Last year a couple days before Thanksgiving, I cleaned out the dining room for the last time. Tired of allowing that room to be a dumping ground for everything, I vowed to keep it clean from that day on. Over a year later, the space has remained neat and clean and we eat all of […]
Parenting
Sometimes You Set An Example For Your Kids, But Other Times They Set One For *You*
I want to share a quick story with you. Earlier today on the Facebook page I shared this post I wrote last year about Number 4 starting to babysit and how her, let’s just say… exuberant personality that I once thought would be the death of me had served her well. Because now at twelve […]
Mommy, You Don’t Love Me As Much As You Did Yesterday.
Last night when I walked upstairs to put Number 5, 6 and 7 into bed (they all share a room) around 8:15, I realized they hadn’t done what I’d asked them to do earlier that day. All three of them had clothes lying around on the floor, and Number 7’s dresser in particular was a […]
How I Stay On Top Of Laundry
Last week someone asked me how I handle our laundry. While I am still working on some areas of my life, in the last year I have managed to come up with a system that works well for us and allows me to stay on top of the laundry situation. Up until November or 2017, […]
Life Lessons For My Boy And For Me
I love swimming. I LOVE IT. I love it for so many reasons. I love it for the friends it has given me and for the places it has taken me. I love it for helping me discover what my strengths are — and also my weaknesses. I love it for teaching me to just […]
This Post Is Coming To You From The Bathroom Floor of A Hotel Room
I’m sitting on the bathroom floor of a hotel room in Long Island writing a blog post at 9:49 pm on a Friday night because I am here for a swim meet with Numbers 4, 5 and 7. And I have challenged myself to write a blog post every day at least for the month […]
