the sound of those glass ornaments hitting the floor. He just has to walk a little farther now.
December 8, 2010 at 2:35pm · · Like ·
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Jessica Turner-Moreau I haven't put a glass ornament on our tree since 2000...I figure in about 10 years I can put the heirlooms and breakables back up....same reason (actually one of many) why I don't own one of those Christmas Village collections : )
December 8, 2010 at 2:45pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Last year we did really well, and I tossed my big box of tacky plastic ornaments. This year I'n thinking of pulling all the ornaments off and just leaving the lights and ribbon... it can't look any worse than the ornaments all hung on the top 3rd of the tree, or hooks with no ornaments attached.
December 10, 2010 at 9:57am · Like

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Jacob asked me yesterday how peanut butter is made. I was just waiting for someone to ask so I could pull this one out! So glad Youtube is there to share the joy of old school Sesame Street with my kids :)

Sesame Street - Peanut Butter
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Film about how peanut butter is made, featuring a cute little song written and performed by Joe Raposo.
December 2, 2010 at 9:15am · · Like · · Share
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Alicia Liebel Old School Sesame Street should be the one program that is re-run over and over again for every generation. Same with School House Rock. This is the kind of information that doesn't outdate!
December 2, 2010 at 12:10pm · Like
Lorie Haddad Actually old school Sesame Street DVDs now have a "warning" that it is not really for young kids! Cookie Monster smoked cigarettes in some episodes (the Masterpiece Theatre bits) and I think they felt Oscar was too grouchy......... : ) But I love them. My kids watch them and no one has asked for a smoke yet.
December 2, 2010 at 12:14pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I loved Monsterpiece Theater! I forgot that he smoked, or maybe he didn't by the time I was watching. But last night we watched "Christmas on Sesame Street", from 1978, and I was amazed at how much it's changed. It's pretty sanitized now, but it was much more entertaining then.
December 2, 2010 at 5:10pm · Like


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Norah: "Mom, what's a bad word?" Me: "I don't know any bad words. Do you know bad words?" Norah: "HOLY MACARONI!" *Proceeds to sing "Yankee Doodle", finishing with a giant "HOLY MACARONI!"* While I'm glad that what she thinks is a bad word is not really a bad word, I'm sure you can see why I am somewhat concerned.
December 2, 2010 at 9:10am · · Like ·

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Do you ever unwrap a really huge chocolate bar and feel a little bit like Charlie Bucket?
December 1, 2010 at 3:41pm · · Like ·

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There's a lot of bad Christmas music out there, and our local station seems to have the rights to all of it... I heard a song yesterday called "Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey".
December 1, 2010 at 8:28am · · Like ·
Megan Vogt Schaack I'll take that over any Carpenters music any day.
December 1, 2010 at 8:46am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Oh, don't think they're not playing the heck out of that too. Is it wrong that every time I hear her singing I feel hungry?
December 1, 2010 at 8:52am · Like · 1 person
Megan Vogt Schaack No. No, that's not wrong. Is it just me or did they show that TV movie about them an awful lot?
December 1, 2010 at 9:10am · Like
Kathy Haddad Did you ever hear the song, "Santa Got A DWI"? The guy who wrote it and sang it used to live a few miles from my parents. My mom and sisters and I would go to his house for garage sales (held in his swanky Elvis-themed basement). He served flavored popcorn and cans of beer to all who attended. I was in tenth grade, and Lorie must have been in fifth grade then. Ah, the Christmas memories! Do they still play that song?
December 1, 2010 at 7:59pm · Like · 1 person
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Uhhh... no. But now I kind of wish I could go garage sale-ing in the 80s, because that scenario is fascinating.
December 2, 2010 at 9:03am · Like
Lorie Haddad For your Sherwin Linton listening pleasure: (It was a mini bottle of peppermint schnapps that did Santa in, by the way)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU6T3qRNk0g
December 5, 2010 at 8:11am · Like
Kathy Haddad By the way, I think I saw the after effects of Santa's DWI yesterday as I was exiting off 94 into Uptown - Santa on the side of the road with a red bucket hoping motorists would stop and give him some change. No kidding. Not sure where the homeless get a Santa suit and beard, but it was a bit disconcerting.
December 5, 2010 at 11:43am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My kids have this genetic time bomb that goes off within about 48 hours of turning 3. They go from sweet, compliant toddlers to raging, angsty, tantrum-throwing horrors. So imagine my apprehension over Norah, who was already prone to those tendencies, turning 3. It's been about 72 hours now, and all I can say is... it was a good six months with no 3-year-old in the house. Please send aspirin.
November 29, 2010 at 1:23pm · · Like ·
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Alicia Liebel So I should send my sympathies to Adrienne in March since that is when James turns 3. Poor soul she already has her hands full with him and little Carter!
November 29, 2010 at 1:30pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I think Jacob was a little easier than the girls, and maybe it will bypass her kids altogether. Or we could send her a fruit basket with out condolences...
November 29, 2010 at 1:48pm · Like
Alicia Liebel I think a flask of some stiff whiskey would be more useful? LOL
November 29, 2010 at 1:49pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Yes. Yes it would. Of all the excuses I can come up with to validate drinking in the morning, "the presence of small children" is the only one that holds water. Oh, and I meant to say with OUR condolences, not without. That's just cruel.
November 29, 2010 at 1:51pm · Like
Jessica Turner-Moreau Whoever coined the phrase "terrible twos" obviously abadoned his or her family before the child turned three, and therefore was not privy to the "traumatic threes".....the boys were the same way, although Mal not quite as bad as the Benster and G-man..which is reason #52 why he's my favorite child : )
November 29, 2010 at 2:24pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne guess I was spoiled once again as NEITHER of my girls went through this!
November 29, 2010 at 2:57pm · Like
Amy Smith Same thing here with Izzy. I was hoping it would stop when she turned four. However, today it was her that I was dragging out of McDonalds screaming and crying at the TOP of her lungs while the one year old and two year old complacently stood by and watched.
November 29, 2010 at 3:07pm · Like
Dan Weinand hahah sorry..I guess in several years I probably will get to experience the joys of parenting as well...
November 29, 2010 at 3:14pm · Like
Adrienne Hahn I would enjoy a Fruit Basket....... but that would also provide more ammo for James....... he is into throwing everything he can get his hands on lately!!
November 29, 2010 at 3:34pm · Like
Josh Van Pelt i think mine has this same genetic time bomb you speak of...it's like someone flipped a switch the day she turned three! She also goes back to being a sweet little angel just as I am about to lose my mind...bring me some consistency!
November 30, 2010 at 2:15am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Went treasure hunting at the Goodwill yesterday, and brought home a VHS tape for the kids. Brynn picked it up and said, "What's this?" and I said, "It's Magic School Bus!" She said, "What do we do with it? Can I open it?" And I realized she actually did not know what it was. Later, after they had watched it, Jacob had to come out and ask me how they could watch it again. Oy.
November 28, 2010 at 12:50pm · · Like ·

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‎7pm: "Norah broke something, blah blah blah-- hey, wait, is today Norah's birthday?" Tom: "Is today the 27th?" Me: "Her birthday is the 26th." Tom: "I think today is the 26th." Me: "Huh."
November 26, 2010 at 10:58pm · · Like ·
Nick Newton, Tanna T and Tanya Joy Staffne like this.
Kathleen Duppler Uh oh!!
November 26, 2010 at 11:08pm · Like
Cheri Thompson Capistrant Happy Birthday to Norah!
November 26, 2010 at 11:09pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack Happy bday norah!
November 27, 2010 at 9:42am · Like
Ali Winterroth I was kind of wondering why you hadn't posted anything about it being Norah's birthday.
November 27, 2010 at 9:52am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie We celebrated on Tuesday, and then just kind of... forgot. I don't know why we can never seem to remember her birthday. It was much easier last year, when it fell on Thanksgiving. I guess at least we'll remember it once every seven years.
November 27, 2010 at 10:00am · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I think from now on, Norah is going to have to inform her parents when her birthday comes around.lol
November 27, 2010 at 10:28am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy The poor forgotten middle child...
November 27, 2010 at 11:31am · Like
Lorie Haddad Whatever - the youngest child totally gets the shaft. Just check my baby book. I go from hospital photo to 8 years old in the blink of an eye.
November 27, 2010 at 12:13pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Not true, Nicole! carried her around on my hip til my predisposes hernia appeared for real. lol
November 27, 2010 at 12:49pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie My two younger ones don't even have baby books, and in fact the last time I even got pictures developed was before Wyatt was born. I do take tons of pictures, but not of them doing anything interesting. It's just, "hey, your face is cute!" Snap.
November 27, 2010 at 4:15pm · Like
Kris Murphy ‎-1 point for bad parenting.
November 27, 2010 at 9:31pm · Like
Thomas Beattie Kris, we will see what your judgmental parenting score is once you have more then 1....hahaha (menacing laughter)
November 30, 2010 at 11:54pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I think his analysis is fair. Put it on my tab.
December 1, 2010 at 7:36am · Like

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is thankful that my husband is here to cook me a Thanksgiving turkey, for kids that drive me insane, for smelly pets, for wonderful friends, and for an extended family that wishes we were home almost as much as we do. Have a wonderful day, everyone!
November 25, 2010 at 10:20am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Brought Jacob to the library for his very first library card today. It's a "proud mom" kind of day :)
November 24, 2010 at 7:49pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
We spent the weekend in San Antonio and had a GREAT time! We stayed downtown on the River Walk and hit all the sights, and then spent yesterday at SeaWorld. The kids had so much fun! Of course, we let Shamu splash us and the little Canon is now kaput, but I guess I was looking for a new P&S anyway-- and by the grace of a dead battery 5 minutes earlier, it wasn't the big camera :) Stay tuned for pics.
November 23, 2010 at 9:39am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Ok, the thermostat says it's 69 degrees in here, which means it's nowhere near cold enough to turn on the heat. But sometimes I wonder where it's taking the temperature reading, since in the office my fingers are so cold I can't type, and this morning I swear I saw my breath in the bedroom.
November 19, 2010 at 10:38am · · Like ·


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Someone stole the down arrow key off my laptop, presumably to add it to the collection that already contains the " " key (that would be the one between the c and b). Kids and their e il scrabbly little fingers.
November 18, 2010 at 9:28pm · · Like ·

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Things you might have heard in my house today: "Honest to Pete, how many tealights can you eat?" "Why didn't you take the roll of toilet paper out of the sink BEFORE you washed your hands?" "That's it! You get six seconds in the Head Slap Box!"
November 16, 2010 at 9:20pm · · Like ·
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Jennifer Haddad Duffy Head slap box?
November 16, 2010 at 9:52pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie When they do something dumb they have to put their head between my hands while I slap it back and forth and count. It's new, and I don't think they care for it. They start off giggling uncontrollably, but by 5 they're begging me to stop. I have to keep things creative in order to remain effective.
November 16, 2010 at 10:05pm · Like · 2 people
Lorie Haddad Can we take bets on who ate the tealights and how many they ingested? I have $5 on three for Norah.
November 17, 2010 at 8:33am · Like
Kathleen Duppler lmao!! I really love you!! You just made my night!! I can't wait to have my baby grow up and do dumb things so I can implement the head slap box!!
November 23, 2010 at 5:47pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Noooo! This will make it so much harder for me to be the next Queen of England.

