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A Bright Spot Amidst The Bullsh*t

May 23, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

The past week has been, how shall I put this… fucking shitty. So I’m just going to take a moment to shamelessly brag because hidden in the bullshit there have been a couple of memorable moments. Good memorable moments. This past weekend we had a swim meet. Numbers 3, 4, 5, and 7 swam in […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: coach, experience, Number 7, proud mom, swim meet

Next Stop, Webster, New York

March 22, 2017 by not your average mom 11 Comments

As you all know, I spent this past weekend at a pretty big swim meet with Number 3 and Number 4. And at this meet, it was Number 4’s goal to swim well enough to qualify for an even bigger meet where the best of the best on the East Coast swim called Zones. She […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: backstroke, meet, Number 4, swim meet, swimming, WEbster, zones

Number 7 is like a box of chocolates.

October 2, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We had our first swim meet of the fall season today. And this year, Number 7 made her USS swimming debut and swam in her first serious, legit swim meet with Numbers 3, 4, and 5. She was the only 4 -year-old in the meet. She is just a couple days from her fifth birthday, […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Number 4, Number 7, pool, swim meet, swimming

If your house was on fire and you could only take one person or thing with you, what would you take?

January 19, 2016 by not your average mom 2 Comments

I spent this past weekend at a swim meet. It was at a big high school in New York and there were a couple hundred kids swimming in it. Swim meets like this are long and boring. They usually run for about 4 hours, and there is a lot of sitting around waiting to swim. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: evacuation, knitting, Number 4, swim meet

Okay. I admit it. I’m living vicariously through Number 4.

February 19, 2013 by not your average mom 4 Comments

When I was 6 my parents signed me up for swim lessons through the parks and rec department in my town. We didn’t have a pool at our house, there were no town pools or public pools in the area, and we didn’t belong to the Y or a country club, so up until that point, my […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 8 & under championships, bragging, swim meet, swim team

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