When you live in Connecticut, you are used to snowstorms and blizzards and the occasional hurricane. But when there is a warning about the potential for a tornado, it’s kind of like getting a blizzard warning when you live in Florida. Tornadoes don’t generally happen here. So yesterday morning when I checked the weather on […]
Parenting
MOMentum Rocks!!!
I have some exciting news! I was recently invited to speak at an awesome online event call Momentum Rocks. What is it? It’s basically three days of online conferences/workshops/professional development opportunities for women and IT’S TOTALLY FREE! And it doesn’t matter where you live. You can access this event anywhere! As described by Kate Schell, […]
Mother’s Day 2018
It’s been a good Mother’s Day. It started off with handmade cards and gifts. If I could buy my mom anything it would be a friendship bracelet. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Then we headed to the Mother’s Day 5K in town. Four of the kids ran with me and Number 6 was a cheerleader because, as he says, I’m […]
What I Really Want For Mother’s Day
The other day my husband asked me what I wanted to do on Mother’s Day. That’s actually kind of a big deal because he’s never asked me that before. Not that I can recall. I was unprepared to answer the question. I’ve been thinking about it. I know what I want to do on Mother’s […]
Help Teach Your Kids To Be Bucket Fillers
Yesterday Number 6 came home from school with this book: I had heard of (affiliate) How Full Is Your Bucket before, but I had never read it, and I had never read this, either. Every night when I put Number 5, 6, and 7 to bed we read a book. Number 6 was excited […]
Not Your Average Shit Show Episode #397: Duct Tape Day
Some days you have mornings that go off without a hitch. And then you have mornings like today. HOLY SHNIKES. It didn’t start off that badly. In fact, I felt like the ship was pretty tight around 6:45 a.m. And then things slowly unraveled. First of all, I think I’ve set the breakfast bar a […]
