People often tell me how “brave” I am for putting stuff out there. I don’t really see it as brave. I guess it started out as trying to let moms know they aren’t alone in their struggles with motherhood or depression or marriage or weight loss or whatever. The more I shared, the more I wanted […]
Lessons I've Learned
He’s gonna be just fine.
If you read Tuesday’s post, you know that Number 3 qualified for Zones, which is a swim meet for the top nine to fourteen-year-old swimmers on the East Coast. It’s a pretty big honor and opportunity to be able to go. Before the meet (which is Easter weekend), all swimmers are required to attend one of […]
8 Things To Know About Night Terrors
Back in August, Number 4 started having regular night terrors. Before that, she had had a couple, but they were always when she was really sick and had a fever. I always thought they were more a fever delirium than a night terror. I never expected she’d have one when she was completely healthy. But in […]
My latest obsession. My bullet journal. I love it.
Back in May, I learned about bullet journals from Cass, the awesome chick who has done a ridiculous amount of work for me and who does my web design and takes care of all of my technological problems. What’s a bullet journal? It’s an analog organizational system. What does that mean? It means writing all […]
What I’m doing for New Year’s Eve
When I was a junior in high school, I went to an epic New Year’s Eve party. It was reminiscent of a John Hughes movie. And it was awesome. I spent the next fifteen years or so expecting and creating big things on New Year’s Eve. Then I had kids. This year we actually got […]
Happy Jolabokaflod!
A week or so ago I came across this picture on Facebook: I really liked it. So I decided we were gonna do it. Today, the last activity on our advent calendar was to “open one gift early.” I got everyone a book and some pajamas. Before we got to opening the presents, I told […]