Number 7 recently swam in her first swim meet. At four years old, she swims all four strokes legally, which, at that age, is pretty unusual. And so we officially have 5 kids ranging in age from 4 to 11 on the swim team. I’ve been coaching swimming in some capacity since I was a junior […]
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What Your Wife Wants
A couple weeks ago after writing this post about how marriage is really fucking hard, a friend of mine wrote a comment about how men generally want to be respected first and loved second but women more want to feel loved and validated first, and then I wrote this post based on conversations with my […]
Maybe a before and after picture isn’t the problem. Instead, maybe the problem is what you focus on in those pictures.
mid·dle age noun 1. the period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65 AT 46-years-old, I suppose you could say I’m middle-aged. Middle aged? What the fuck? How the hell did this happen? Falling into the middle aged category always seemed so far away. When I […]
7,238 Miles
I don’t know if you remember, but a while ago I told you about a woman who has been reading my blog for a couple years and who often leaves comments but I hardly ever respond to them because I suck at replying to comments, but then she wrote me an email and although I suck at […]
My Best NO Moment of the Week
Last week I finally pulled my head out of my ass and realized that I need to start saying no to some stuff. That trying to do everything isn’t making me (or anyone in my family) happy. And it’s not setting a healthy example for my kids. I fell right into the not saying no […]
Twenty-One Days
We’ve officially been out of school and on summer vacation for three weeks. And for three weeks I have been working from home with five kids here all day long. My husband has been working a lot and hasn’t been around much, and for three weeks, I have been taking all the kids to the pool with […]
