About five weeks ago I declared I was taking massive action and writing one blog post a day for 30 consecutive days. I had really fallen out of the blog writing routine, and I was super erratic with posts, and I wanted and needed to get some consistency back. I wrote 32 consecutive posts. I […]
Life at My House
It’s Time To Surrender
On Friday I lost it on the kids. I yelled. I swore. I threatened. I completely panicked. There are lots of reasons I arrived at this point on Friday. And I did a lot of thinking over the weekend. Then this morning a friend of mine posted something on Facebook. She said, I was at a meeting […]
Meltdown Day
Our last day of school was on June 19th which was three weeks (and one day) ago. Leading up to June 19th, the weather here in CT sort of sucked. We had a lot of rain and it seemed like the sun was never going to come out and stay out and summer weather would […]
Lessons From Little House On The Prairie
My parents gave me the entire Little House On The Prairie DVD set for Christmas a few years ago. It is one of my favorite gifts to date. We started watching it as a family then, but the three little guys were really too little to get it, and we only made it the beginning […]
If You Are Sick Of Having To Lose Your Sh*t Before Your Family Listens, Then Stop Losing Your Sh*t Before Your Family Listens
The other day I saw a post floating around Facebook entitled I’m Sick Of Having To Lose My Shit Before My Family Listens. This caught my eye because, well, I would have said something similar years ago. But I’ve spent the past few years doing a lot of work on myself. And here is the […]
What I Want For Mother’s Day
Every year when I am asked the question, “What do you want for Mother’s Day?” I say the same things. I want to be able to do all the stuff I used to before I had kids. I want someone else to clean my house. I want some appreciation for everything I do. But I […]
