Kids are always excited to go to the beach. Then you get there, and it takes approximately twelve seconds for the whining to begin. Here are five things you can do to keep the whining, crying, and discomfort at bay. 1) Cut the liner out of boys’ suits. Grown men might need that netting in […]
Archives for August 2016
A Day at the Beach
We’ve been on vacation for three days now, and I’ve captured some pretty fun moments on camera. But don’t be fooled. A day at the beach isn’t really a day at the beach. There is more crying down here on vacation than there is at home. There is crying about it being too hot outside. […]
Your body is already bikini ready. It’s your brain that isn’t.
Last weekend when we went to Hershey Park, we spent the second half of the day at the water park. It was really hot, and it was packed. And I heard someone say, “There are women here who have no business wearing a bikini.” Whoa. I wasn’t wearing a bikini. I wasn’t even wearing a […]
Vacation Goals
We are officially settled into our vacation place. It’s a three bedroom condo about 1/2 mile from the beach in North Carolina, the same town I’ve been coming to every August since the summer before my senior year in high school. Every year, that is, except for the last five years when we couldn’t afford […]
10 Road Trip Hacks For Traveling With Kids
Last week I took a solo road trip with five of the kids to Hershey, Pennsylvania, and I’m getting ready to embark on another one to North Carolina. The trip to Hershey was only 235 miles. The trip to North Carolina is three times as long. Just under 700 miles . If we didn’t ever […]
It’s time for you to get rid of the f*cking scale.
I have a challenge for you. For some of you it may seem like a big one. Impossible, even. But… I would like to challenge you to get rid of your scale. Not to just stop weighing yourself. But to get rid of that mothereffer altogether. Throw it the fuck out of your house. Because […]