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Nothing To Complain About

November 15, 2018 by not your average mom 7 Comments

I have never been a fan of winter, really. And it’s not really even winter yet. It’s still technically fall for another month. But today we had our first snowstorm here in Connecticut. The kids had an early dismissal because the snow was supposed to start around the time the kids were getting out of […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: Connecticut, eating snow, New England winter, snowstorms, winter, winter in CT

Crossroads, Chapter 2

July 8, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

On July 2, 2017, I made the decision to stop drinking. I wanted to share the story of how I came to this decision. In order to do that, I needed to go back to the beginning. If you missed those posts, you can catch up here: Chapter 1         Chapter 2 My brother […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bone marrow transplants, brother, Connecticut, cousin, driveway, fifteen, fundraiser, Jeep, kiss, leukemia, parents, porch, seattle, smoke, t hirteen, thirteen, washington

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

The Problem Wasn’t My Son. It Was Me.

March 3, 2017 by not your average mom 6 Comments

Number 3 and I have been going head to head recently. A lot. Of all the kids in the house, he’s the one that frustrates me the most right now. This title of MFK (Most Frustrating Kid) shifts from child to child. It seems just as one of them settles into a happy and agreeable […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, Connecticut, cough, Number 3, special time, stomach, t rail, walking, yelling

Stop Driving Like An Asshole In The Snow

February 11, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I was born and raised in Connecticut. Although we’ve had a relatively mild winter in New England this year, we are used to significant snowstorms. Some years we are hit with multiple blizzards. Some years we only get a couple inches here and there. A couple days ago, we had a near blizzard here. About […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Connecticut, CT, driving, four wheel drive, snow, snowstorm, SUV

Lessons from Howard and the Gilmore Girls

October 26, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I’ve always hated winter. And as a result I’ve hated fall, too, because things start dying and it’s getting colder and it’s just a constant and looming reminder that winter is coming. But last year I came to the realization that if I keep going this way I’m going to be hating half of my […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: apple, autumn, bahamas, candle, Connecticut, fall, hawaii, honeycrisp, Instagram, pumpkin, yankee

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