I am having issues with organization. I have been down this road before. About a year and a half ago, I went on a cleaning/purging/organizational binge, and for three weeks I went through my house room by room. But I had to stop exercising to do it. My house looked great. But my body didn’t. […]
Life at My House
Dear Number 5’s Music Teacher
Dear Number 5’s Music Teacher, First, I have to say that this will be very difficult for me to write without using the F word. But I am keeping this as clean as possible because I really want teachers to be able to share it without getting in trouble. And we aren’t “friends”, and I really want to […]
Ten Things You Can Do To Maintain Your Sanity And Improve Your Chances Of Raising A Productive, Independent, and Responsible Human Being
There are no guarantees in life. And there are certainly no guarantees in parenting. But now that we are three and a half years into child Number 7, I think I’ve gotten some of the kinks worked out. And since most of us aren’t going to have seven chances to get it right, I thought […]
Do your due diligence.
I’m just going to come right out and say it. If you have a child under the age of 18 living in your house, and you have given them a phone or an iPad or a laptop or any other sort of device they can use to communicate with other people, you should be monitoring […]
I can’t hear you. I have a labia in my ear.
Earlier today, this happened: The rest of the kids were impressed with the parts of his head that Number 6 managed to cover with marker. It was everywhere. An unidentified male member of the family took one look at him. “Whoah! It’s even in your ears! You got green all the way inside your… labia!” […]
21 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Children To Make
It’s resolution time! Are your kids making resolutions? Do they need some ideas? If so, they, and you, are in luck! I have a whole bunch for them to choose from right here: 1. I will only flush shit that is actually shit down the toilet. 2. When my sister asks me to stop looking […]