When I first became a mom, I put ridiculous amounts of pressure on myself to do everything perfectly. And by “do”, I mean I had to do the most original Christmas card of everyone I knew. I had to do the best mural ever to be painted in any kid’s room. Whatever it was, it had to be
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Limiting Screen Time Has Simplified (And Improved The Quality Of) Our Lives
The other day Number 3 came home from school and said to me, “Mom, Brian brought his iPad to school and we were talking, and I told him I wasn’t allowed to use electronics or watch TV during the week and he looked at me and he said, HOW DO YOU SURVIVE???” I had a
Mom, when do you eat?
We had a snow day on Friday and then an early dismissal due to snow today, so my schedule is a mess and I’m exhausted, so this is going to be quick. It’s been four weeks since I committed to this weight loss competition. I do not have any problem exercising. It’s a regular part
Four Years
You get pregnant. You immediately head to Pinterest and pin eight million pictures of baby shit. You get the baby’s room ready. You get the stroller and the car seat and the high chair and all the other baby stuff. Everything is coordinating and cute and clean. You have the baby’s going-home-from-the-hospital outfit, and your overnight
The Best Weekend You Will Have in 2016
I’m just going to get right to the point. In six weeks, I am hosting a weekend getaway for women, and it’s going to be really fucking awesome, and if you can, you should call and reserve your spot right now. It’s called Not Your Average Weekend, it’s at the Interlaken Inn in Lakeville, CT,
An Open Letter to The View
Dear The View, My name is Susie Johnson, I’m forty six years old, and I live in Connecticut. Why am I telling you this? Because this morning a friend of mine posted on my Facebook page and told me that a post I had written here on the blog last year, If My Kid Is