Prince William gives UK long-awaited royal wedding
news.yahoo.com
The college romance that seemed to falter in the harsh glare of adulthood has blossomed at last, promising Britain its biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer almost 30 years ago.
November 16, 2010 at 9:43am · · Like · · Share
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Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Seriously, this makes me sad. I remember when I was fifteen, and he still had hair, and I had pictures of him pinned up in my room... and in college, when my friend Candace and I developed a plan to spend a semester studying at St. Andrews so we could meet him. I would have been a good Queen. I like silly hats.
November 16, 2010 at 10:00am · Like · 2 people
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Nicole, you now get an "A" for your class in imagination.:)
November 16, 2010 at 11:01am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie This is really bringing down my day... I had a PLAN. And think about how much room I would have had for the rescue kitties in my palace! And how much you would have all liked to take trips on my yacht! And my hats, won't anyone please think about my hats? *sniffle*
November 16, 2010 at 1:04pm · Like · 2 people
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I think I will give husband Tom a clue for a good Christmas idea:)
November 16, 2010 at 1:06pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Do you think he can stop the wedding and bring me Prince William?! He couldn't even get me a house elf. I'm not placing my bets on him coming through there.
November 16, 2010 at 1:07pm · Like · 1 person
Bekki DuBord You were the very first person I thought of when I saw this article! Remember when I tried to send you a postcard of the Queen from England but it never arrived...I still believe it was becuz her hat was such a funny shape that the post office wouldn't send it on. :)
November 16, 2010 at 3:52pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I got the one with the Pope on it. I guess he could be my second choice... meeeh.
November 16, 2010 at 6:42pm · Like

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I find myself excusing otherwise questionable behavior "just because it's Monday"... so when I see the baby eating a muffin with a paintbrush, I continue drinking coffee until I'm ready to throw up without a second thought. "Just because it's Monday".
November 15, 2010 at 3:00pm · · Like ·

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walked past the pantry and heard a knock from the inside-- "Mom! It's me, Norah! I'm stuck in the closet!" Me: "Did you sneak in there to eat Halloween candy?" "Yes!" I think it was her utter lack of repentance that made me sit down with a soda while I considered whether or not to let her out.
November 10, 2010 at 4:10pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I taught Jacob some of the finer points of alphabetical order last night while doing homework. It was such a special moment, like teaching him my craft. Yes, I was born to be a librarian. And wow, that's pretty lame. :)
November 5, 2010 at 10:22am · · Like ·

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My old pics
19 new photos
November 3, 2010 at 2:02pm · · Like · · Share
Christa Evert You guys are so frickin awesome! :)
November 2, 2010 at 9:11pm · Like
Bekki DuBord Sorry that I had to comment on almost all of these! I'm dying of laughter in my office right now. These are such awesome memories, made so much better by your descriptions and captions. I'm so glad one of us has the memory of an elephant so that these good 'ol days will never die. Love you Cobber girls!
November 3, 2010 at 1:38pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie The comments are the best part... that's why you have to post your pictures-- so we can all comment and the world can see how witty we are, with our inside jokes.
November 3, 2010 at 1:39pm · Like
Bekki DuBord You should upload them to your album so it can be a complete picture of how cool we are. Plez??? (in reality, I need you to add the witty captions)
November 3, 2010 at 1:40pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I would totally use your picture titles. Come on-- "Ryan Phillipe and his Bitches?" LOL
November 3, 2010 at 1:41pm · Like
Christa Evert laughter, laughter everywhere....I love it!!
November 3, 2010 at 3:35pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Me: "Dear Professor Helpy McHelperson: I got three questions wrong on the test and I don't know which ones, or why. I had some trouble with X concept. Can you help me?" Professor McHelperson: "No. I don't give out test answers and I can't tell you which ones you got wrong. Please study before you take the test." Huh, I guess I wish I had thought of that before I took the test.
November 1, 2010 at 9:39am · · Like ·

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After seeing our friends' Halloween decorations, Jacob came up with this gem: "Mom, maybe when Wyatt poops in his diaper and you put it in a Target bag, we could draw a face on it and hang it outside like a ghost!"
October 30, 2010 at 2:23pm · · Like ·

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I am totally procrastinating cleaning up the latest irresponsible use of baby powder in my living room by taking an unnatural interest in your life.
October 29, 2010 at 10:57am · · Like ·

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Norah: "Look! I see the Magic Schoolbus!" (points to regular schoolbus). Jacob: "Norah, that is not the Magic Schoolbus. The Magic Schoolbus is a work of fiction, which means it does not have data or facts and is not real. Besides, I don't see Miss Frizzle."
October 28, 2010 at 8:21am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
In one of my new classes, it's required that I respond to at least one other student's discussion board post. I am having difficulty after reading at least a dozen posts and having only the impulse to respond, "What you have just written is possibly the dumbest thing I have ever read, except maybe for the guy that posted right before you".
October 26, 2010 at 6:12pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Oh my gosh-- I can't believe how many people wished me a happy birthday! Thank you all so very much. I did have a nice day-- I vacuumed my carpet, wore a navy blue t-shirt and jeans, ignored my kids a little while I ate cabbage/sausage/potato soup and watched the X-Files, talked to my grandparents, and I have a cheesecake in the fridge for after the kids go to bed. What more could I ask for? Life is good.
October 25, 2010 at 8:48pm · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Final Cultural Anthropology grade: 108.9%. Sort of makes that 95 in Brit Lit look like I was slacking a little. Boom!
October 24, 2010 at 12:26pm · · Like ·
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Lorie Haddad Dr. Ferraro would be proud. Good job - especially for a woman. ; )
October 24, 2010 at 12:29pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Tom asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I said I wanted a house elf. He laughed at me, and now I'm sad because I don't think I'm going to get one.
October 21, 2010 at 9:37am · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Brit Lit final grade: 95%. Woot woot!
October 20, 2010 at 4:01pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I hate poetry and boogers.
October 15, 2010 at 9:48pm · · Like ·
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad You are a great writer Nicole, I thought you would enjoy poetry!
October 15, 2010 at 9:55pm · Like
Lorie Haddad This Booger Haiku
I picked it just for Nicole
No pun intended
October 15, 2010 at 9:57pm · Like · 2 people
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie ooh, I do love haiku... but no, I do not enjoy poetry in general. I like prose, where people say what they mean instead of making me hunt around for it and then realize I hate what they're saying. It's like writing it in a foreign language half the time, plus wonky rhyme schemes that make my brain focus on the wrong thing.
October 15, 2010 at 10:01pm · Like
Alexander Jay Ruse hmmm.
October 15, 2010 at 10:10pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I thought of you a few days ago as I read (and loathed) James Joyce!
October 15, 2010 at 10:11pm · Like
Alexander Jay Ruse heh. thanks lady. i apologize on behalf of ambiguous, pretentious, self absorbed bleeding heart whiners everywhere. seriously, they do suck.
October 15, 2010 at 10:14pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie James Joyce wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't lower himself to my level. I'm not saying there's no use for poetry, just that it's not for me. Joyce, on the other hand... there's really no need for that mess.
October 15, 2010 at 10:21pm · Like
Alexander Jay Ruse I do concur. Bukowski comes to mind....There is a time to stop reading, there is a time to STOP trying to WRITE, there is a time to kick the whole bloated sensation of ART out on its whore-ass.”
October 15, 2010 at 10:28pm · Like
Justin Christensen What's not to like about boogies? I like em.
October 17, 2010 at 1:51pm · Like
Kathy Haddad It depends on who is writing the poetry. I agree about the James Joyce stuff, but spoken word poetry is fantastic!
October 18, 2010 at 5:44pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie That's a really good point-- I think when you hear someone, especially the author, read a poem it's easier to understand what it's supposed to mean. Sadly for me, Edith Sitwell has probably been dead for fifty years and cannot read this out loud, shedding light on how it's supposed to be about the 1940 Blitz in London. http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/still-falls-the-rain/
October 19, 2010 at 8:59pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
After receiving flowers and a gift basket from my husband, I have to change my status to say something about how much I love him and wish he was here... and how did he know I love chocolate???
October 14, 2010 at 12:06pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Happy Anniversary to me!! (And to that other guy, who went to Kuwait and couldn't be bothered to show up for the occasion ♥ ♥ ♥)
October 14, 2010 at 8:41am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
After watching too many episodes of The X-Files last night, I was convinced in my sleepy haze that my alarm clock was possessed this morning because the snooze button refused to make the alarm stop. I was even more freaked out when I jumped out of bed and unplugged the thing, only to continue hearing it... turns out I had set my cell phone alarm instead. Thanks anyway Mulder, you're free to go.
October 11, 2010 at 8:10am · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Performed a mullet-ectomy on Wyatt yesterday, and after my initial freakout over cutting off his baby hairs I have to admit that he is a handsome little critter.
October 8, 2010 at 9:30am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Profound quote of the day from my cultural anthropology textbook: "Adult men of all ages die more frequently than women". While I think it might be a poorly worded correct idea, I can't quite get it to make any damn sense.
October 7, 2010 at 9:45am · · Like ·
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Plus, it's followed by a paragraph about how men do harder work than women, have more stress, feel failure more acutely and therefore engage in higher risk activities and have more depression because they are repressed.. leading to the pithy statement "The disadvantages of being male in the United States have led some men to support gender equality". So men want women to be equal so we can share in their problems? If I ever meet this Dr. Gary Ferraro, I'm going to punch him in the face.
October 7, 2010 at 9:46am · Like · 2 people
Michael Nygaard Hmmm, I am not so sure about men dying more frequently. I would think we all die. As for men working harder...well DUH! Have more stress? Well, because they are most likely married to women...DUH! (ducking for cover) Thanks Nicole, I always get a good laugh from your posts...hopefully I am not deleted from your friend list after my comment. LMAO Ah Thursday...
October 7, 2010 at 9:58am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I'm still trying to figure out that death thing... maybe men get to die more than once, thereby making it more frequent? Like, after I kill you for being such a chauvinist you'll come back to do more work, have more stress, and marry a woman? BOOM!
October 7, 2010 at 10:05am · Like
Michael Nygaard Ya know, I kinda like your way of thinking.
October 7, 2010 at 10:41am · Like
Lorie Haddad I just looked his book up on Amazon. You can buy it new for $155.95 (free shipping!) or used for $0.44. Clearly others who have studied Dr. Ferraro's work understand the value of his dissertations.
October 7, 2010 at 11:20am · Like
Tami Murphy Wow. I just.... Wow.
October 7, 2010 at 11:34am · Like
Tami Murphy Is this book from the 30s?
October 7, 2010 at 11:35am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Lorie, you have no idea how gratifying I find your discovery. Dr. Ferraro has been annoying me since day 1, and based on the professor's reaction to my objections, I am wondering if he is, in fact, secretly Dr. Ferraro himself. Tami~ I don'...
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October 7, 2010 at 12:47pm · Like
Lorie Haddad Dr. Ferraro has obviously never been to Stearns County.
October 7, 2010 at 12:54pm · Like · 1 person
Alexander Jay Ruse misogyny can lead to the death of adult males of all ages....between 18 & 21 is when it seems to be most rampant. however some achieve a doctorate and then squeeze out a steaming porcelain punishing pamphlet referred tenuously to as a "book". The literary equivalent of a taco bell & ex-lax exit aftermath. ahhh, the white mans burden....
October 7, 2010 at 5:02pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
You might be a Pogatchnik if you find yourself saying things like, "Don't pull out the dog's hair! I just vacuumed!"
October 5, 2010 at 10:27am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
If you are interested in reading a weird, creepy poem, I would recommend "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti. Spoiler: The goblins aren't the unsettling part. Ugh.
October 3, 2010 at 11:07pm · · Like ·
Justin Christensen This was a bit off-putting.
October 4, 2010 at 11:47am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie The question I had to answer was, "What is the theme of this poem?" Aaaand I'm at a loss. I saw a few themes here, but I don't know if they're what the professor is looking for.
October 4, 2010 at 11:54am · Like
Justin Christensen What did you end up going with?
October 5, 2010 at 10:40am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I said that based on the last few lines, it could be the power of sisterly love. It could also be that succumbing to the temptation of men outside of marriage will lead to a woman's downfall... though I don't know why one's sister would have to bail her out by experiencing her own creepy goblin love. The prof didn't tell me I was wrong, so I suppose there's room for interpretation. I'm hoping it doesn't show up on a test.
October 5, 2010 at 10:45am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Norah's latest, greatest justification for everything she wants to do that I tell her not to: "BUT I LOVE IT!" as in, "Norah, no more TV." "BUT I LOVE IT!" "Norah, don't hit your brother." "BUT I LOVE IT!" "Norah, stop making that noise/smearing food in your hair/screaming/licking everything." "BUT I LOVE IT!" "Norah, stop crying." "BUT I LOVE IT!"
October 1, 2010 at 9:59am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Sometimes I look at my house on Monday morning and think, "man, it looks like there was an AWESOME party here this weekend!" But there was no party. No party at all.
September 27, 2010 at 8:16am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I turned off the AC and opened the windows today for the first time since May, and it feels so good! (Except for the part where it's dropping down into the 60s and I'm getting cold.) Fall is in the air :) :)
September 26, 2010 at 8:51pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Smelled a candle at the Hobby Lobby with the name "Hemingway". If you expected, as I did, that it would smell like cigarettes, leather, and depression with a faint whiff of old man B.O., then you'd be right.
September 25, 2010 at 2:53pm · · Like ·
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Kathy Haddad What about cat litter?
September 25, 2010 at 2:54pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Well, it WAS a knockoff brand from the Hobby Lobby. We can't expect it to be 100% accurate, right?
September 25, 2010 at 2:55pm · Like

