This is the Last Straw | Archive

We’re turning the map green!

5. December 2008

As we move forward with this exciting new product I am constantly learning new tools to help track our progress courtesy of our friends at Elemental. The map above illustrates, in green, all of the countries that have visited our blog and website. How exciting is that?! The survey is going great and we can’t wait [...]

Another Juice Box Mess

9. September 2008

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This is a post written by one of my close friends. She has 3 children and this is one of her experiences of juice box messes. Thanks Rebecca! Oh No you didn’t!! Those were the exact words out of my mouth when my 6 year old squeezed juice box all over our class room and his [...]

The First Day of School

12. August 2008

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Robert and I took the kids to their first day of school today. I drove while Robert took videos from the front seat. Which was lots of fun for our younger two, but incredibly embarrassing for Jessica, our 6th grader. The funniest part was I saw a camera flashing away in the [...]

My Little Man

23. July 2008

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My oldest daughter left today to go camping a day early with my brother-in-law and his kids. We’re meeting up with them tomorrow. Sam, my youngest, shed a few tears when his big sister left. He never asked why he couldn’t go or begged or pitched a fit. My husband, however, did ask why Sam didn’t [...]

Does Social Media Really Work?

14. July 2008

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Robert and I have been married for eight years. Sometimes it feels like eighty. Five of those years have been spent working on the straw. It has been quite a roller coaster ride. He’s had lots of great ideas in the past. But when he started talking about making a no-spill juice box straw, I [...]

My Hard-Working Husband

13. July 2008

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Sometimes I look at my husband and swear I see smoke coming out of his ears. He’s always thinking. I envy that. Not that I don’t think. I just think about different things than he does. Like… did the kids brush their teeth this morning? Are there wet clothes in the washer? Robert looks at [...]

I Blame Juice Box Straws for the Grape Stains on My Carpet

11. July 2008

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I Blame Juice Box Straws for the Grape Stains on My Carpet

I’m a full time mom. I used to be a neat freak. After my 3rd(and last) was born I realized that Leggos in the toilet and grape juice stains on the carpet (on a daily basis) is really not that big of a deal. My husband, on the other hand, is a clean freak. The [...]