So just before New Year’s, I wrote this post, about how I wanted to help families who had found themselves in a tough financial situation not just during the holidays, but all year long. And then not long after that, I received a message on the blog Facebook page. It was from a girl who I […]
Archives for January 2015
Six months and still no yelling. Just a little tweaking.
I haven’t yelled at the kids since last summer. Since July 24, 2014, to be exact. It’s almost my six month anniversary. At this point, it’s become second nature, really. (You can read about how I got through the first few days, weeks, and months, here.) Yelling is no longer a reaction I need to […]
Ding, Ding, Ding… Round Two!
Okay. So a recap. A couple months ago, Personal Trainer Food offered me 4 weeks of their program for free. I had lost control in the eating department, and so I happily accepted the offer. I had to follow the blogger rules or else they’d make me pay for the food. That right there was enough […]
Because sometimes you just need to get shit done.
I’m not big on housecleaning. I pretty much hate to do it. And I can live with a certain amount of chaos and disorder. When you have lots of kids and five of them are under ten years old, you don’t really have a choice. I will choose doing something with the kids or exercise […]
Get your sunglasses.
Today I went to my fourteenth yoga class in fourteen days. Some classes are really crowded. Others only have a handful of people in them. In those crowded classes, you take whatever spot you can get, but in those emptier classes, people tend to spread way out. So today I went to the 6:30 a.m. […]
License and registration, please.
Back in September I got a speeding ticket about 30 seconds after I pulled out of my driveway. I think I set a world record for getting pulled over within the shortest distance of a person’s own house. Of course, my registration was expired. So I got a ticket for that, too. I had to come […]