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Wyatt is extremely angry about his inability to tap dance in high heels. Maybe if I give him the pink feather boa he'll feel better...
September 24, 2010 at 9:31am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Me: "Norah, don't blow out my candle. It smells good-- smell it." Norah, exhaling onto the candle: "Mmm, Mom, it smells like cat poop."
September 23, 2010 at 9:16am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Brynn: "I'm growing boobs, you know". Me: "Right this minute?" Brynn, with the most disdainful look imaginable from a four-year-old: "Of course."
September 23, 2010 at 9:15am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob: "Wow, mom, you have a lot of cookbooks! When I grow up and you move to a different house, will you leave some of the cookbooks here so I can learn to cook?"
September 22, 2010 at 5:36pm · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Another day spent experiencing the exotic life of "La Madre": repairing toilet mechanisms, searching for rancid-milk sippy cups under the couch, cleaning milk barf and mandarin orange poop off Wyatt, scrubbing boogers off the wall. You don't have to tell me about your envy... I'll just know.
September 21, 2010 at 8:33pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
A dinner conversation about what it means to be "free"-- Jacob: " It means you get to do whatever you want, except for when you follow rules. And you get electrics and stuff." Me: "Do you mean elections?" J: "No, electrics, like ovens." M: "I think people who aren't free still have ovens." J: "Yeah, but not the electric kind. They have to put wood in it. And cook beans in a pot."
September 11, 2010 at 12:56pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
‎"Mom, you're the best mom ever!" "Thanks, Jacob!" "Yeah, but sometimes you're kind of creepy. And tricky." "Thanks, Jacob." *sigh*
September 10, 2010 at 9:29am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob: "What's Labor Day?" Me: "It's a day to celebrate working... uh, by taking the day off." Jacob: "So everyone gets the day off?" Me, being a smartass: "I don't get the day off." Jacob, being my son: "Right. Because you don't do any work." Later we will be discussing both this article and the many roles of SAHMs.

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jake's homework was kind of difficult tonight. Maybe next time I'll make him do it himself.
August 24, 2010 at 8:32pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
What is that sound? It is the sound of silence. My house is silent. It still looks like marauding frat boys might have lived here for a week, but it is silent. Hallelujah.
August 23, 2010 at 1:22pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
First day of school for Jacob and Brynn! Whew, I made it... now to salvage the remains of my house, which looks like it was pillaged by... well, by a roving gang of small children.
August 23, 2010 at 9:05am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Let my kids go nuts with PBS today, and walked into the living room to see Jacob and Brynn exercising along with "Sit and be Fit". Who says TV makes you a vegetable?
August 19, 2010 at 1:58pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
What's more fun than waking up to the sound of your child throwing up? Waking up to find that she's doing it in your bed.
August 17, 2010 at 9:32am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
has been forced to break out the truly evil punishments-- "You WILL kneel on your hands. And it WILL hurt." Ten days till school starts...
August 13, 2010 at 9:49am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
This morning, between flicking the "brew" switch and the little beeps telling me the coffee was done, I was confronted with a poop mess of biblical proportions. Fifty minutes and some serious errors in judgement later, I am finally sitting down with my coffee in my favorite Mike Rowe coffee mug. I have closed the bathroom door and I am waiting for the mess to just... go away.
August 12, 2010 at 10:00am · · Like ·
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Melissa Vogt Brettingen A poop mess before your morning coffee...so not fair!
August 12, 2010 at 10:26am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Let us know if the door trick works and it goes away!
August 12, 2010 at 11:17am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It did not work. I have been cleaning all morning and I am still smelling poopies everywhere. It is mutant.
August 12, 2010 at 11:40am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Here's the play-by-play. It's not over yet, either... http://pogatch.blogspot.com/2010/08/nightmare-poopie.html
August 12, 2010 at 12:33pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne wow!!!! now that's a "poopy" story!!!!
August 12, 2010 at 1:16pm · Like
Teresa Miller sounds like a crappy morning
August 12, 2010 at 8:46pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Wyatt was sick all day, then at about 7:30pm one of the dogs took a runny dump on my carpet-- you might say it was an entire crappy day. Worst. Poopday. EVAR.
August 12, 2010 at 9:49pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne Herbert got a work out!
August 12, 2010 at 10:32pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
said to myself, "No, not the StrideRite, I'll save a few bucks and head to Penney's." It turns out that my kids, who never see commercials, seem to have an in-depth knowledge of Skechers. Three pairs later... I could have saved a few dollars at the StrideRite.
August 11, 2010 at 3:12pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
wonders if I can pack just a few more things into the few weeks before school starts... why yes, I have plenty of time for that sinus infection and Nonah to gimp up her foot. That should make school shopping extra fun, and goodness knows I love me some fun.
August 9, 2010 at 10:08pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
So... 5446 miles traveled with 87 hours in the minivan, two weddings, one camping trip, countless restaurants, many playdates and visits with seldom-seen friends and family, too many beds that were not my own, tons of phone calls to my kids who were away for four weeks, and hundreds of pictures taken over the course of six weeks.... and vacation 2010 is OVER!
August 2, 2010 at 11:07pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
is back from 3 days of Brainerd camping with Tom... next time I think I might stay a week :)
July 30, 2010 at 9:38am · · Like ·
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Christa Evert Back in MN??!! That's awesome! And camping is awesome too! Hope you guys are having fun!
July 30, 2010 at 10:18am · Like
Amy Smith You were in Brainerd!! You guys should have swung by and visited us!
July 30, 2010 at 10:23am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack By "with Tom" do you mean "without kids"? Sounds great! I wondered where you were if you aren't on FB.
July 30, 2010 at 12:16pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Where were those cute little bumpkins? Where did you get all the camping equipment? It sounds like you had a good time. I suppose Tom did all the cooking over the campfire!LOl
July 30, 2010 at 2:27pm · Like
Ann Marie Capistrant Pogatchnik I'm glad you had fun. Was it as fun as your Dad described? By the way, you left your stroller here, guess you'll have to come back :)
July 30, 2010 at 2:30pm · Like
Lori Capistrant Yea! I'm glad you had fun. Try it with the kids it will be even more fun!
July 30, 2010 at 7:33pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It was without kids, and it was fabulous. I really enjoyed camping-- it even rained the first day, and I didn't care. We stayed in the tent ;) The kids stayed with their grandparents, Tom did in fact cook over the campfire, and Amy-- as we rolled into Brainerd I said, "Amy and Ryan live here now... I have no idea where." We had a lot of fun-- I'll put up pictures when I get back to TX.
July 30, 2010 at 8:34pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Meeting my new advisor to register for classes: She explains that I will need a skills assessment test and a degree plan. I explain that I am not getting a degree with them, just taking classes to raise my GPA and enter a Master's program. She seems confused (despite having my application in front of her) and asks, "Have you had any English?"
July 15, 2010 at 5:16pm · · Like ·
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I say, "Um, I have two Bachelor's degrees." She says, "So that's a yes on the English?" "I suppose it is." "You may not have to take the skills assessment test after all." Blerg.
July 15, 2010 at 5:16pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I think you need to replace her!
July 15, 2010 at 5:23pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie So far everyone I've talked to has been exactly that helpful. I'm doing this at a community college to save a few bucks, but it would appear that I am the first person ever in the history of the world to try and take some classes there while already possessing a degree.
July 15, 2010 at 5:28pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Frustration plus!
July 15, 2010 at 5:29pm · Like
Matt Pogatchnik It seems your advisor may need a reading and comprehension assessment
July 15, 2010 at 5:29pm · Like
Jessica Turner-Moreau But on the bright side, if they're grading classes on a curve, and the other students are as bright as your advisor, you will have NO problem raising that GPA....heck, you could be Valedictorian (that is, if you were getting a degree from them) : )
July 15, 2010 at 5:35pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Anything that would give my next school the impression (or illusion) that I am a good student would be helpful... I did see on their website though that "some classes may require you to purchase books". So you know, this might be one of the more rigorous schools.
July 15, 2010 at 5:39pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie By the way, I'm not knocking it because it's a community college. I'm ripping on it because it's run by morons. Morons who charge $51 per credit.
July 15, 2010 at 5:47pm · Like
Bekki DuBord I've had some experience with this as well, but unfortunately at a reputable 4-year insitution you may have heard of....Dr. Hiestand made me take a Spanish conversation test to get into his Statistics of Economics class...he, of course, administered said test and in the end concluded that he had no idea what I said but it sounded good...so he signed my pink slip.
July 15, 2010 at 6:42pm · Like
Rob Beattie Wow Nocole... maybe an online school would be more appreciative of your academic accomplishments
July 15, 2010 at 7:45pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Thankfully this IS the online program and once I register for the first semester I hope I don't have to go back onto campus again.

