I’m a little late in getting this post written, but I’ve got goals for November, and this is one of them. So I’ll cut right to the chase. I’m running a fun, self-care bingo series for the next 7 weeks. It’s a fun way for you to not stop taking care of yourself as we
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Our New Toothbrush System
Yesterday I came home to this in my bathroom: Someone had gotten their hands on the label maker. Okay, now in order to tell the rest of this story I need to rewind. Last week I shared on the Not Your Average Mom FB Page that we had a slight issue with toothbrushes… In a
The Girl At The End Of The Road
Every day there is a girl sitting on the big rock at the end of the road. She waits for one of her siblings to get off the bus. I think she’s high school aged. The first time I saw her sitting there I waved at her as I turned down the road. The girl
Storm
Number 7 has been asking for a dog for a long time. For like three or four years. She REALLY wants a dog. As evidenced by her 2019 Christmas List. For every birthday and every Christmas Number 7 asked for a dog. Back in 2017 when she started asking, I told her it wasn’t gonna
The Puzzles
I love puzzles. I didn’t really discover this until about five months ago. A little background first… Before I got divorced when I was still living in the old house, one of the things I really wanted was a puzzle table. It was right when the pandemic hit and in the middle of my divorce
It’s What We Did For Each Other
I don’t know about you guys, but this was a pretty challenging summer for me, and it followed and extremely challenging 18 months. Getting divorced in the middle of a pandemic while homeschooling two of the kids and moving to a new house was, um… Well it fucking sucked. One of the things keeping me