I am one of those people who is not totally hating life right now. I appreciate the down time. I appreciate the extra time with my kids, especially Number 4 who is leaving for boarding school (and no, I’m not shipping her off — she has wanted to go for 2 years and she got […]
Parenting
Vegetative Propogation
This morning, one of the members of my membership group shared this video: She had started some of her own scallions a few days ago, and they were growing like crazy. I had been wanting to try this with scallions for a while, but I just never got around to it. Until yesterday. I put […]
What Will You Do When Life Returns To Normal?
Yesterday the doors for The Village opened for registration. I shared that in yesterday’s blog post, and a reader left this comment: Would you consider a post about how we plan to live our lives after we can go back to work, school, after school activities, etc? Do you plan to go to the way […]
The Village
I have been working on something for the last couple days, and I’m excited to share it with you tonight! There are two things I’m pretty passionate about when it comes to moms. The first thing is helping women take better care of themselves beginning with making exercise a part of their daily routines. The […]
Teach Them To Fish
I do a Facebook live broadcast every Thursday at 12 pm on the Not Your Average Mom Facebook page. I told the kids I’d get lunch ready for them after I was done with today’s live, and Number 5 and 7 asked if they could make lunch instead. That sounded good to me! Rather than […]
124 Days
Today I got an email from Number 4’s boarding school with all the information about what she needs to do to get ready for her first year. I read through the student handbook. I read about General Tips for Packing and Move-In Day. I read about the Physical Basics. I read about the Emotional Basics. […]