Dr. Hiestand was evil, no way around it. I remember trying to get OUT of his Econ class, but I may have been such a dud he left me alone. He did pave the way for the infamous Alaa Al-Shawa experience though!
July 15, 2010 at 9:35pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My baby Wyatt is one year old today!! Oh, my last baby is one year old today... if you see me sobbing in the pictures just ignore it. :)
July 3, 2010 at 9:22am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Enjoyed an evening with PBS and a thunderstorm.
June 28, 2010 at 10:26pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
has so many projects to do and errands to run, trips to plan and a house that needs a summer scouring... not to mention all the things around the house I'd "like to do", like painting or decorating... normally my listmaking helps my tasks seem fewer and more doable, but at this point they've turned into flowcharts that are taking over my life.
June 28, 2010 at 9:11am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
It doesn't matter how many times I see that Sarah Mclachlan ASPCA commercial, it always makes me weepy. Darn those one-eyed dogs and fluffy little kittens.
June 20, 2010 at 8:24pm · · Like ·
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Michelle Susan Henrich I have to turn the channel so I'm not thinking about it all day. If I had the money I would help but it's frustrating to know I can't right now. If I won the lottery I would donate tons to the cause of helping abused animals.
June 20, 2010 at 8:46pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I don't like watching those ads. So helpless are these animals.
June 20, 2010 at 9:25pm · Like
Katie Dohman When she asks if I want to be an angel I nearly jump off the couch yelling yes!, tears rolling down my face. Waaaah!
June 21, 2010 at 9:15am · Like
Alison Nelson I always cry at that effing commercial, it gets me everytime. Luckily I am too lazy to get off the couch and grab my wallet and cell phone to call to donate! I have my own puppy mill gimp at home, he's charity enough! But yes, everytime - tears and tears!
June 23, 2010 at 2:27pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I heard just the song yesterday on the radio, and instantly I was picturing those sad little animals that need my help...
June 25, 2010 at 10:10am · Like
Kathy Haddad A friend of mine said that her 5 year old was watching tv in the other room and she heard her just bawling. She went running in and asked what was wrong. "there are animals who don't have homes!" she was crying and watching that commercial.
June 25, 2010 at 10:22am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
spent a super fun afternoon with Aiden and Erin Gross (Nick too)... it was so fun to watch Aiden and Wyatt exchange their baby 'skillz'. I would also like to mention that I have some of the coolest friends ever. Just sayin'.
June 17, 2010 at 5:00pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Took Jacob to his first Twins game last night at the impressive new field, and today my little man is 6 years old!
June 16, 2010 at 8:03am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Did someone's grandmother just pass through my kitchen? 'Cause there's a rinsed out ziploc bag drying on my faucet handle...
June 11, 2010 at 11:09pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Just to fulfill all the promise of the nightmare ballet season from hell, I managed to get in a fight with a ballet dad at rehearsal today... I'm calling it quits for the summer, folks, and frankly sometimes I wonder why I even leave the house.
June 11, 2010 at 4:12pm · · Like ·
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Jessica Turner-Moreau Please tell me you won the fight....because if you lost to a ballet dad.....this isn't the Nicole I know and adore! : ) I grit my teeth to get through kids' activities....or I bring my knitting, and pretend I'm impaling obnoxious people with my needles!
June 11, 2010 at 4:42pm · Like
Kathleen Duppler How do you get in a fight at ballet? And I hope you won too!
June 11, 2010 at 6:03pm · Like
Lorie Haddad Details please! I hope the phrase, "Plie' THIS!!" was uttered.
June 11, 2010 at 6:29pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne Awesomeness!!! What was the argument about!?!
June 11, 2010 at 8:05pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It was a guy sitting in the back row handicap accessible seats at the auditorium... I asked him if he could move forward a row so that I could sit there with my child army and inconvenient stroller. I was very polite, he was very rude, and being unable to control what comes out of my mouth I let a "Thanks a lot, guy" out before I turned to walk away... I didn't know he was going to throw down after that. He accused me of trying to make him feel guilty for wanting to record his kid's performance, I informed him that I would rather he felt guilty for being a jerk, as well as a really good zinger about me sitting in the seats meant for single lonely men while he sat in the family section... After that, of course, it descended into an immature "go to hell" from him, a "is that the best you can come up with" from me, and a general sense that this was not the best I could do at a children's function.
June 11, 2010 at 8:46pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne That's an awesome story!!! I just wish I would have been in attendance!!!
June 11, 2010 at 8:50pm · Like
Shelby Pogatchnik hahahaha :) nice!
June 11, 2010 at 9:32pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I didn't feel good about it after it was over, even though the guy was a jerk. I shouldn't have made that little dig at him but I just couldn't believe someone would be so rude to someone else without cause. Even if he was dead set on not giving up that seat, I did not give him any reason to be such a douchebag. Well, later I did. Then it was just douchewars. But I wonder if most people would have just walked off and not said anything? All I know is that anyone who gets in my face will regret it, because I will slap them in the face with my words. I think I know a few people that can back me up on this...
June 11, 2010 at 11:22pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Love the feistiness! I worked in stadiums/arenas for several years and I have run into this more than once. The most memorable was a woman refusing to move over one seat so a guy in a wheelchair could wheel in. She wouldn't budge.
June 12, 2010 at 6:45am · Like
Sharon Knutson Nicole, I have a similar story that happened in the parking lot at Old Navy. I ended up telling the guy to "go to hell" as I strutted away. Not a shining moment at the end of a really bad day. I should have felt good for sticking up for myself, but just ended up feeling stupid. Such is life...
June 12, 2010 at 9:41am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Fell asleep on the couch, and woke up to discover I had drooled all over the place. Fell back asleep, woke up an hour later to find myself surrounded by little wipies. Ah, how quickly the roles reverse and our children are wiping up the drool of their parents...
June 5, 2010 at 4:44pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Today Jacob graduated Kindergarten and lost his first tooth. He asked me about a dozen times if I was proud of him... OF COURSE!!! He assumed that meant that he was entitled to watch whatever he wanted on TV and eat cookies for dinner and was unfortunately mistaken. But proud? You betcha!
June 5, 2010 at 1:21am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Happy Birthday #4 to my Princess Brynn, the girliest of the girly girls!
June 1, 2010 at 7:31am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Although it was no family picnic in Henderson, we did have a great day at the lake with the kids! I forgot to tell Grandpa Pudge to eat a hot dog for me... hopefully he remembered on his own :)
May 31, 2010 at 9:50pm · · Like ·
David Thomas Yea, I think he had about 8 of them!
May 31, 2010 at 9:59pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It's the one day every year that my grandma turns a blind eye to my grandpa prowling the family's grills, bun in hand.
May 31, 2010 at 10:02pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad He is in his glory when he has a hot dog! I like them too but Joe will not eat them. I can eat a hot dog and enjoy it as much as a fancy cut of meat!
May 31, 2010 at 10:18pm · Like
Michelle Susan Henrich Pudge must have rubbed off on me because I would rather have a good old fashioned tube steak (hot dog) than a real steak, ANY day!
June 1, 2010 at 11:11am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I don't even really like meat all that much, but I do have a serious weakness for hot dogs. Maybe its in the genes, or maybe it's just years of being around Grandpa Pudge's infectious enthusiasm for the tube steak.
June 1, 2010 at 11:04pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Today is Brynn's 4th birthday party-- dressing like princesses, making jewelry, and drinking pink princess punch are all on the agenda. It's also the beginning of "birthday season"-- four birthdays in five weeks!
May 30, 2010 at 12:12pm · · Like ·
Michelle Susan Henrich, Shelby Pogatchnik, Calvin Smith and 4 others like this.
Kris Murphy Lol
May 30, 2010 at 12:13pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie You can laugh... but there's a reason I don't eat cake the other 11 months of the year.
May 30, 2010 at 12:14pm · Like
Maria Smiley wow you sure know how to time them! I never realized that before.
May 30, 2010 at 10:03pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Well, one of them is Tom, so I guess I didn't have much to do with that. But I probably should have listened to his mother when she warned me that fall is a very fertile time in their family... I think 5 of the 7 in their family were summer babies.
June 1, 2010 at 11:07pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Ten months old and Wyatt is walking! He also crushed a light bulb yesterday with his bare hand. I think he may have superpowers, so I'm pretty excited about that.
May 21, 2010 at 9:05am · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
wishes bedtime was a little more "stories and hugs, rainbows and unicorns" and a little less "getoutofmyfacerightnowIcan'tlookatyouforonemoresecond".
May 11, 2010 at 8:35pm · · Like ·
Angela Scherbel, Mickyla Constance, Tanya Joy Staffne and 3 others like this.
Tanna T Amen! Kudos to you for pointing out the elephant in the room.
May 11, 2010 at 9:18pm · Like
Tanna T ‎(..to that marrital stress, add the kids and tidying up the house and it can be quite a night!)
May 11, 2010 at 9:21pm · Like
Beth Sorenson LOVE it Nicole! :D You totally described the night I just had. We ended well, but it was off to a rocky start. You know you are fried when you are looking to the clock at 6 pm and wishing it was just a little bit later so you could start "bedtime". Kids are all down now though and I am "home free" for at least a couple of hours. Hope yours ends well too.
May 11, 2010 at 9:37pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I'm glad it was the responsible nice moms who gave this the thumbs up... it makes me feel a little less like a parental failure and a little more like I really did deserve that bowl of cherry ice cream :)
May 11, 2010 at 9:43pm · Like
Lorie Haddad Now I'm interested in what peaks the interests of all your mean irresponsible Mom FB friends.....
May 11, 2010 at 9:58pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Probably my posts about putting on my booty shorts to go clubbin'.
May 12, 2010 at 2:36pm · Like
Tanna T Or the pleather pants to go ride the scooter...
May 12, 2010 at 7:23pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I went to the Austin Zoo today with the kids and Grandma Ann... it turns out that it's a rescue zoo. How cool is that??
May 6, 2010 at 12:21am · · Like ·
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Bekki DuBord Love those. It makes me cry less when I look at the animals in the cages. Although, I still can't look at monkeys. :(
May 6, 2010 at 10:17am · Like
Michelle Susan Henrich Fantastic!!!
May 6, 2010 at 11:04am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie This one had a lot of monkeys, but the cages were really cool-- they had all sorts of toys (like a red kiddie car, a trampoline, a xylophone!) and little houses with blankets for them to sleep in. It was the least sad zoo I've ever seen.
May 6, 2010 at 2:25pm · Like
Bekki DuBord The worst are the "monkey houses" where they keep all the tiny monkeys that look like babies or mini-babies. They put their hand on the glass and say things like "I'm sad, please let me out". Pheww, its rough.
May 6, 2010 at 3:00pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Those are really sad. And it's not like they were living in monkey estates or anything here, but then you read the brochure about how 90% of the animals are rescues from things like circuses and medical testing facilities and evil roadside zoos. Then you kind of have to think that the little cages with their baby toys are a lot better than where they were living before. That's why it was such a feel-good zoo.
May 6, 2010 at 3:04pm · Like
Bekki DuBord Ok, I'm sold.
May 6, 2010 at 9:33pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Rolled over at 2am to see a 3 foot tall bat flapping its wings next to my bed... wait, it was just Bean, waving her blanket back and forth. When I yelped, she whispered that she had "come for the ball"... then proceeded to lie down on the floor and whisper to herself until she fell asleep. Not creepy at all...
April 30, 2010 at 8:02am · · Like ·
Beth Sorenson, Michelle Susan Henrich and 2 others like this.
Tanya Joy Staffne I've had my share of experiences like this too! ;)
April 30, 2010 at 8:27am · Like
Douglas Murphy This made my day. Creepy... yes.. reference to go see the twins in their new stadium...yes!!!
April 30, 2010 at 9:05am · Like
Mickyla Constance super creepy! ha! Did you scream? Even if it was my daughter, pretty sure I would have!
April 30, 2010 at 9:12am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie At first I thought she meant she was coming for a princess ball or something... then this morning I tripped over a kickball that was laying right next to her blanket. I guess she really did come for the ball!
April 30, 2010 at 9:21am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Wyatt is sprouting little blond curls all over his head, and yesterday he clapped for falafel. Where has this guy been all my life??
April 29, 2010 at 11:10pm · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I just heard the song "Caress Me Down" by Sublime, which reminds me of 11th grade spanish and the time I asked Mr. Nonnemacher what the word "nalgas" meant. The mental image of a 60 year old man explaining to a 16 year old girl that the word means "buttcheeks" still brings a smile to my face. Oh, Bud. Hee hee.
April 21, 2010 at 3:55pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Listening to Jacob reading out loud tonight, carefully (and slooowly) sounding out every word: "Now I go to school and have teachers and cubbies and naptime and cigarettes". (me) "What?" (Jake) "ss-eh-cuh-reh-teh-ss" (me) "Not cigarettes! SECRETS!"
April 19, 2010 at 10:32pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Nicole, randomly: "I think I'm going to take the GRE next month." Tom: "Don't you want more time to study?" Nicole, arrogantly: "What for?"..... (ten minutes later).... Nicole, panicking: "Did you know there's MATH on this thing??" Tom: "Ya think?"
April 17, 2010 at 12:29pm · · Like ·
Katie Dohman and Lora Aschebrock Keith like this.
Nicole Klein OMG Nicole the GRE is hard - you have to study! I just took the GMAT (which is harder) and I had to study for 8 months!
April 17, 2010 at 12:37pm · Like
Justin Christensen Just walk in and dominate it.
April 17, 2010 at 12:38pm · Like
Lora Aschebrock Keith I'd bet you do great on the analytical writing portion!
April 17, 2010 at 12:44pm · Like
Kathy Haddad What do you want to study in grad school? Not every program requires the GRE.
April 17, 2010 at 1:57pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack I spent a summer studying. Was scared about math and spent most time on it. Got a great score but my vocab suffered. Embarassing. But I got into grad school anyway.
April 17, 2010 at 3:59pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I'm thinking about going for my Master's in Library Science. I haven't decided if I'm actually going to do it, but I figure the GRE is my first step. Most MLS programs require it, but even if they didn't I'd want it because my undergrad grades are not amazingly impressive.
April 17, 2010 at 5:13pm · Like
Melissa Vogt Brettingen I used to think about going back for a MLS! I think it would be a great job...doing research, surrounded by books. Of course, dealing with all the annoying library patrons would be the downside. :)
April 17, 2010 at 8:21pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack MLS is great but jobs are as easy to come by as, well, museum jobs. lots of competition. but if you want it just for fun that's not a concern. and maybe there's a lack of good librarians in Texas :) There are a lot of people with museum/MLS combo degrees - collecting and cataloging books isn't much different than collecting and cataloging objects.
April 17, 2010 at 9:53pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I suppose it depends on where you want to live-- it seems like there's a decent amount of small town public librarian jobs out there. So maybe not for fun, but most likely not for a lot of pay. Or excitement, if you think about the adventurous life of a librarian in... Grafton (or somewhere similar). I've found a number of jobs that I would be interested in applying for, and the first requirement is always the MLS. I've also felt a little hindered by a major in history and no experience in anything remotely history-major related-- but I've had three or four jobs working in libraries.
April 18, 2010 at 9:02am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Oh, and Justin-- I thought that's what I would do, until it occurred to me that I'm not Justin.
April 18, 2010 at 9:02am · Like
Melissa Vogt Brettingen Nicole--I thought you hated working at the library in West St. Paul! I remember seeing you there when you worked there in high school! BTW, another kind of place that hires people with MLS degrees are law firms or even business firms that need a lot of research done.
April 18, 2010 at 9:06am · Like
Kathy Haddad Funny! I have an MLS, but it stands for "Master of Liberal Studies". It was a great interdisciplinary program where I took some core courses, but then got to design the rest to my liking. I also have a Masters of Public Affairs. I didn't need a GRE for either...
April 18, 2010 at 9:06am · Like
Ann Marie Capistrant Pogatchnik Nicole, you letterd in math. Mr. Brown would say, take the test. I can still hear him now.
April 18, 2010 at 9:10am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Melissa~ I DID hate it. Not the job itself-- I liked it. But for some reason I was mortified to be working at a library. I don't think I realized that most people had high school jobs that were also pretty terrible. I can't for the life of me figure out why I was so embarrassed, but I have vivid memories of hiding in the stacks so people from school wouldn't see me. Ha!
Kathy~ I should look at some other masters programs, just to see what they're made up of. The only one I've ever looked at and actually been interested in the classes was the MLS (mine, not yours:). My other concern is that I would get yet another degree and not know what I wanted to do with it. I'm not buying the whole "you'll find a job you like once you have it" thing again... I got burned by that once before.
Mom~ I can still hear Mr. Brown too, and he is not reassuring. He is frightening.
April 18, 2010 at 10:03am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack Well, there you go. I am not willing to live in Grafton. I say go for it. I love libraries.
April 18, 2010 at 10:04pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Why do I go to Target without making a list? I know that there is no way I will remember the four things I needed... no, after puzzling for a while in Beauty & Hygiene I will decide that I have everything I came for, when in fact I have only two of the things I needed, plus six more that I did not.
April 16, 2010 at 3:36pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I'm tired of cleaning my house. Every day, I clean my house, and every night before I go to bed I am depressed by what a disaster it is. Maybe if I skip step 1 I will eliminate step 2. Of course, then I would have the bogey step of "running from mutant dog fur coalitions" and "breaking multiple toes on toys"... I'm in deciding mode right now.
April 13, 2010 at 8:27am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I would like a job. Not just any job... one where I get to do what I want, when I want, from my home. Ideally this job starts at about $20/hr, but I will demand more once you get a taste of my awesomeness. Surprisingly, I am having a hard time locating this job... AND I couldn't fit this thought into a Haiku. No wonder I'm unemployed.
March 31, 2010 at 9:22am · · Like ·
Heather Rodriguez and Lora Aschebrock Keith like this.
Mike Sebille That would be a great cover letter to send out with resumes
March 31, 2010 at 9:48am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Need a custom job
Paid to do my own damn thing
I am so worth it
March 31, 2010 at 10:06am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Jennifer, that is beautiful! I think I have been out-haiku'd. I need to work harder. And Mike... I can't believe I spent 30 minutes on a cover letter, when I should have just used that (since it only took me 30 seconds). The way my brain is operating today, I am just an employer repellant.
March 31, 2010 at 10:15am · Like
Lorie Haddad That was an excellent Haiku, Jen.
March 31, 2010 at 7:47pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Scratching late at night / You do not bury your poop / What do you search for?
March 29, 2010 at 10:19pm · · Like ·
Jessica 'Peterson' McAleese likes this.
Jennifer Haddad Duffy you are going haiku crazy!
March 29, 2010 at 10:21pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Need a vacation
Overworked and underpaid
The beach is calling
March 29, 2010 at 10:22pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Most excellent.
March 29, 2010 at 10:23pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie They're very addictive!
March 29, 2010 at 10:23pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy I should go to bed
At the best part of my book
Can't keep eyes open
March 29, 2010 at 11:00pm · Like
Becca Spears Patenaude OH, I get it. you're talking about an animal. Or a kid???
March 29, 2010 at 11:58pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie The cat waits until I get in my bed, then takes a smelly poop and plays dingly ball. The dingly ball I can tune out, but the poop... I have to take care of that.
Jennifer~ What book?
March 30, 2010 at 7:42am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Right now I am reading 'False Pretenses' by Catherine Coulter.
March 30, 2010 at 8:16am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I just Wkipedia'd Catherine Coulter... what's a "Romantic Thriller?"
March 30, 2010 at 8:30am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy It's a 'who done it' kind of book with twists and turns. There is a love interest - NOT a romance novel.
March 30, 2010 at 8:48am via · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I'm really into the haikus now. I figure I'm about two sleepless nights away from starting a Fight Club.
March 29, 2010 at 7:41am · · Like ·
Heather Rodriguez likes this.
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Monday is just wrong
Bottom of the coffee jar
Oddly mismatched beans
March 29, 2010 at 7:42am · Like
Jessica Turner-Moreau Nicole you're breaking the first rule of Haiku Club.....we don't talk about Haiku Club........
March 29, 2010 at 12:09pm · Like
Lorie Haddad Thankful for Facebook
Connecting across the miles
Lotsa Pogatchniks.
: )

