A Poopie Kind-of Day
I woke up to it looking like this, today. Yuck. It didn’t get any better out the back door, either (much to my dismay). (I’m …
This is What Happens When Kids Brush Their Own Teeth
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A Weigh-Less November – Want to Join Me?
I’ve been running consistently for two months, now. I began running to shake up my work out routine, add in some killer cardio, and get …
I’m a Three-Day Single Mom
My husband left this morning for a conference, and I’m flying parentally solo at home until late Friday night. My inclination is to eat microwave …
Case of the What Ifs and The Story of The Box
I have an empty box in my hallway. Each day I pass it, knowing it sits there for one purpose – to collect old things …
Accountability (and My Need for Some)
I have a (little) confession (or two) to make. With my family’s busy-ness as of late, in order to fit in extra work tasks, practices …
The Newest Illness Taking Over the Household
It’s incurable, I think. So say the doctors, anyway. I’m besides myself. I’m doing my best to cope, but my ten-year-old has it uber-bad. I …
Tackle Football aka Mom’s Gonna Have a Heart Attack
This is my son’s first time playing tackle football, as in, the kind-of football where kids are encouraged to take the opponent down. To the …
The Toddler Picasso
My sweet Baby Dude found a wayward marker, and began coloring the back of an envelope he pulled off my desk. He sat happily scrawling …
The Shower Dance
Sometimes, in the evenings, I have to scheme my way away from Baby Dude in order to get a shower. This never goes well, as …
Fashionable? Um…
While at the Hillshire Farm booth at Blogher, competing in the Hillshire Farm Sandwich Showdown, I commented to the mother of one of the kid …
“Send Your Kid to School, or Go To Jail.” I’m Not Kidding.
(I’m forewarning you right now, this post contains ‘colorful’ words. I usually, artfully, fling a cuss word around or two every so often. But this!? …