Last night I served broccoli with dinner, based on the reactions from my boys you would have thought I served raw sewage… not fresh and nutritious food. I have to remind myself that they are just little kids and that their lack of gratitude isn’t malicious. I also have to remind myself that as their… Read More Let’s Take a Minute and Be Grateful
I LOVE the start of school. I mean I may like it even more than I like Christmas… which as a former professional gift wrapper is a lot. I loved the start of school as a kid and I love it even MORE as a parent. The start of school is the beginning of something… Read More The Best Time of the Year
I listened to a great episode of This American Life today. Side note: If you don’t already listen to This American Life, start today. And back to reality. So I listened to an episode of This American Life about the people we call first- the people we call when things are awesome, and the people… Read More Who You Gonna Call?
This is our first week back to school, or as I like to call it- the beginning of reality. Those last two weeks of summer were rough. The kids were sick of each other, me, and every activity I had planned. They fought constantly with each other and with their friends. By the time open… Read More …and we’re back!
We were eating lunch and my mom asked why AsthmaMan’s pants were wet. Actually scratch that, she tried to nicely tell me that he peed his pants. I assured her that he was fully potty trained and didn’t pee his pants. My parents are watching the kids all week, I don’t want to scare them… Read More Alrighty…
Last night I was stuck in traffic… for hours. Literally hours. In the space of an hour, I moved less than 2 miles. At some point I gave up and put the car in park. Hours.
Assume that breathing oxygen is more than enough to be the basis of a long and amazing friendship. … Read More Some Exclusions May Apply: Finding Friends as an Adult
Do you remember dodgeball from elementary school? Nothing good can come from dodgeball. … Read More Lessons Learned From Dodgeball
I am positive that there will be days I look in the mirror and cringe, but I am going to try and make those days less frequent.… Read More Nice Words PLEASE!
Cultivating Chaos 