About six weeks ago I noticed a rash on Number 6’s arm and stomach It wasn’t poison ivy, and it wasn’t excema — I know what those look like. But it was odd enough and pervasive enough that I took him to the doctor. A couple years ago Number 7 had impetigo, and that shit […]
Parenting
Cause A Girl’s Gotta Pay The Bills
You probably noticed that there are now ads running throughout my posts. I know there are a couple of you who are annoyed by this. It was nice when my posts were ad-free. I totally get it. But what some of you may not get is that it costs money to run a website. There […]
Moms, This One Is Kind Of On Us
We had our first swim meet with the new team this weekend, and on Saturday afternoon when everyone was done swimming, all the kids and parents went to Dave and Busters to each lunch and the kids all played games for about an hour. It has been interesting to watch Number 3 and Number 4 […]
When Was The Last Time You Had A Lazy Sunday (or a lazy any-day)?
Life with kids is inevitably going to be hectic and chaotic at times. Especially once your kids get involved in sports and other extra curricular activities. If you have one kid in one activity that is bad enough. When you have more than one kid over the age of five that’s when things can get […]
Pool Boy? I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Pool Boy.
We have an inground pool at home. I am the one who runs it, cleans it and maintains it. But we have always used a pool company to open and close the pool because I just didn’t think I knew enough to do that myself. And it’s a couple hundred bucks to open the pool, […]
Mommy, He Was Cute.
The other night at swim practice, I was sitting at the tables at the far end of the pool doing some work on my laptop, and Number 6 (who isn’t on the swim team) was sitting across from me playing Minecraft on my iPad. The swim team uses half the pool for practice, and the […]
