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 […]
Humor
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 […]
Grandparent Goals
Just in case you were feeling like you didn’t have your shit together, let me take this opportunity to make you feel not so alone. Every year I have a hard time taking the Christmas tree down and putting the decorations away. I just love my house when it’s decorated for the holidays, and I basically […]
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except of course, for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting and wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite […]
