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Why I Quit Drinking

July 14, 2017 by not your average mom 16 Comments

In June of 2008, I found out I was pregnant. Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 10, 8, 3, and almost 2 years old at the time. This pregnancy was not planned and came as a complete surprise to my husband and to me. My husband was not exactly thrilled at first. We already […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: AA, alcohol, alcoholic, Bill W, blackout, booze, committed, drinking, hospital, miscarriage, psych ward, race, red flag

Crossroads, Chapter 2

July 8, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

On July 2, 2017, I made the decision to stop drinking. I wanted to share the story of how I came to this decision. In order to do that, I needed to go back to the beginning. If you missed those posts, you can catch up here: Chapter 1         Chapter 2 My brother […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bone marrow transplants, brother, Connecticut, cousin, driveway, fifteen, fundraiser, Jeep, kiss, leukemia, parents, porch, seattle, smoke, t hirteen, thirteen, washington

When Life Gives You Lemons, It’s Okay If You Just Want To F*cking Chuck Them At People

May 19, 2017 by not your average mom 6 Comments

This post is for anyone who is struggling. For anyone who is sick and tired of blow after blow after blow. For anyone who feels like they can’t catch a fucking break. And I hate vague posts. Vaguebooking. You know,  when someone posts something on Facebook along the lines of I just don’t know what to do […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: exercise, fall down seven times stand up eight, God, netflix, perseverance, tattoo, therapist

Lessons From A Navy Seal And A Seven-Year-Old

March 28, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I had one of the best Monday mornings I’ve had in a long, long time yesterday. There was no rushing. There were no freak outs. There were no meltdowns. Nothing was forgotten. Nobody did that last minute sprint out to the bus. It was pretty awesome. And the fluidity with which the morning ran comes down […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: clothes, decluttering, fridge, navy, navy seal video, organization, procrastination

Sometimes It’s The Intangible Stuff That’s Really Cluttering Your Life

March 18, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I almost pulled a classic Susie move a couple days ago. But I caught myself. Thank God. You may have read that I joined the 40 Bags in 40 Days Challenge for Lent. I’m still on track with that. (Woo hoo!) You may have also read the post I wrote last summer where I declared the […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 40 bags in 40 days, chaos, clutter, declutter, decluttering, Dr. Oz, harry connick jr, konmari, Life changing magic of tidying up, marie kondo, overwhelmed

For Anyone Who Had A Shitty Mom Day Today

March 10, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I had a shitty Mom day today. Like probably one of my Top 10 Worst Parenting Days ever. I had big expectations for myself in the productivity department, and then we had a snow day. All the kids were home, my plans went out the window and I was really pissed about it. Really pissed […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: fall down seven times stand up eight, freak out, mom fails, parenting, tattoo, time out

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