So I went on a cleaning rampage this weekend. Well, I started one, anyway. I’m not done. One of the problems is that there is so much for me to do, I didn’t know where to even begin. The enormity of the issue made me want to just avoid it altogether. Which only made it […]
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Isn’t that where everyone puts their chairs?
My kids can play really well together. Really well. Sometimes for more than an hour. They can also annoy the shit out of each other. They will fight over anything. Everything. They will fight over crayons. Over ponytail holders. Over forks, sippy cups, books, guitars, tv shows, where they sit on the couch, who had […]
Number 4 Cam.
When my husband and I got married, I had a yellow lab named Silas. He was about 8 at the time. He was not a well-behaved dog. He jumped on the furniture. He ate food off the counters. He chewed the straps off of bras and the crotches out of underpants. One Halloween, he got […]
Getting My Butt Organized. Step 1. Establish Priorities and Make a Schedule.
So Operation Organization continues. One of the challenges for me as a stay at home mom is that there is no set schedule. Sure, the kids have to be at certain places at certain times, but other than that, it’s been kind of a free-for-all. I never would have operated this way when I was […]
I’m looking at the Mom in the mirror. I’m asking her to change her ways.
I kind of put a lot of things on hold or pushed them aside for the marathon. So now I’m on a quest to get organized and catch up. I’m also on a mission to become more organized in general. Permanently. I can’t take it anymore. The other day I was listening to Howard Stern. […]
Sometimes you set an example for your kids. Other times, they set one for you.
We try really hard to teach the kids about bullying. About how it takes many forms. About how even if you are not the one doing the actual bullying, but standing by and watching it happen, that you are doing it too. We have impressed upon the kids that you do the right thing. No […]
