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Chill The F*ck Out

May 26, 2018 by not your average mom 5 Comments

One of the things I love the most about quitting coaching is that I don’t have to worry about anything I say anymore. I can have the pottiest of potty mouths if I want, and I don’t have to be politically correct. I can say whatever I want without fear of being reprimanded or fired. […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Parenting Tagged With: baseball, little league, sports dads, sports moms, swim dads, swim meets, swim moms

End Of An Era

March 27, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Number 3 started his first season of t-ball seven years ago when he was five years old. It was clear from the moment he started that he had quite a bit of natural talent. Two years later, at seven years old, he started playing travel ball. For the last five summers, I have anxiously awaited […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baseball, swim team, travel baseball

Five Months

December 2, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I haven’t had any booze in five months. FIVE MONTHS. I’ve made it through the 4th of July and Labor Day and my birthday and my anniversary and Halloween and Thanksgiving. I’ve made it through other things, but that’s because I’ve just chosen not to attend them. Tonight all my favorite baseball moms are having […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: baseball, hangover, Moms' Night Out, regrets, sober, sobriety, wine

Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports

September 11, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: after school, baseball, chaos, coach, cross country, madness, school nights, soccer, sports, swim team, swimming, time management

20 Free (Or Mostly Free) Things To Do With Your Kids Over Spring Break

April 9, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

If you are like me, your kids have spring break next week and you are staying at home. If you are also like me, you may be looking for things to do with your kids that won’t cost you an arm and a leg but will keep everyone in your family from killing each other […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: baseball, bikes, Connecticut, CT, farm, frisbee, list, low cost spring break activities for kids, rail trail, soo, spring break, spring break on a budget, spring break staycations, state, staycation, things to do with your kids over Spring Break, UCONN, vacation, zoo

Our Job As Sports Parents

April 5, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I have been involved in the sport of swimming since I was ten years old. I swam for a small club team when I started, moved to a very competitive Y team in middle school, swam varsity all four years of high school, and swam for a Division I team in college where I was […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: baseball, baseball moms, bleachers, cheering, coach, parenting athletes, parents, sidelines, soccer moms, sports, support, swim moms, swimming, teammates

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