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January 21, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

In case you are feeling like a failure, I just want to let you know that yesterday I got an email informing me that effectively immediately Number 3 was banned from his basketball team because I totally spaced and forgot to send in the payment (and I had gotten several email reminders but I suck at […]

I could really use your help.

January 20, 2016 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that I’m not a big fan of the four thousand fundraisers the kids’ schools do every year. And between the six kids who are in school, it’s just too much. So I don’t participate in them. Last year Number 4 came home so excited though about the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser […]

If your house was on fire and you could only take one person or thing with you, what would you take?

January 19, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I spent this past weekend at a swim meet. It was at a big high school in New York and there were a couple hundred kids swimming in it. Swim meets like this are long and boring. They usually run for about 4 hours, and there is a lot of sitting around waiting to swim. […]

Narrowing my waistline AND my exits

January 18, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last Monday I put it all out there. Literally. I joined a weight loss competition and I showed you my “before” pictures. The competition officially started last Monday, so it’s been one week… How has it gone? Well first, in case you haven’t already figured it out, I’m super competitive. Like SUPER competitive. That’s part […]

Up next… finances. Time to make a budget and stick to it.

January 17, 2016 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I am trying really hard to get my shit together this month. I’m working on being more organized. I’m working on my health. I’m working on my marriage. And I’m working on my finances. Now that my husband has a job with a weekly paycheck, it is a little easier for us to come up […]

Time to Get My Priorities Straight

January 15, 2016 by not your average mom 10 Comments

I’ve decided for the next couple months I’m going to do a weekly post focusing on marriage. Because I’ve said it before, marriage is fucking hard. And right now, I’m devoting a lot of time to working on my contributions (both positive and negative) to my marriage. And since I write about what’s going on […]