The Proper Way to Accept a Gift You Hate

The Proper Way To Accept A Gift You Hate by Toulouse and Tonic

A couple of years ago, I gave my husband a Wii for Christmas.  He was very happy.  So happy in fact, that he played way into the wii hours (see what I did there?) of the night and was so focused on the TV screen, he almost burned down the house.  But more on that […]

How To Sabotage the 3-Day Potty Training Method in 2 Days or Less

How to sabotage the 3 day potty training method in 2 days or less - @toulousentonic

In honor (actually in horror) of the fact that I’m entering the potty training phase with child number 2 (heehee, I said #2), I thought it was time for me to reshare this little gem with you from my first potty-training attempt with Asher, when he was 2. We tried the 3 day potty training […]

21 Ways to Tell if You’re Becoming Your Mother

21 Ways to tell if you're becoming your mother - @toulousentonic

Some people can’t wait to become the woman that is their mother.  Other women have spent their young lives thinking, “I’ll never be like that.”  But guess what?  You will.  The minute you have a kid, it starts and before you know it – you’ve morphed into her.  Wonder if it’s happening to you?  Here are […]

The Funniest Moms on the Internet

Funniest Mom Blogs on the Internet in one place by Toulouse & Tonic

I bet you follow a few of your favorite mom bloggers, right?  But it’s impossible to keep up with everyone all the time.  So just to make sure you’re not missing anything so funny, you’ll pee yourself, I thought I’d do a little Hilarious Mom Blog round-up.  Here are some of my favorite funny mom […]

Top 10 Habits of Highly Annoying Facebookers

The Top 10 Habits of Annoying Facebookers - What He Said, by Mike - Toulouse & Tonic

It’s time for another What He Said by Mike and this time he’s taking on Facebook. While Mike readily admits that he does most of these things too, he doesn’t think that makes any of them less annoying. Read on and let us how many annoying Facebook habits you’re guilty of. 1. Reply fishing – saying something […]

8 Reasons It’s Better To Be A Girl Than A Guy

8 reasons it's better to be a girl than a guy by Toulouse & Tonic

My friend Mike insists it’s better to be a guy than a girl.  Go read it – I’ll wait. Better to be a guy?? I say he be trippin!  While I know there are definitely a few advantages to being a guy (getting paid more to do the same job, for instance), I still think it’s […]

5 Things I Thought I’d Never Let My Kids Do in Public.

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Back when I was engaged and preparing to move, I had a giant garage sale. Friends came over to “help” but really to drink Bloody Marys and hang out. In the late morning, a lady showed up with her kid who I’m guessing was about 5 or 6. She proceeded to take her own sweet […]

Don’t Vajazzle Your Vajiggle Jaggle and 20 Other Things I Wish I Knew When I Was 20.

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Every now and then I want to be inspirational.  It’s not that often, perhaps, but even I stop wisecracking once in a while and get serious.  Today I’m sharing one of my favorite pieces, full of very real – but still very funny – advice to my niece. All the things I wish I knew when […]