Happy Halloween to all my fellow super freaking annoyed parents of bottle flippers.
Archives for October 2016
Word Party
We’ve had a long week, and today was a long day, and the kids are all wiped out. Tonight Number 7 hit a wall and lost her shit. Number 4 did something to piss her off, and then she just started pretty much throwing punches. Normally when she goes off the deep end like that, […]
20 Things You Can Do To Be a Great Parent
Yesterday I came across this question when I was wasting time on Facebook: “I’m going to be a first-time dad in a few weeks… I’m quite nervous! Does anyone have some helpful tips on how I can be a great dad? “ About a million things immediately popped into my head. It doesn’t matter whether you […]
Are your kids playing you?
I work Monday through Friday coaching the swim team from 4:30 to 8:30. So I’m not really around once all the kids are home from school to help out with homework, but I am 100% the default parent in that department. Number 3 and 4 get home from school around 3:00, so they know if they […]
Lessons from Howard and the Gilmore Girls
I’ve always hated winter. And as a result I’ve hated fall, too, because things start dying and it’s getting colder and it’s just a constant and looming reminder that winter is coming. But last year I came to the realization that if I keep going this way I’m going to be hating half of my […]
Five Frugal Things
We are officially out of foreclosure now. Hallelujah! And I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. I can’t speak for everyone else who has been in our shoes, but I can say for sure that the last four years were eye opening for me, and they seriously changed me. I am certainly a different […]