It’s weight loss/fitness check -in day. This will have to be quick because I’m short on time today. So. .. 1) I still love Personal Trainer Food. 2) I haven’t had sugar in 6 weeks. 3) It’s totally not all about the scale but for the first time in over a year I am back […]
Archives for January 2015
Minutes with Mom
I’ve slipped back into a pattern where I’m hardly spending any one-on-one time with the kids. And I realize that it’s a little more difficult for me to do that with each kid on a regular basis than it may be for a family with one or two kids. But it’s still possible. I’m in […]
Locked and Loaded
Last week I wrote this post about how I had made it 6 months without yelling at the kids. About how the kids still tried to push my buttons and get out of doing stuff around the house that they were supposed to do. And how I realized that I was not holding Number 3 accountable […]
Before it was an act of kindness. Now it’s a fucking mission.
So a month or so ago I got this comment on my blog from a girl I called Lost. And then I wrote this post. And then dozens and dozens of readers offered their support. And then Lost and I started texting and emailing and messaging every day. She’s half my age, but we are […]
Being comfortable is overrated.
So I think my therapist and the owner of my yoga studio might secretly be the same person. Just kidding. But I know one of the reasons why I love my therapist and yoga so much… A lot of the dialogue in both rooms is the same. There is a lot of talk about setting intentions […]
The Four Reasons Moms Go Fucking Insane. And how you can (easily) prevent it.
So here’s my theory. Moms go fucking insane for four reasons. 1) Monotony. Raising children is like the movie Groundhog Day. Whether you work outside the home, inside the home, or you don’t have a job and stay at home. It doesn’t matter. Wake the kids up, breakfast, rush to school, get your shit done, […]