I have shared pretty much every aspect of my life here on the blog. I’ve written about my weight loss journey, my struggles with mental illness, problems in my marriage, how I’ve failed and succeeded with my kids… You name it, I’ve probably talked about it. And I’ve shared the details of how I’ve gotten from […]
Archives for March 2015
I’m bringing positive back.
My college swim coach gave out an award at the end of each season called the PMA award. The Positive Mental Attitude Award. It was given to me in both my junior and senior years. That was like… yikes… 25 years ago. Since then, over the past two and a half decades, a lot of shit […]
Making lemonade out of snowstorms.
I know I’ve said many times before that I started this blog primarily to make people laugh. And that I also had another goal: to reassure other moms that no one is perfect. Or at least that I’m not. That my kids’ lunches don’t look like Sesame Street characters, that my house is often a shit hole, […]
So let it be written.
I don’t have extravagant tastes. I’m not super concerned with keeping up with the Joneses or having the best of everything. I mean, I went to school to be a teacher, after all. But you know what? I’m sick and tired of worrying about money. Constantly. It’s fucking exhausting. And it’s not fun. And, well, […]
Dear Maureen
Most of you know that Maureen has been working with me for the past year. I have been making just enough money through the blog to pay her for fifteen hours of work each week. And while we have been having massive financial difficulties for the past three years, I did this in the hopes […]
What color is this sweatshirt?
Look carefully at this sweatshirt. What color is it? If you see black, you win. If you see blue, well, everyone gets navy and black mixed up. So that could happen. If you see white, you are not standing in the light, I am not standing in the sun, and you do not have an extra […]