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Especially for the Kids

February 20, 2019 by not your average mom 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: chaos, chaos and kids' behavior, clutter, decluttering, disorganization, disorganization and kids' behavior, organization

Not Your Average Shit Show Episode #397: Duct Tape Day

May 11, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Humor, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: chaos, life with kids, momfails, week day mornings, when things don't go as planned

When Was The Last Time You Had A Lazy Sunday (or a lazy any-day)?

May 5, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care Tagged With: after school activities, chaos, kids in sports, overscheduling, simplifying

One Room At A Time

January 22, 2018 by not your average mom 6 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Timesavers Tagged With: chaos, clutter, laundry, laundry room, mud room, organization, overwhelm, paradigm shift

We All Get What We Tolerate

September 21, 2017 by not your average mom 7 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: chaos, gratitude, Oprah, priorities, prioritizing, resentment, suffering, tolerance, Tony Robbins

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

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