About 5 years ago, a very close friend of mine asked my husband to do a really small job at her house. Those little “handyman” type projects aren’t really his thing, but I kind of begged him to do it. My friend had a reputation for being a little, um, difficult. And demanding. She lived […]
Lessons I've Learned
The terrible twos. They actually start in the ones. And last til the threes.
Yesterday someone messaged me asking for parenting advice. Yeah. Like Dear Abby. I was rather flattered. And then I started panicking. What if I say something, this person takes my advice, and then the problem gets worse? Not Your Average Mom doesn’t know what she’s talking about! So I’ll share what I do. With the […]
Take someone else to court today. I’ve got other plans.
The other morning I turned on the tv while I was making breakfast. The news came on. In one minute, there was a story about a teacher who got busted for offering students money to have sex with him, some dude who randomly started hacking a woman with a meat cleaver in Chinatown, and a psyyyyyyyyycho […]
Help. It’s not a four letter word.
I want to be able to do it all. By myself. I want to work out 3 hours a day. And win this whole fucking Lose to Win thing. I want to stay on top of the laundry. And reply to all my emails in a timely manner. Or respond to all my emails at all. […]
You can feel sore tomorrow, or you can feel sorry tomorrow.
So here is what happened last week… On Saturday we took Numbers 3 through 7 to go swimming at the Y. For the first time. Ever. There is a therapy pool there that is heated to about 90 degrees. It’s especially perfect for Numbers 5, 6, and 7. Now it’s a definitely a production getting […]
This too shall pass. In about 18 years.
So yesterday I wrote about how I had a parenting moment that I wasn’t exactly proud of. I mean, it wasn’t like a Mommy Dearest moment. But I wish I had gone about it differently. I did apologize to the boys about it. I did admit that I wished I had handled it differently. I acknowledged […]