I wonder if that was the first time "Pogatchnik" was ever used in a Haiku?
March 29, 2010 at 5:43pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Today's Haiku: What a sad mistake/ Neosporin on my face /Tragic Eraser
March 28, 2010 at 3:15pm · · Like ·
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Maria Smiley lol I remember Haikus!
March 28, 2010 at 3:21pm · Like
Becca Spears Patenaude why are you so smart and witty?!? I think it's a good thing you popped out four rug rats to burn off some of your brain cells.
March 28, 2010 at 10:24pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Lol... Heather-who-likes-my-status just made a comment a few minutes ago on Maria-who-commented-on-my-status' page about how her theory is that children steal our brain cells. If two unrelated people know about this, it must be true.
March 28, 2010 at 10:31pm · Like
Maria Smiley I love your logic!
March 29, 2010 at 12:03am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Oh, and I'm only smart and witty on paper. In person, I'm dull and quite awkward.
March 29, 2010 at 7:44am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Jacob's reading is improving so much! He still misses a few things though, which is why he declared to Brynn this afternoon that the name of "that restaurant there is Jack in the Butt".
March 27, 2010 at 2:02pm · · Like ·
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Lorie Haddad Sounds delicious.
March 27, 2010 at 3:06pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I love it!
March 27, 2010 at 5:40pm · Like
Michael Nygaard I wouldn't eat there.
March 27, 2010 at 6:14pm · Like
Katie Dohman oh my gosh. your family makes me laugh so hard.
March 27, 2010 at 10:27pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy I have eaten there and now it makes much more sense.
March 28, 2010 at 5:53am · Like
Ann Marie Capistrant Pogatchnik After the meal did he brush with cool mint "geel", or pay with "forgin" money?
March 28, 2010 at 5:33pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I did NOT feed them Jack in the Butt. You know, he read something and pronounced it so wrong, and it reminded me of the merciless taunting of my youth... I made it a point to not laugh at him, but now I don't remember what it was. Darn it.
March 28, 2010 at 10:35pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I burned my face with a Magic Eraser. How? Why? It doesn't matter. I'm old enough to know better.
March 26, 2010 at 6:21pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I overslept and caused Jake to miss the bus for the second day in a row. This morning I was having a dream that Prince William took me on a hot date-- to the Burger King.
March 25, 2010 at 9:02am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
October 2008: I move into my house. March 2010: I discover a button on my stove that says "Automatic Clean". I have pressed it. This is an addendum to January 2010: I discover that my microwave has fancy settings for defrosting meat, poultry, and fish. I wonder what other kinds of excruciatingly obvious things I have missed...
March 24, 2010 at 6:50pm · · Like ·
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Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie My house smells like it might be on fire...
March 24, 2010 at 7:31pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Cool! Maybe there's a "vacuum house" button somewhere!
March 24, 2010 at 7:35pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne You are kidding,right?
March 24, 2010 at 8:20pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I bet if one of your children would have had a chance to investigate, they would have found some of those buttons!!!
March 24, 2010 at 8:22pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Nope, not kidding. It's not like I didn't know appliances in general have these features, I just didn't know MINE did. My old microwave had these awesome settings right on the front... these ones were 'hidden' on a label inside the door. And I believe I actually had a conversation with someone not long ago about self cleaning ovens, how they work, and wishing I had one. How sad is that?
March 24, 2010 at 9:01pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie So... my oven is clean! Amazing. I did, however, miss the very obvious sticker that said I should remove the racks before using the self clean function... oh well, those are clean now too.
March 25, 2010 at 12:46pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Day one: Plant plants. Day two: Dogs eat plants. I keep reading that oleanders (which I love and want to put in my yard) are very poisonous and should not be planted in yards with kids or dogs. My kids are smart enough not to eat shrubberies... and guess who I'm not too worried about today?
March 24, 2010 at 10:55am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I just heard one of the Horrible Ballet Moms complaining that the new healthcare bill requires military dependents to pay approximately $260 per year for our health care. This is in addition to the current ZERO dollars that we currently pay, and does not include the actual service member. In response, the other Horrible Ballet mom says, "And service members don't have to pay? It's the dependents who do everything".
March 22, 2010 at 4:39pm · · Like ·
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Now, the last time I checked, it was my husband who actually had the job, not me-- so I'm going to go ahead and call shenanigans on her for her apparent misconception of what "all the work" actually entails. Second, she then went on to complain that the annual raise wasn't big enough. I didn't say anything, but it's not the first time I've wanted to ask that particular woman if she realizes what a horrible, awful person she is. I'm wondering if I can get through the rest of ballet season without doing it.
March 22, 2010 at 4:43pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy I am trying really hard to not respond to several fb posts about the healthcare bill. I hid a couple people today because I couldn't take it. What world are these moms living in? Not mine.
March 22, 2010 at 4:43pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I am ok with legitimate concerns about the bill. I'm sure that it's not going to be all rainbows and unicorns and there will be some less than perfect ramifications. But good lord, take a second and think about what you're saying in front of an unknown audience. Virtually every time I hear that woman speak, I wonder if she realizes that not everyone's biggest problem in life is lack of officer parking at the commissary. She is a bad, awful person.
March 22, 2010 at 4:55pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad IT is always the ones that know the least that think they know the most-I hate that!
March 22, 2010 at 5:11pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack I am amazed you can stand it. I think I would one day just explode and ask her what world she lives in.
March 22, 2010 at 5:14pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie All I really want to mention to her is the simple fact that you never know who is listening. She regularly complains about her life as an officer's wife in front of people who could be enlisted wives or not in the military at all. Trust me, we have very little to complain about. And can you imagine bitching about $260 a year in front of people you don't know-- does she realize what people with real world jobs pay in premiums, co-pays, and prescriptions? I haven't forgotten. She would not last a day in a world where her husband's rank meant nothing and she actually had to pay for things like healthcare and housing.
March 22, 2010 at 5:26pm · Like
Kathy Haddad That is the reason that I eat lunch alone in my classroom.
March 22, 2010 at 5:27pm · Like
Lora Aschebrock Keith Good luck... I would definately have a hard time keeping my mouth shut... oh the ignorant people of the world that like to piss us off. (I have learned to shut my eyes before I roll them so it's less obvious)
March 22, 2010 at 5:33pm · Like
Monica Liebel Nicole - you're such a sensible, fair minded girl! Some people just absolutely can't see anyone's life but their own!!??
March 22, 2010 at 8:02pm · Like
Tanna T You could publish......then all the bad awful people (my family calls them bitches-and they're everywhere) would finally see the world from shoes everone else is wearing.....but with humorus, sensible logic.
March 23, 2010 at 12:51pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack what bothers me is the "sensible" people like us don't spout off in public and then people think everyone thinks like that woman.
March 23, 2010 at 2:06pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie In this instance, I was speechless. In general, I'm one of those people who thinks up a dozen articulate and pointed comments thirty seconds after I've left the scene.
March 23, 2010 at 10:21pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
How Monday is going so far: "Oh, I'm sorry. You must have me mistaken for someone else's mother. MY children know that taking an attitude like THAT with their own mother would be a DEATH WISH."
March 22, 2010 at 8:05am · · Like ·
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Michael Nygaard Why is it that some kids these days get away with it? My parents would have knocked me into next week if I talked back or threw a fit. (Not literally) It seems that we had the respect that seems to be lacking now. Gosh, did I just sound LIKE my Mother???
March 22, 2010 at 8:43am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I remember being terrified of my parents... I think a lot of parents don't give their kids anything to be afraid of-- I know plenty of parents that give weak little threats and don't follow through. My kids know that I will make them weep for mercy. I am very unkind.
March 22, 2010 at 8:58am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack We've had the conversation that you need to be a little bit afraid of your parents. I was always afraid of the wrath of my parents. And really, they never did anything bad to us. But as a kid, I was still warry of it. And boy, has my almost 5 year old been testing me lately. What's this free will thing she thinks she has? sassy buggers.
March 22, 2010 at 9:41am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy That is so funny to think of you being afraid of Jeff and Ann - they are both so non-threatening.
March 22, 2010 at 9:48am · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I agree with Jennifer.
March 22, 2010 at 10:10am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Lol... maybe not my mom as much. But my dad could be very scary indeed. And I could see being a little scared of Tom and Nancy. I mean, Nancy is so happy, and Tom is kind of like a big teddy bear... but if they were mad, I'm picturing a very disapproving Henrich face... and Tom is so very tall.
March 22, 2010 at 10:31am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Jeff and scary just don't go together! Of course I know him in a much different capacity.
March 22, 2010 at 10:34am via · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack I can see Jeff being intimidating to a kid; You don't know what's behind that quiet demeanor :) Yes, a disapproving Henrich face does a lot! Lucky for us we have great parents.
March 22, 2010 at 10:41am · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad Was Grandpa Pudge scary? Did Denise get the Hendich look when she was disciplining? This is very interesting.
March 22, 2010 at 11:32am · Like
Stephanie Reilly Sokolofsky Someone please advise how to scare my children...they laugh at me when I am angry!! And Nicole and Michael..you have seen me AnGrY (thank goodness for that mute button!)
March 22, 2010 at 12:17pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I find that one very memorable punishment will go a long way... one good spanking, one round of hot sauce on the tongue for a bad word, pretending to give your kid's favorite toy to the garbage man for not cleaning up their room, the threat of having to bring your lunch in your sister's Tinkerbelle lunchbox for forgetting yours at school repeatedly... usually doing those things just once will last a while and I only have to yell really loudly and magic happens.
March 22, 2010 at 1:25pm · Like
Stephanie Reilly Sokolofsky HOT SAUCE...love it....all of it..(insert evil laugh here)...you've created a new mommy monster...I'm off to prove a point now...
March 22, 2010 at 1:26pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie And no, Grandpa Pudge has never come across as scary... I don't think he's ever tried. But I have been on the receiving end of Grandma Denise's Henrich look. I do not recommend. Sometimes she still gets it with the younger Pogo cousins... I laugh 'cause it's not me :)
March 22, 2010 at 1:26pm · Like
Jessica Thomas Heger Be glad your grandpa never came off as scary. There is only one time I can remember my grandpa pogo yelling at me and I was scared to death. BTW - For all the parents out there: You have every right to punish your children in any way you see fit as long as it is not cruel or excessive. This would include spanking, washing their mouth out with soap (or hot sauce) etc. Good luck to the kids who call the police because their parents disciplined them!
March 22, 2010 at 3:43pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Your grandpa wasn't scary to YOU. You may remember Uncle Jack scaring the bejeezus out of the rest of us :)
March 22, 2010 at 4:37pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad I am curious, how did he scare you outside of "roughing" you up?
March 23, 2010 at 9:23pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I think it was the anticipation. You'd walk in, and you'd know what was comng... "Come here and give your Uncle Gack kisses!" But what he really meant was, "Come here! Uncle Jack is going to toss you around and tickle you until you throw up!" And even though you were on to him, and you'd try to maybe hide and hope he'd forget about you... no. The more you tried to get out of it, the worse "the business" would be. Plus, he did it to all the kids, so you would have seen like five other kids screaming for mercy before he even got to you. Of course, as a grown up I remember this and smile. As I kid I remember being terrified.
March 23, 2010 at 10:14pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad You would have missed this if he stopped doing this even though you didn't like it.
March 24, 2010 at 8:29pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I've watched the last three seasons of Weeds in the last four days. Drugs are bad, m'kay?
March 21, 2010 at 1:23am · · Like ·
Heather Rodriguez likes this.
Michael Nygaard I love that show!
March 21, 2010 at 9:14am · Like
Ashleigh Omlid Joorawon Oh man this past season was INSANE
March 21, 2010 at 6:05pm · Like
Tanya Joy Staffne I just started watching this show...it's sooo WEIRD!
March 21, 2010 at 6:47pm · Like
Michael Nygaard I think I want to open a baby store on the US Mexican border...ahhhh
March 22, 2010 at 8:22am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Avoid any dude named Guillermo. He may be trafficking 'mota', heroin, and young girls. And trying to kill you. I would also question any working relationships with dudes named "U-Turn"... was it just me, or was that man terrifying? He had the ojos locos, for real. (And I must say, I learned MANY interesting new spanish words this season.)
March 22, 2010 at 8:39am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Oh, and Tanya... just wait. I was actually thinking that the first couple seasons were so normal compared to the last two.
March 22, 2010 at 8:40am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
wishes she could have hung out with her fun Irish family today... but I talked to my parents and Pudge and Denise, plus ate corned beef and cabbage and warm Irish soda bread... so I guess I'm still pretty happy at the end of the day.
March 17, 2010 at 9:20pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
is putting off going to the grocery store with all four kids... this was poor planning on my part. :(
March 17, 2010 at 9:00am · · Like ·
Michael Nygaard What problem could you possibly have at the store with the four little darlings??
March 17, 2010 at 9:04am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Here's a preview: "Stop touching everything. Don't touch that. We do not need that. I don't buy that kind of cereal. Please stop touching everything. Those are glass jars, don't touch them. Don't lick that. Stay with me please. Take that back out of the cart. Stop touching. Get that out of your mouth." Get the idea?
March 17, 2010 at 9:14am · Like
Leora Bauer I would be shopping on line and have them deliverd.. do they offer that
March 17, 2010 at 9:29am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I forgot about how you can do that in ND... no, they don't have that here :)
March 17, 2010 at 9:34am · Like
Leora Bauer well.. keep your chin up, repeat "patience, patience" and call a sitter :) Have a good day.. give everyone a big Hug from me.
March 17, 2010 at 9:41am · Like
Michael Nygaard LMAO Yes, I get the idea. Thanks for the preview.
March 17, 2010 at 9:47am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Baby in the front, one other in the back of the cart..the other two walking. Some things that have worked for me...Get them a free cookie (they are free for kids here) for a distraction. Tell them they can choose one item to buy with your approval and they will be focused on that. They can hold it until you check out, thus, leaving their hands busy and the excitement focused on the item. Skip the cereal aisle completely - kids lose their minds in that aisle. They put toys and all kinds of kid crap in that aisle. Marketers know! Good luck.
March 17, 2010 at 10:26am · Like
Ashleigh Omlid Joorawon I still don't see why kids can't be left in the car, crack a window...throw a couple crackers at 'em...should be fine. ;)
March 17, 2010 at 10:47am · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy So how did it go?
March 17, 2010 at 8:54pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Wyatt in the sling, Norah in the cart, the other two walking... I bribed them with the promise of Happy Meals and they were really quite good. Brynn did have to walk with her hands in her pockets a couple of times, and trying to get through the store without Norah licking something is a lost cause-- but overall, not bad :)
March 17, 2010 at 9:14pm · Like
Michael Nygaard Ever thought of a reality show?
March 18, 2010 at 8:28am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Weird things I've said today: "It's the census, just be glad you don't have to ride to Bethlehem on a donkey to do it." "You'd feel bad if the puppies were made into coats because you told your dogs to shut up." "Let me smell your teeth."
March 16, 2010 at 8:05pm · · Like ·
Bekki DuBord and Katie Dohman like this.
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad How do teeth smell???LOL
March 16, 2010 at 8:30pm · Like
Kris Murphy Do teeth actually smell?
March 16, 2010 at 9:31pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie They were supposed to smell like toothpaste.
March 16, 2010 at 9:42pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad were you suspicious that someone's dental hygiene was neglected for the day???
March 16, 2010 at 10:32pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
has a serious cold. The sinus headache, nose blowing, and sneezing I can handle, but losing the ability to taste is destroying my will to live.
March 13, 2010 at 9:25am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
moved Wyatt out of my room and he slept for 12 hours last night... we're also beginning the weaning process. I'm not sure who's more traumatized, him or me, but I do know who's sleeping better :)
March 8, 2010 at 8:21am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
It has to be the Irish in me... I can think of no other reason that a meal consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes would be so absolutely amazing.
March 6, 2010 at 6:41pm · · Like ·
January Turner and Lorie Haddad like this.
Kathy Haddad Hey what a coincidence! Do you have Food Network? Bobby Flay is in Ireland and they are eating that meal now!
March 6, 2010 at 7:31pm · Like
Lorie Haddad YUM!
March 6, 2010 at 7:41pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I don't have Food Network. I enjoy Bobby Flay though... and Paula Deen too (sorry Lorie).
March 6, 2010 at 8:12pm · Like
Lorie Haddad oh Nicole - you've been south of the mason-dixon line too long.
March 6, 2010 at 8:54pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack i've been craving some cabbage and potatoes. yum
March 6, 2010 at 9:55pm · Like
Michelle Susan Henrich One of my favorite veggies .. . shredded cabbage fried in olive oil and butter with a little sliced onion. YUM!
March 7, 2010 at 11:25am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
This is kind of funny... I didn't know we had that many things in America that other countries believe are imaginary. Be sure to check out the comments.

