A couple weeks ago I had one of the worst mornings I’ve had with the kids in a long time. A LOOOOOOOONG time. They were at each other’s throats, pushing buttons relentlessly and doing whatever they could to piss each other off. We had multiple massive meltdowns before 7:30 a.m., and I all but dragged […]
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Not Your Average Shit Show Episode #397: Duct Tape Day
Some days you have mornings that go off without a hitch. And then you have mornings like today. HOLY SHNIKES. It didn’t start off that badly. In fact, I felt like the ship was pretty tight around 6:45 a.m. And then things slowly unraveled. First of all, I think I’ve set the breakfast bar a […]
When Was The Last Time You Had A Lazy Sunday (or a lazy any-day)?
Life with kids is inevitably going to be hectic and chaotic at times. Especially once your kids get involved in sports and other extra curricular activities. If you have one kid in one activity that is bad enough. When you have more than one kid over the age of five that’s when things can get […]
One Room At A Time
If you’ve been around the past few weeks, you know I’ve been getting organized. But this time it’s not just another okay-it’s-time-to-throw-some-sh*t-away freakout. This time it’s an I-am-no-longer-willing-to-tolerate-chaos complete and total paradigm shift. This also happened to me when I was teacher. For the first few years I taught elementary school, my desk was a […]
We All Get What We Tolerate
This past July when I was at a really, REALLY low point and struggling with having all the kids home and trying to work both in and out of the home and feeling hopeless about my marriage and being incredibly stressed out over financial stuff and dealing with this stupid injury in my butt and […]
Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports
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: […]