Guilt. And Crying.
I sat, tucked away at my desk, slurping away at my morning coffee, trying to infuse some much-needed healing warmth into me while checking emails. …
Advice from Brandi Chastain for My Soccer Playing Son on Getting Serious and Going Pro
Growing up in an active family myself, it didn’t surprise me seeing my children fascinated by sports, dribbling soccer balls almost as soon as they …
Eleventy Billion School Forms to Sign and Now Web Forms, Too? Gah!
My daughter comes home with a stack of unwanted but must-sign papers, not to mention the other huge stacks I received from all of my …
The Differences Between The First and Second Day of School
It’s so funny how, no matter how much I may toss and turn, awake with my husband’s alarm each day, how getting up for myself …
The Road Trip Accident Story and My Soon-To-Be Teenage Driver
It was summer 2007, and our (then) family of seven had traveled to the Tampa/Orlando area visiting my brother and his family and every area …
Back to School Hauling at GoodWill
On Sunday, my husband wanted to visit our local every-weekend flea market a few exits down from our house on I-35. Despite the heat, we …
Stolen Bike
When my seven-year-old learned to ride his bike a couple weeks ago, his proudest moment wasn’t pedaling by himself, it was riding alongside his older …
Dear Santa, Please Stop Collection Agents from Being Idiots. Love, Lisa
Upon moving recently, our address change request didn’t process correctly, and we lost over a month’s worth of mail. (Fun, right?) Some trickled in here …
Let’s Play the “What’s Under Your End Table” Game, Shall We?
Picture me, sprawled out on the carpet between the living room/dining room area, watching Baby Dude play with his “chocolate sandwich” (Nutella), hugging and loving …
This Post is Brought to You by the Letters “T” and “P” and Our Lack There-of (Now)
Apparently, these are the remnants of the last freakin’ roll of toilet paper in the house. Son of a….. (Lie to me and tell me …
Pre-teen Chef (aka Ways to Make the House Fill with Smoke and Pride Simultaneously)
My son offers to make hot dogs and macaroni and cheese for lunch. A little too young to do it himself without supervision, I move …
Post #BlogHer11 in Which BlogHer is Like Chuck Norris and I Melt Away
I think instead of BlogHer they should call it “ChuckNorrisHer” because it kicks ass in so many ways, to include your own. I feel a …