Always evolving, Never Average
I have been doing this advent “calendar” with the kids for the last few years, and it is still one of their favorite holiday traditions. Well, the older kids don’t care so much now, but Number 5, 6 and 7 still really love it. We have a lot of Christmas picture books, so I wrap …Read More
My marriage is really fucked up. It is unhealthy and troubled, and it has been that way for a long, long time. My husband and I go through varying levels of dysfunction, and the past few months have been at like Level 10 Fuckupedness. There hasn’t been any infidelity. There is no addiction. Just an …Read More
The Sunday after Thanksgiving, we always put our Christmas tree up. We started doing this ten years ago after we moved into our house. At the time my grandma was still alive, and she LOVED kids and I knew how much she appreciated spending time with mine and just watching them. So my parents would …Read More
Every year we get our Christmas tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. I am not a go-to-a-Christmas-tree-farm-and-cut-down-your-own-tree kind of girl. Back when the kids were younger I just couldn’t imagine doing something like that with all the kids, and now we have an established tradition. There is a grocery store here in Connecticut called Stew Leonard’s. …Read More
We are a couple days away from Thanksgiving, and I just want to give you all a reminder. The holidays, and Thanksgiving in particular, are meant to be a time for you to really think about what really matters to you. And who really matters to you. To spend time with those people if you …Read More
The pool the kids practice at is a community pool. It’s a 50 meter pool with a diving well, so it’s pretty big. When we are there for swim practice, half of the pool is used by the swim team, and the other half of the pool is divided into a few lap lanes and …Read More
I have never been a fan of winter, really. And it’s not really even winter yet. It’s still technically fall for another month. But today we had our first snowstorm here in Connecticut. The kids had an early dismissal because the snow was supposed to start around the time the kids were getting out of …Read More
This morning I had a little extra time, so I made some cinnamon rolls for the kids for breakfast. I use a can of crescent rolls to make them. It’s really pretty simple. Here’s the recipe. This was around 6:50 in the morning. Number 5 is my early riser. She’s usually awake before 6:30, and …Read More
4th grade is that right of passage year in our school district when the kids can finally join band. We don’t have orchestra in our district, so a band instrument is the only option as far as in-school opportunities go. When I was a kid, I started playing when I was around nine years old. …Read More
This morning I was going for a run and I was listening, as I do usually do, to a podcast. I have a few favorites. I listen to Amy Porterfield for business stuff. For a good ass-kicking and a reminder to take ownership of all my decisions/words/actions/failures, I listen to Jocko Willink. And when I …Read More
