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A Wake Up Call (All Puns Intended)

November 6, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

I had an a-ha moment yesterday. Why I need to be slammed over the head with these things repeatedly before I get them, I don’t know. But that’s how it seems to work for me. I have a history of depression.  Fifteen or so years ago, I was hospitalized (for the first time) and consequently […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, exhaustion, facebook, Instagram, phone, quality time, sleep, television, TV, zamboni

A Reminder For All The Moms Who Screwed Up Today

April 4, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

We have a two week hiatus from swim team. The last practice of the season was this past Friday, and the next session starts the day after spring break. So there is no practice to go to this week, but I have been at the pool for new swimmer evaluations for kids who are interested in joining […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Parenting Tagged With: cell phone, field, mess up, mom fail, mom fails, phone, purse, reminder, screw up

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

Mom, are you alright?

September 7, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Welcome back to the official start of afternoon mayhem, Everyone! The Logistical Olympics have begun! Are you all ready? Yesterday afternoon we had one kid start a new job, four kids at three different swim practices, one kid at a baseball practice, and a kindergarten open house. I am out of after school shape. Now that […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bedtime, computer, Number 4, Number 5, olympics, phone, routine, work

Progression of A Photo Shoot

August 18, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

There is a walkway from the condo complex we are staying in to the beach. It’s a beautiful walk through a marsh to the ocean, and it’s the perfect spot for taking pictures. I don’t have a real camera. I just have my phone. But it takes pretty good pictures. So the other day I […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: beach, camera, family portrait, Number 3, Number 4, Number 5, Number 6, Number 7, phone, photo shoot, photographer, pictures, portrait, vacation

10 Things To Stop Doing For Your Kids. Now!

March 11, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

1. Stop folding their laundry. Laundry is one of the most hated and most time-consuming tasks for many moms (and dads). It is also a responsibility that kids of all ages can handle. Will a four-year-old fold her clothes as neatly as you will? Of course not. But who cares? She will learn. Folding clothes is […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: enabling, excuses, independent, lunches, phone, proactive, projects, repsonsibility, ten things, toys

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