For the past two months, since my husband had his accident, I’ve been on kid duty pretty much alone. My parents have been here to babysit, but that’s so I can either coach or get some work done at home. So I’ve been on morning duty and nap duty and driving duty and dinner duty
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Dear Kate
Dear Kate, When I placed an ad on Sittercity looking for a babysitter for the kids almost five years ago, I had my fingers crossed that I’d have some luck finding someone decent. But I wasn’t holding my breath. Just like those online dating sites, you never know who’s being honest when they post their profile. So
We Are All F*cked Up
An interesting thing happened to me a couple days ago. I got kicked out of a closed Facebook group I recently joined. I was a little bit shocked. I mean, I’ve never been kicked out of anything. I will acknowledge that I didn’t follow the rules of the group, although in my defense, I had
Less is definitely more.
This quest to declutter has been quite liberating. Both literally and figuratively. It has not only lightened the actual load the house is carrying, but it has lightened the load my brain has been carrying. It all started when a friend gave me a copy of the life changing magic of tidying up. While I thought the book
Today, everything got a whole lot better.
Today was another day that did not go as planned. And I still haven’t finished the post I’ve been trying to write. Why? Because this morning I was out for a run with Number 7. I don’t usually run with my phone when I’m alone, but when I push her in the stroller I take
2 quick things
Too much four-year-old birthday partying and not enough time to write the post I wanted to write tonight, so two quick things. I am still kicking some decluttering ass. I’ve been working hard in the office and here’s what I found today: Um….. this. I have a bad habit of not opening mail and shoving