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If You Are Looking For A Fun (And 100% FREE) Spring Break Activity For Your Kids, Read This!

April 8, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We did something awesome today! If you follow NYAM on Facebook, you may have seen my post a couple days ago asking readers to share some of their stay-at-home-for-spring-break-plans. I thought it would be fun to compile a list of activities and ideas for those of us who aren’t off to Disney or somewhere tropical. […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting Tagged With: adventure, facebook, geocache, geocaching, hike, hiking, nature center, zones

The Not Your Average Mom Mission

February 22, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

editor’s note: I am in the process of giving my website an overhaul. I’ve revised my “about” page which will be  published when the new site is up. Until that happens, I wanted to share the new and improved version with you here. Check it out! Welcome to Not Your Average Mom. My name is Susie, […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: about, exhausting, facebook, fucking, Instagram, mission statement, moms, motherhood, realistic, reality, relatable

Perfection Is Unattainable. And Stupid. So Stop Trying To Achieve It.

February 17, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The other day I was talking with a friend who is a bit of a perfectionist. Actually, she’s a raging perfectionist. She would openly admit this. And we were talking about how life is such a challenge sometimes. I was reminded of this picture I recently saw on a friend’s Facebook page: We went back […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: facebook, husband, kids, mother, perfection, relationship

It’s Okay If You Didn’t Do Anything For Your Kids On Valentine’s Day. (And It’s Also Okay If You Did).

February 14, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

When I was a kid (and actually all the way up until I had kids of my own) my grandma sent me a card for Valentine’s Day. Her cards always had some sort of treat taped inside, like a quarter or one stick of Wrigley’s gum in the foil wrapper, as well as a little […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: douchey, facebook, mom guilt, sanctimommy, shoulding, valentines, vulnerable

Word Party

October 29, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We’ve had a long week, and today was a long day, and the kids are all wiped out. Tonight Number 7 hit a wall and lost her shit. Number 4 did something to piss her off, and then she just started pretty much throwing punches. Normally when she goes off the deep end like that, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: attention, caillou, facebook, iPad, meltdown, Number 7, phone, quality time, special time, word party

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And if it IS broke, maybe you still shouldn’t fix it. At least not for a little while.

October 9, 2016 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Our dryer broke a couple months ago. Our dishwasher broke a few months before that. The way we handled these broken “necessities” after our financial troubles is much different than the way we handled them before. Which could be part of the reason why we entered into financial trouble in the first place. This is not […]

Filed Under: Moneysavers Tagged With: appliance, broken, dishwasher, dryer, facebook

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