You don’t need a license to have a child. That can be a problem. There are many people who have kids who probably wouldn’t have them if they first had to pass a parenting test and get their parenting license. Well, there is something else you can do where you don’t need a license. And […]
Your Daily Dose
Cover your mouth when you cough. Actually, on second thought, don’t bother.
When the kids were little, I used to be kind of a psycho about exposing them to kids who were sick. If Number 1 and 2 were sick, I would take every precaution to keep them separated from Number 3. My friends knew to cancel a playdate if they were planning on coming over and their […]
The write stuff.
I never thought of myself as a writer. In fact, in high school, I always thought of myself as a stronger math student than English student. I don’t know exactly how the SAT’s work now (Number 1 hasn’t taken them yet), but back in the, ahem, eighties, the highest score you could get was a […]
Nothing comes between me and my nap times.
When you are a preparing for the arrival of a baby, you hear all about childproofing the house. The yard. The car. Everything. You read about the dangers of this: The experts tell you to take precautions to avoid this: Your friend will tell you about a scare she had with this: Yes, those are […]
Not everyone can achieve multiple sarcasms. I guess I’m just lucky.
I have a little issue with sarcasm. But I can’t really help it. It’s just… …involuntary. Yesterday Number 3 came home with one of those annoying math homework papers where the directions say to discuss crap with “someone at home.” So he said to me, “Mom, who should I talk with about this?” I was […]
If at first you don’t succeed…
So I did it again. Yesterday I started a sentence with “When I was a kid…” This getting older crap sucks. Anyway. When I was a kid, you had some respect for the teacher. About 10 years ago when I taught 4th grade I had a student who was pretty much doing nothing in school. […]