I am so far behind where I wanted to be today !!! UGH! And I started to go into PTFOM a little. So I decided to take a moment to breathe, and I thought I’d offer you this little reminder. It’s okay if your house isn’t perfect on Thanksgiving. In fact, it’s even okay if […]
slow down
Summer As It Should Be
Here in CT we still have a couple weeks of school left before it’s officially summer. But for me, summer really begins today, on Memorial Day. And every summer I tell myself I’m going to slow down and enjoy it, but this summer I really fucking mean it. It’s the last summer before Number 7 […]
It’s time to acknowledge my limitations.
I’ve run myself into the ground again. I don’t know what my problem is, but I have this disorder or something where I keep taking on way too many things. I totally know better. I just finished the Boston Marathon a little less than a month ago, and rather than give myself a break, I […]
Lessons from NC
This morning as we were walking to the beach, Number 3 said to me, “Mom, did we just get here yesterday?” We’ve only been here for 24 hours, and the kids already feel right at home. And Number 7 is totally confused. She thinks we have moved here. I’m glad the kids are happy. And […]
Time to simplify.
Much like when I wrote my anti-Elf on the Shelf post, when I posted today’s anti-leprechaun post that was written a couple years ago, I annoyed a few people. And maybe all you pro-trappers are right. Maybe I’m a killjoy. Maybe I’m a (Mc)Scrooge. Maybe I’m cranky tonight. I am a little bit. I’ve had […]
Don’t be a dick. At least until the 26th.
Yesterday we went to see this really cool Christmas display with the kids. And it was located on this side street and parking was kind of crazy. Really crazy. Cutthroat, even. It made getting a spot in the Costco parking lot in December seem like fun. And as my family was walking back to the car, the spot […]