Well, I’ve had a wake up call this past week. Another one. This isn’t the first time I’ve had this a-ha moment, either. I just fell back into old routines, and I guess I kind of forgot. Or maybe I thought I was invincible or super human or something. But I’m not. And to get […]
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Yesterday Was The Nail In The Coffin
I reached a breaking point yesterday. AND I AM DONE. No, it wasn’t with my kids. It wasn’t with my husband. It was with the level of chaos and disorganization and clutter and mess I often allow in my house. I will no longer tolerate it. Let me tell you why. I have to rewind […]
One Tiny Habit
Okay moms. And dads. I have a challenge for you. It will require five minutes of your time every day. You will have the option of committing more than five minutes, but five minutes is all I am asking for. If there is an area of your life you are dissatisfied with, the only way […]
20 Things Good Moms Do
I get a couple emails or messages every week from women and moms in particular thanking me for “keeping it real” and for making them “feel normal.” It’s one of the reasons I started this blog. Because when I was in the thick of parenting and we had five kids under the age of eight […]
What I Learned When I Ditched the Scale
This past summer I made the decision to ditch the scale. Then the school year started and all the kids went back to school and this was the first year ever that ALL the kids were in school and so instead of getting tons of stuff done in September I kind of went hog wild […]
Controoo-ol. Now. I’ve. Got. A. Lot. Ow!
A week ago I announced to the world that I had packed some pounds back on and was having a lot of trouble controlling what and how much I was eating. I had developed a major carb addiction. And I had also developed a bunch of other unhealthy eating habits. I rarely sat down at the […]