Six months ago I had a pretty big meltdown and basically told the kids if they didn’t want to follow the rules at here at home they could go live somewhere else. It wasn’t one of my better parenting moments. But it did force me to take a look at where that anger was coming […]
Humor
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting, wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite reclining chair. The […]
My Solution To The Problem Of The Perpetual Robux Requests
I don’t know about you, but my nine-year-old is semi obsessed with Roblox and Bloxburg and more specifically, Robux. If you have either 1) missed this (annoying) stage or 2) aren’t there yet, consider yourself lucky. I do have to be honest, though. Roblox is nowhere near as bad as the slime phase. THANK GOD […]
Day 38: Just A Tiny F*ck Up
Yesterday I taught my first live workshop. Ever. I’ve run lots of free webinars, but I’ve never run a live workshop that people paid to attend. I wanted to deliver. I worked really hard on the workshop. I created a PowerPoint presentation — I’ve made tons of those — but I was presenting it via […]
Today Was A New Low
I had a few mom fails today. First, this week is Read Across America Week I think. Or something like that. We had a busy swim meet weekend, and Number 7 didn’t unzip her backpack until about five minutes before the bus was coming this morning, so whatever came home on Friday — okay, let’s […]
Astute Observations From An 8-Year-Old
I had to go to Costco today because I promised Number 7 I would buy her some seaweed. She loves seaweed. But with the coronavirus hysteria, the whole world is apparently preparing for the apocolypse, and even waiting until 5:30 PM on a Sunday when Costco closes at 6 was not late enough to avoid […]