A couple days ago I announced that I was done. DONE with being disorganized and consequently perpetually stressed and annoyed and short-tempered with my family. I was met with lots and lots of support upon this proclamation. But there were a couple people concerned that I was putting too much pressure on myself or that […]
Parenting
Yesterday Was The Nail In The Coffin
I reached a breaking point yesterday. AND I AM DONE. No, it wasn’t with my kids. It wasn’t with my husband. It was with the level of chaos and disorganization and clutter and mess I often allow in my house. I will no longer tolerate it. Let me tell you why. I have to rewind […]
The Evolution Of A Christmas Tradition
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 […]
Hope, Mercy, And The Power Of Forgiveness
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 […]
I Got In The Picture And I Liked It.
This is one of the only pictures I have of myself with the kids for about a six year time period. It’s a terrible picture of me. And when I saw it, I silently decided I would not be in any other pictures for an indefinite period of time because it was just so awful. […]
The Sunday After Thanksgiving
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 […]
