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An Awesome (and easy) Thanksgiving Tradition To Start With Your Family This Year

November 23, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

A friend of mine — Eileen from Little Acorn Learning — posted this picture of her Thanksgiving table last year: I thought those cards were such a nice idea. What a great way to encourage interaction and kindness around the Thanksgiving table! This year I really wanted to do something similar. So I made some templates […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: dinner, friend, grateful, gratitiude, Holiday, questions, teacher, thankful, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving traditions

I need a little rewiring.

July 2, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I’m not sure if it’s the stress I’ve been under because of the financial stuff and the marital stuff and the kid stuff and the life-in-general stuff, but even after writing yesterday’s post about the things that really matter, my mind this morning goes immediately to the shit that pisses me off. Why am I having […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: g rateful, gratitiude

When You Are An Optimist, You Look At The Toilet As Half Full

October 15, 2014 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last night, as I was doing a little work in the office, Number 4 tiptoed up behind me and then very quietly sat down next to me. She wasn’t talking, which was unusual. She just sat there, staring at me, and exhaling heavily. Before I finish that story it’s important to note that we have […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Humor, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: Duplo, gratitiude, periods, sex talk, toilet

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