We had a great Christmas. It started with the thing the kids have been talking about forever… monkey bread. I didn’t make it last year and they’ve been talking about it for two years so I had to deliver. My parents came up to the house and it was so nice to just hang out. […]
Life at My House
I Peopled Last Night
I got invited to a party for the first time in a LONG time last week. It was to go to a friend’s house for small Christmas party. I hadn’t seen my friend in a long time, and she was one of my divorce pioneers. We spent many hours talking about knowing what the right […]
We Did It
This past year has presented many challenges. It was my first year being divorced. I had one kid about five hours away in boarding school. Another joined a new swim team that’s about 30 minutes away from home. I had five kids on three different swim teams. Logistically that’s enough of a challenge. My oldest […]
I Finally Caved
If you’ve been around here since the beginning then you may recall I’ve never been a fan of the Elf of the Shelf. This was for three main reasons. The first was that I was so overwhelmed when the kids were little I couldn’t fathom having one more thing to be responsible for. The second […]
Finding Myself Again
I finalized my divorce in December 2020, and I moved into a new place in February 2021. I was married for sixteen years. In that time I became a step mom to two step sons, gave birth to five kids, and completely lost track of who I was. The decision to leave my house […]
Our New Toothbrush System (It’s Forking Awesome)
Yesterday I came home to this in my bathroom: One or more of the kids had gotten their hands on the label maker. Okay, now in order to tell the rest of this story I need to rewind. Last week I shared on the Not Your Average Mom FB Page that we had a slight […]