The kids are with me for the next couple weeks and there’s no money in the budget for a vacation, so we are doing a staycation this year. Yesterday we loaded up the car with the bikes and beach stuff and food and we headed to Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, CT. I’ve been […]
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A Book Review For Moms Like Me — Behind Closed Doors
First, a disclaimer. I was not an English literature major or anything in college. So don’t be expecting anything professional. As a busy and exhausted mom who still does not have large amounts of uninterrupted time to read anything, my criteria for a good book are as follows: 1) Degree of Difficulty — I like […]
Front Entryway Makeover, Part I
The front entry to my house looks like this: There is a closet on the left. It had bifold doors on it when we moved here, but they kept coming out of the track. And when the closet doors weren’t closed, they prevented you from opening the front door from the outside. So I took […]
Not Your Average Mom’s VIPs!
The first year of divorce was absolutely the most challenging year of my life. It was also the most rewarding. I’m not gonna lie. I spent the first fifteen months after we finalized the divorce treading water and making very little – if any – forward progress in most areas of my life. It’s only recently […]
Mother’s Day 2022
I’ve never made a big deal about Mother’s Day. The kids are all in middle school now, so there weren’t going to be any school-made Mother’s Day gifts coming home from school. I didn’t mention anything about it to the kids. I didn’t have any expectations. I’m not into forcing them to do something for […]
A Lot Can Change In A Year
Last year I was supposed to finalize my divorce the day before Thanksgiving. The process had been started 14 months earlier and was dragging on and on and on and I was very much looking forward to just getting everything wrapped up and being able to finally move on. The day before we were supposed […]
