Your Daily Dose

There is a girl on the swim team who is 7.  Every time I see her she reassures me that no matter how badly my kids behave, there is always another kid out there who is worse. At the last swim meet, I watched her spit water, repeatedly, at Number 2 and Number 3.  Not a […]

When I was in my 20’s, I was going to grad school and working at the Gap.   There was a mom who also worked there part-time as a sales associate.  She was a little wacky.  I often worked the early shift with her, and we had to be there an hour before the store opened. One time as […]

Author’s note:  Last night I kind of put this post on my facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/susiej7k#!/notyouraveragemomdotcom).  It happened so quickly, and I was so tired, I wanted to write it down before I forgot it this morning.  So today I’m sort of re-posting it in my blog, making a couple corrections made due to exhaustion, and […]

I love Howard Stern. There, I said it. His show makes me laugh out loud.  Often. I look forward to it.  Every day.  I will do almost anything in order to have just 5 minutes in the car alone so I can listen to him. Working on that show has always been my dream job.  I’m up that […]

Dear Twenty Something Girl I Heard Complaining About Her Small Boobs at the Big Y Yesterday, I heard you talking, so I couldn’t help but check out your boobs. Let me tell you, you have nothing to complain about.  You have great boobs.  And in 25 years, you will still have great boobs. In high school the girls […]