If you’ve been around the past few weeks, you know I’ve been getting organized. But this time it’s not just another okay-it’s-time-to-throw-some-sh*t-away freakout. This time it’s an I-am-no-longer-willing-to-tolerate-chaos complete and total paradigm shift. This also happened to me when I was teacher. For the first few years I taught elementary school, my desk was a […]
Archives for January 2018
My Awesome Tiny Office
It took me a while, but I FINALLY HAVE THE OFFICE I’VE BEEN ENVISIONING FOR YEARS. Up until about a year ago, my office was upstairs in a loft that I shared with the kids. It was part playroom, part my office. I really wanted my very own space, but we didn’t have a room […]
This Is Your Sign
Since we had no school today I thought I was going to get a whole bunch of stuff done, but really all I did yesterday and today was drive kids to different play dates and swim practices. I got almost nothing done yesterday. Today was not looking much better, and at 9 a.m. I had […]
Controlling My Madness — Your Kids Are More Self Aware Than You May Realize
Number 6 is my mama’s boy. He’s cuddly and snuggly, he still gives me a kiss and a hug wherever I happen to be saying goodbye to him, even at school in front of his friends. He’s an emotional kid. So along with those good, cuddly emotions, come the opposite ones. When he gets upset, […]
I Love My Kids With The Intensity Of A Thousand Suns. But They Seriously F*cked Up My Body.
Have you been waiting and waiting and wondering when you would come across a blog post containing way too much information? WELL TODAY IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. Because I’ve got one for you. (If the word vagina bothers you, you may want to stop reading right now). When you are a young female in your […]
Cultivating My Inner Calm
Yesterday I shared that I am no longer willing to be disorganized. It’s not just the wasting of time trying to find things that is driving me crazy. It’s even more that clutter and the messes are making me angry. It literally puts me in a bad mood. If you’ve been around here for the […]