American TV: fact or fiction | Television & radio | guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
We all know those US television cliches. But do cops really eat donuts? Do groceries actually come in a paper bag? Or noodles in paper cartons?
March 6, 2010 at 11:56am · · Like · · Share
January Turner Thanks for distracting me from my studies!! LOL
March 6, 2010 at 12:41pm · Like
Melissa Vogt Brettingen I am so amazed that these things are strange to them!
March 6, 2010 at 1:45pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Tom and I were especially amazed by the red plastic cups. Who knew?
March 6, 2010 at 2:14pm · Like
Lorie Haddad I live in a household of immigrants so I often come across things like this. My father in law is convinced Americans eat lots and lots of beans (I know - BEANS!) because he watched tons of old Westerns in Algeria. I have told him many times this is not true - but I don't think he believes me.
March 6, 2010 at 3:45pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Lor..break out some old pie tins and warm up some beans for him! ; )
March 6, 2010 at 7:16pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie That is really funny. Nobody eats beans here! I mean, I love me a bean, but I know very few other people who eat anything besides Bush's baked beans or Beenie Weenie (gag).
March 6, 2010 at 8:18pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad What is Beenie Weenie-hot dog with beans?
March 6, 2010 at 10:18pm · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack what do they drink out of if they don't have red plastic cups? and what do they bring groceries home in? I need to live abroad I guess! And I agree that to say "getting Chinesefood" is much better than their alternative.
March 6, 2010 at 10:20pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
We don't have Shamrock Shakes, but I just got an email saying that the Mint Oreo Blizzard is the blizzard of the month at the DQ. So that's kind of cool, right? I also wonder if I could get something similar to the Shamrock at the DQ-- I would have to explain that it needs to be not only freakishly minty, but also unnaturally green.
March 4, 2010 at 8:47am · · Like ·
Michael Nygaard What? No Shamrock shakes? What is the world coming to. I look forward to them each year. I can send you one if you like.
March 4, 2010 at 8:49am · Like
Jennifer Blanchard-Soldato It is green and minty...and i think very yummy!!
March 4, 2010 at 8:58am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack I tried the Mint Oreo Blizzard. Its good but not the same. But you could get DQ to make a mint shake - ice cream and mint flavoring - and that should be closer to a Shamrock Shake.
March 4, 2010 at 9:10am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack Thanks to you I couldn't stop thinking about them today - so I just went and got one. Yes I'm blaming it on you. It was delicious! well in a Shamrock Shake sort of way.
March 4, 2010 at 3:38pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Way to rub it in!
March 4, 2010 at 4:36pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
This morning's breakfast question: "Mom, do other planets have opportunities?"
March 3, 2010 at 7:14am · · Like ·
Michelle Susan Henrich, Mickyla Constance and Shelby Pogatchnik like this.
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie This was followed by the "on the way to the bus stop question": "Mom, why do we need simple machines?"
March 3, 2010 at 8:14am · Like
Kris Murphy So, are we talking about financial opportunities, or growth opportunities?
March 3, 2010 at 10:38am · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad It probably won't be long before Jacob gets his planet question answered.
March 3, 2010 at 8:23pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Wyatt has officially gone from "boobie friend" to "boobie monster"... I appreciate that he does not want to suck his thumb now that he has teeth. I do not appreciate being the subsititute.
March 2, 2010 at 7:57pm · · Like ·


Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
‎"Mickey Doodle went to town/Riding on a pony/Stuck a feather in his pants/And called it macaronies... and you are not it. I pick ME"
February 26, 2010 at 12:30pm · · Like ·
Lorie Haddad, Shelby Pogatchnik and Jennifer Blanchard-Soldato like this.
Lorie Haddad I'll have to teach Joey that one. His new favorite cartoon character is Knuckleberry Hound.
February 26, 2010 at 2:07pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I sent my son to school today wearing brown corduroys and a navy blue shirt. He came out wearing them at the last minute, and I didn't have the energy to decide whether the orange shirt looked better or worse, so I let him go. Then I realized that I almost kind of liked the way it looked... reminded me of those hippie kids in high school who were too cool to care.
February 25, 2010 at 8:12am · · Like ·
Shelby Pogatchnik likes this.
Megan Vogt Schaack you can't wear just any shirt with brown cords? man, my kids have been going to daycare looking funny then. but maybe we're just too cool to care:)
February 25, 2010 at 8:42am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I thought mixing blue and brown was a fashion no-no. These were dark brown cords, not the tan kind that look good with everything. Or maybe I really AM that cool! Now there's a thought!
February 25, 2010 at 8:49am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack i grew up thinking that you wore black shoes with black pants and brown shoes with brown pants but I see some very trendy people downtown mixing it up all the time so i know i'm not fashion forward.
February 25, 2010 at 9:03am · Like
Kris Murphy HA! That is great.
February 25, 2010 at 9:08am · Like
Katie Molinaro I officially say that it's cool to wear brown pants with a blue shirt, because that I what I am wearing today:)
February 25, 2010 at 9:21am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Most excellent, I trust all of your opinions. So... what about wrinkles? Can wrinkles be cool?
February 25, 2010 at 9:24am · Like
Heather Rodriguez wrinkles are definitely cool. Havent' you ever see those broomstick skirts that look like someone crumpled up and put in a drawer? I've see blouses that way too. Unless they weren't supposed to be?? hm....
February 25, 2010 at 9:37am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
My coffee tastes better out of my mug that says "I ♥ Mike Rowe"
February 25, 2010 at 7:40am · · Like ·
Tanya Joy Staffne and Kris Murphy like this.
Michael Nygaard Mike rocks!
February 25, 2010 at 8:20am · Like
Jana Beattie haha..ur best christmas gift ever!!! :)
February 25, 2010 at 6:05pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie No, Ali got me the mug that had the boxer face on it for Christmas... Tom got me this one for Valentine's Day, along with a matching shirt. Though I did get the Dirty Jobs DVDs for Christmas, and it WAS awesome... I wonder if anyone has noticed that I love Mike Rowe? lol
February 25, 2010 at 7:43pm · Like
Stephanie Reilly Sokolofsky Mike Rowe=deeeeeelicious.
February 26, 2010 at 6:20pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Nutella is magic.
February 24, 2010 at 3:53pm · · Like ·
Ashleigh Omlid Joorawon, Lorie Haddad, Tanya Joy Staffne and 2 others like this.
Jessica Turner-Moreau I was just going to check if we still had some in the cupboards.....total awesomeness!
February 24, 2010 at 3:54pm · Like
Melissa Vogt Brettingen My mom just found a recipe for Nutella Cake that I can't wait to make!
February 24, 2010 at 4:02pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Love it! Especially wrapped up in a crepe.
February 24, 2010 at 4:21pm · Like
Jennifer Blanchard-Soldato o0o0o, we love it over here too!! I have to keep two jars on hand at ALL times. we go through it that fast!!
February 24, 2010 at 4:25pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Now I'm craving a nutella/banana crepe...
February 24, 2010 at 4:39pm · Like
Jennifer Blanchard-Soldato I make banana/cream cheese/nutella won tons every now and then. o0o0o so yummy!!
February 24, 2010 at 4:40pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Well, I don't really like bananas. But I am a firm believer in cream cheese, so I don't really think anything that includes nutella, cream cheese, and deep frying could possibly be bad! I wonder if I can even make a crepe... I've never tried.
February 24, 2010 at 4:42pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Making crepes is really easy! Try it... I've done it a few times and was surprised at how good they turned out.
February 24, 2010 at 4:53pm · Like
Bekki DuBord World Imports sells travel size Nutella. Like butter or coffee cream...these little round containers with a peel back lid and wooden spoon for dipping. Perfect for the purse!
February 24, 2010 at 5:07pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Here is my vision of me with the travel Nutella: I go somewhere, maybe the library, with the kids. When we walk in, I realize Brynn has a dirty face, messy hair, and mismatched socks. Wyatt laughs, I admire his cuteness, he vomits all over ...
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February 24, 2010 at 5:14pm · Like
Carol Pogatchnik Haddad You could finish this scenario by giving Brynn and Norah some Nutella to lick out of the tub. This would calm Norah and since Brynn has a dirty face, this would add a little more messiness. You know you have to share that Nutella.:)
February 24, 2010 at 9:51pm · Like
Amy Smith Nicole...you are so funny...Just a couple of hours ago I was shoving chips into my mouth as all three children screamed, cried and thrashed around on the floor ....it somehow let me have peace in my soul and forget where I was all out until Izzy hit the baby in the head with a spatula and I had to come back to the real world.
February 24, 2010 at 9:53pm · Like
Amy Smith I am going to try Nutella....I wonder how many points it is for my weight watchers though...
February 24, 2010 at 9:54pm · Like
Kathy Haddad There is a small place at the Mall of America that sells crepes, and Nutella is one choice. I think after all this conversation, I am going to go have one this week. Unfortunately, I work only about 2 miles away, and it is easy to stop by there for exercise and crepes...
February 24, 2010 at 10:01pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Kathy~ I think stopping to buy a Nutella crepe that someone else made sounds like a much better option than trying to make one myself. Amy~ LOL! That sounds like my house. I'm glad I'm not the only one who derives inner peace from cruelly eating chips in front of crying children. And my guess is Nutella would jack up WW points. I have a really yummy WW recipe for General Tso chicken, I should send it to you.
February 25, 2010 at 7:30am · Like
Megan Vogt Schaack How can you have WW and General Tso chicken in the same sentence? How many points? 12?
February 25, 2010 at 8:57am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie It's not breaded. The recipe says it's 6 points... I don't know, I'm not really on WW or anything, I just think they have really yummy recipes. Check it out, it's really good and super easy: http://www.recipezaar.com/Weight-Watchers-General-Tsos-Chicken-162379
February 25, 2010 at 9:23am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
It's snowing, a heavy, big flake, lovely snow. I mean, if you're going to have snow in TX at the end of February, it's lovely. Also, Jacob used the word "scurried" correctly in a sentence this morning. I got $110 in the mail for editing services rendered, plus someone else's Netflix. It's a typical kind of day :)
February 23, 2010 at 8:59am · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Yesterday, I sat outside all afternoon in the 70 degree sunshine. Tomorrow's forecast? Mid 30s, with 4-6 inches of snow. Are you kidding me?
February 22, 2010 at 7:30pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
From the "Norah will eat anything" files: Glycerin suppositories. I don't think she swallowed the whole thing, since I found one chewed up in the hallway. Still, I'm afraid of the next few diaper changes. I don't know how many were in there to begin with, but there's only three left...
February 22, 2010 at 1:06pm · · Like ·

