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 […]
birthday
I’m in some serious need of support.
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 […]
I give myself permission to accept this gift!
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 […]
What can you say NO to this week?
My midlife crisis continues. But my MLC isn’t about doing things to reclaim my youth. I’m not about to buy a Harley or a Ferrari. I’m not making plans to get plastic surgery and I’m not on the hunt for a twenty-something boyfriend. My midlife crisis is more of a midlife reevaluation. A look at what […]
How To Throw A Kids’ Birthday Party For Under $15
Number 5 and 6 have the same birthday, and their birthday this year was on the day after the last day of school, the first official day of summer for us. So we had a party. Number 5 had seven friends come over, and Number 6 had three friends come over. Just like last year, […]
A Lot Can Happen In 4 Years
Today is a special day here at Not Your Average Mom. On March 31, 2012, I purchased the domain name for Not Your Average Mom, figured out how to set up a (really simple) site, and the blog was born. And today on March 31, 2016, the blog’s fourth birthday, I’m publishing my 1,559th post. […]