Last week I wrote this post after I realized Number 3 was struggling not because he was being a tool but because he needed help and I had failed to pick up on it. He was losing things and forgetting things and it had been going on for a couple years, and I felt like […]
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It feels so good to feel pretty again.
Last fall I discovered Get Your Pretty On. Get Your Pretty On changed my life. It got me out of yoga pants and hoodies. It got me to start taking pride in my appearance again. It made me feel pretty. And it also made it super easy for me to feel stylish and look hot […]
Yelling at your kids and feeling crappy about it? I can help.
A little over a year and a half ago I had a seriously regrettable yelling episode in the car when Number 3 and 4 pushed my buttons one too many times. And that was the day I decided I was done yelling at my kids. Because yelling wasn’t effective, it wasn’t changing their behavior, it […]
Put the phone down. Seriously.
We live on a pretty busy corner, and we are less than a quarter mile up the hill from the middle school where Number 3 goes to school. He takes the bus in the morning, but in the afternoons he walks home because the bus company won’t let him cross the street at the top of […]
Week 3
It’s Monday. That means it’s time for the weekly weight loss update. Unfortunately, today ended up unexpectedly being one of the world’s longest days, and this morning I went for an hour and forty-five minute run, which I’m feeling pretty proud of myself for, but it’s also the longest run I’ve done since last April, […]
We’re gonna figure this one out together.
I’ve been failing Number 3. I didn’t really realize it until yesterday when I was crying on the phone with his math teacher. Actually, I realized it earlier in the day. It just all came to a head when I was on the phone with the teacher and I said it out loud. Number 3 […]
