Always evolving, Never Average
It’s my 48th birthday today. It’s also my 13th wedding anniversary. As my husband put it this morning, it’s my Birthiversary. I gotta tell you, I did not think we were going to make it this far. My husband and I have struggled for basically our entire marriage. But the last two months have been …Read More
Number 5 and 6’s birthday was last week, and one of Number 5’s gifts was to go to the salon with me for her first mani/pedi. She has been begging for this for a couple years now, and she is my girliest girl, so I knew she would truly enjoy and appreciate the experience. Not …Read More
This first day of summer has snuck up on me. I’m not prepared. I’m not organized. It’s kind of like when Christmas seems so far away, and you know you have plenty of time. And then all of a sudden, BAM. It’s Christmas Eve Day and you haven’t wrapped a single present. You haven’t even …Read More
It’s no secret how I feel about over-the-top birthday parties. I hate them. That doesn’t mean I don’t think everyone deserves some kind of celebration on their birthday. Of course they do! But if you are like me, if you are on a budget, if you have more than one kid, if you have a crazy schedule, if you …Read More
Dear Moms (And Dads), I thought maybe you could use a reminder. Because last night I had one of those nights and I realized that I needed one, too. Whatever that thing is you are freaking out over right now? Um… It’s not that big a deal. Oh, wait… Your thing is different? Your thing …Read More
Sometimes you need a few whacks in the head before something really starts to sink in. You know how Facebook’s “on this day” reminds you of all the things you commented on and shared every year before on that date? Two years ago exactly, I wrote a post about how I was struggling — “…My head is …Read More
A couple days ago a friend of mine shared an article on Facebook entitled It Turns Out That Traveling Makes Us Far Happier Than Any Material Wealth Ever Does. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. It’s partly because our financial situation has improved, and so now being able to travel at least a …Read More
Yesterday I wrote a post about mistakes and how I want to use those situations to teach and model for my kids how they are just opportunities for growth. And then this morning I fucked up pretty badly Ugh. And after that whole post yesterday, I’ve spent most of the morning beating myself up! It’s …Read More
Last night my husband and I went out to eat to celebrate my birthday and our anniversary five days late. (Yes, I got married on my birthday). And he must have read the post I wrote about what women want for their birthday, because when we got home, there was a gift bag waiting …Read More
Something exciting is happening to me tomorrow. Or for me. Something as exciting as when all the kids went back to school. For me, anyway. But before I get to that, I need to confess something. I hate to clean. I mean, I really fucking hate it. I hate it more than I hate that …Read More