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
Friday night, I'm tired, and I want to curl up in my bed watching a movie. Instead, I have four crabby kids really needing baths, I overflowed the washing machine and haven't had time to clean it up while making/supervising/cleaning up dinner, I need to run to the store tonight because a very full day starts at 8:30 tomorrow... and my husband is not home, meaning he's probably out having a beer with the guys. Blerg
February 19, 2010 at 7:09pm · · Like ·
Stephanie Reilly Sokolofsky Argh, get some Calgon at the store
February 19, 2010 at 7:13pm · Like
Ann Marie Capistrant Pogatchnik Actually Nicole you need to be at the scoccer field by 8:20 for the pictures.
February 19, 2010 at 7:13pm · Like
Amy Smith we so need to hang out.....that is so my life too. Ryan is always working on the house so I feel like I am running everything myself and it is exhasting! I especially love how the guys can just come home whenever....imagine if we did that! If i take too long at the grocery store my phone is ringing off the hook! Feels good to vent....
February 19, 2010 at 7:33pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Tom still isn't home, so I guess I'm getting up butt-early tomorrow to go to Walmart so I can get to the field by 8:20 (thanks Mom)... I put the soggy dog bed in the washer, not realizing it had a hole in it, so the insides exploded all ove...
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February 19, 2010 at 9:25pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Oh-- and I didn't even mention all the other awesome things that went on today, like Jacob telling me he had a tummyache and then sharting in his pants, or having to Furminate Wyatt after I Furminated the cat because he went rolling through the pile of cat hair as I was trying to clean it up, or the fact that my whole body hurts like a mofo because I thought I could do two hours worth of WiiFit yesterday. The rest of my week really went quite smoothly, so I suppose everything that could go wrong had to be smooshed into one day!
February 19, 2010 at 9:58pm · Like
Melissa Vogt Brettingen I hope you at least got a drink after said kids were in bed and you were cleaning up the crazy washing machine!!! Sounds like you had one of those awful mom days where it seems like it would have been better to lock yourself in the bathroom!
February 20, 2010 at 7:45am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I'm not sure why explaining the Olympics to Jacob led to a conversation about why everyone has to die, even Chinese people. It was easier to trace the origins of the tangent about how Native Americans go to the grocery store just like everyone else.
February 12, 2010 at 8:56pm · · Like ·
Heather Rodriguez and Lorie Haddad like this.
Kathy Haddad Do you believe in reincarnation? Perhaps Jacob is a former official in the PROC... :-)
February 12, 2010 at 9:05pm · Like
Katie Dohman OMG. OMG.
February 12, 2010 at 9:24pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Hm, his favorite color is red. Should I worry?
February 12, 2010 at 10:03pm · Like
Tanna T Hahaha!
February 13, 2010 at 5:28am · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I figured it out this morning... Jacob was telling me about how Monday is President's Day... then, Bob Costas mentioned Barack Obama's name... which logically prompted my son to ask, "when is Orock Obama going to die?" Maybe I should be worried that he is a budding Republican.
February 13, 2010 at 8:14am · Like
Lorie Haddad It would be the ultimate rebellion for him. Maybe you have a little Alex P Keaton on your hands. BTW - were you old enough to remember Family Ties?
February 13, 2010 at 8:28am · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
I maintain that the Eastern European peoples are seriously the ugliest on the planet. Us Pogatchniks may have a lot going for us... but I don't think it came from there.
February 12, 2010 at 8:46pm · · Like ·
January Turner likes this.
Kathy Haddad Okay, I was going to disagree but then Montenegro walked in.
February 12, 2010 at 8:57pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie lol... I think I saw my Barry Manilow nose on a guy from Macedonia.
February 12, 2010 at 8:58pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Okay - Slovenia's flag bearer is a formal model. Pogatchniks redeemed.
February 12, 2010 at 9:07pm · Like
Kathy Haddad I meant the flag bearer is a FORMER model.
February 12, 2010 at 9:18pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I didn't even catch that... and I call myself an editor.
February 12, 2010 at 9:21pm · Like
Jennifer Haddad Duffy Lol!
February 12, 2010 at 9:22pm · Like
Katie Dohman When I was in Prague--i saw the most beautiful women I have EVER seen. I found myself gazing at them! The men? Not so much to look at.
February 12, 2010 at 9:24pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Well, there you go. I'm descended from these people... on my DAD's side! Thanks a heap, Bosnia.
February 12, 2010 at 9:29pm · Like
Katie Dohman Oh no! I made it worse!!!!
February 12, 2010 at 9:31pm · Like
Angela Scherbel I was in Prague and I think the men have an interesting and attractive look! :) For really.
February 12, 2010 at 10:10pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie I will give you that one... though I'm not looking in the mirror for their features, so they fly under my radar. They could also use better haircuts.
February 12, 2010 at 10:44pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Mom, that's very politically incorrect of you.
February 13, 2010 at 3:04pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Lol on the haircut line...!
February 13, 2010 at 3:05pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Why is that more un-PC than my orginal post? Just because they have brown skin? I'm equal opportunity when it comes to unfortunate ethnicity.When I decide to start a support group for people descended from ugly people, I'm inviting the aborigines.
February 13, 2010 at 5:25pm · Like
Kathy Haddad Well, I was mostly joking. But, seriously, the discussion may be too much for a facebook wall. It just seems to me that dehumanizing people (the aborigines as a prime example, and other colonized people) was done first under the guise of them being lower on the evolutionary scale. Land was taken, etc... with the marketing tactic that these ugly backwards people are not up on the evolutionary scale. Their looks a part of that. The Eastern Europeans (although tramped upon definitely) were not a product of that same bogus science of eugenics. It just is too close to that for my comfort...that's all.
February 13, 2010 at 6:30pm · Like
Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie Fair enough. Geez, that IS heavy for FB. I guess we'll just leave the aborigines to their haircuts and the EEs to their... misfortune.
February 13, 2010 at 7:24pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
A misplaced comma can completely change the meaning of what you are saying. Please, stop abusing commas now. Together we can make it happen... oh, and madam? Your modifier is dangling.
February 9, 2010 at 1:34pm · · Like ·
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Tami Murphy And I thought no one else cared. I now love you forever.
February 10, 2010 at 10:28pm · Like

Nicole Pogatchnik Beattie
So far this afternoon I have stopped Wyatt from chewing on the doormat, a dog toy, and the cord to the vacuum cleaner. I can't believe it's already time to re-discover the joys of the mobile infant!
February 5, 2010 at 2:53pm · · Like ·

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