The next item of business in my quest to cut down on before and after school chaos is for the kids to become a well oiled machine and function on autopilot when they walk in the door from the bus. I was thinking back to my teaching days. You spend the first couple weeks nailing […]
Archives for August 2015
Bring on the first day of school.
Yesterday I made the decision to take control of our mornings and afternoons and evenings now that school is starting. Like, for real. No more fucking around. Rather than trying to go psycho on the whole entire house, I chose to start in the area that would help me the most. The kitchen. And even […]
This school year, things are really going to be different. Because they have to.
I had plans to start this school year off more organized and prepared than I had in years past. Then my husband got hurt, plans got completely derailed, and now we are 35 hours from our first day of school and I am nowhere near ready. Or prepared. I cannot afford to be disorganized this […]
Update on the husband…
In case you are here for the first time… My husband had a serious boogie boarding accident last Tuesday when we were in North Carolina. He was told by the neurosurgeon in NC that he needed to have surgery within one month and that until he has surgery, he is at risk of becoming completely […]
Who cares what he thinks?
On our drive back from North Carolina, we stopped in Virginia and stayed in a hotel for the night. Seeing as it was only the second time the little guys had ever been in a hotel, they were a little excited. Actually, they were pretty much out of control. On Sunday morning I was trying […]