Sheesh. I would like to make something clear. My Stay At Home Mom Challenge post was not a throw down to working moms. It was not a who-has-it-harder-working-moms-or-stay-at-home-moms kind of thing. Like I said in the post, it was a throw down to the people who question what I do all day and you assholes who think we […]
Lessons I've Learned
Mom, What Are THESE For???
You know my kids have a thing for feminine hygiene products. They’re pretty creative with them. They use them for wine glass cozies and sportswear, and blindfolds, and diapers. Every once in a while they will ask what they are actually for. This is a tricky one for me. Not because I’m uncomfortable discussing these […]
Less squandering. More participating.
I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]
Dear Renee
Dear Renée, I saw your picture. The one that everyone is talking about. The one where they say you look unrecognizable. Not that it really matters, but here’s what I think. Either way, you’re kind of screwed. When people see pictures of actresses and models who are showing the signs of aging, they are quick […]
A little too close for comfort.
Do you ever have one of those parenting near misses? The kind where you caught your kid doing something really bad? Something that could have been beyond disastrous? But Thank God, you caught the kid just in the nick of time? But then all you can do is conjure up every single God-awful scenario that could […]
Cut it like Beckham.
Up until about five months ago, I was the only one who had ever cut Number 6’s hair. I finally broke down this summer and took him and Number 3 to an old school barber. He loved it. But no matter how short I told the woman to cut his hair, she just wouldn’t do it. […]