It’s 10:33 p.m. and my kitchen is a mess and I haven’t written a post yet today and I really want to go to bed, but I haven’t missed a post in twenty-four days so I’m still on a Massive Action Roll and I’m not gonna fuck it up today. But my brain is also […]
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6 Tips For A Neater Kitchen
A couple weeks ago a reader left this post on the NYAM FB page: HELP! Do any of you have a good system to keep the dirty dishes from piling up next to the sink? And I just saw it today and nobody replied so I have a couple suggestions. First, my kitchen is not […]
This Is Reality
Last week my parents came up to the house and helped me clean up my disaster of a house on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. My dining room in particular remains a challenge for me to keep neat and uncluttered. My dining room table always ends up as the dumping ground for laundry and inevitably, a […]
I Guess I Bought The Wrong Flavor
Today was day sixteen of summer vacation. It was the first really rainy day since the kids have been out of school, and after two weeks of sun and outdoor swim practices and a few late nights and a nine-hour-long 4th of July party the other day, we were all in need of a lazy, […]
One Great Catch Can Be A Game Changer
You know how a kid can totally suck at baseball and make like ten errors in one game and start to feel completely hopeless and dejected, but then out of nowhere he can make an amazing catch that no one ever thought was possible? And even with all those errors in one game, that one awesome […]
Your job as a stay at home mom is definitely NOT to cater to your kids.
Yesterday I wrote this post about one of the things I’ve done that has really helped my children to be more responsible. And I received this comment: I so struggle with this. With only 2 kids and a very part time baking business out of my home, I waffle between getting my kids to do […]
