Making my kids hate me one post at a time.
It’s probably wrong of me to call myself a craft-hater. Although I don’t love it (and I’m clearly not good at it – see my #CraftFails) – every now and then, if something seems easy enough I’ll give it a try. Because even I will admit that it feels good to have someone say, “You […]
This past weekend, I left my husband and the boys here to fend for themselves while I went to BlogU. To their credit, I barely heard from them the entire time I was there – and let’s be frank, all 3 of them are usually guilty of asking me where the peanut butter is while […]
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 […]
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 […]
“I can’t stop staring at you because you’re so beautiful.” It’s been quite a few years since a boy told me that. It’s probably just coincidental that the phrase seems to have died with my habitual presence in bars 8 years ago when I got married. The weird thing is, I’m not sure I […]
It seems like between last year and this year, the idea of Mom’s wanting a day off for Mother’s Day has really gained momentum. Last May, I wrote about the scandalous idea of wanting the whole weekend to myself and there was actually some backlash. This year, everyone’s coming out of the closet. If you […]
There’s nothing like a cursing toddler to make you check yourself, is there? It wasn’t until Asher (6) was first starting to talk that I even thought about what a potty mouth I had. Years of working in music, spending time in bars and being around my foul-mouthed friends (do you like the way I […]
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 […]
