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 […]
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 […]
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Figleaves but I LOVE this company so you can bet my opinions are my own. True story: When Asher was 3, we took a little family vacation to the beach. One morning, the two of us went into the bedroom to put on our swimsuits. […]
Confession: I wanted to be Miss America when I was a little girl. Worse confession: I was actually in training for it, if you consider being in a few “Toddlers & Tiaras” and high school/college pageants being “in training” for Miss America. My titles were few and far between. I believe I was officially “Little […]
The day has finally come for me to say goodbye to my breast pump. We’ve had a long and complicated 8-month relationship. I know what you’re thinking. 8 months? 8 months is not a relationship, it’s a fling. Well, my dear, you couldn’t be more wrong. My pump and I have had a relationship that’s […]
Current milestones at our home: A, Age: 5 Started kindergarten Didn’t get kicked out of kindergarten. Fingers crossed, 4 weeks in. Decided of his own volition to start calling me by my first name instead of mommy, which puts me in danger of having an Amber Alert taken out on me. Especially when he screams […]
My lactating boobs are out-of-control big. Actually, big is just not enough of a word for ’em. They were BIG when I was pregnant (see The Top Ten Sucky Things About Being Pregnant.) Actually, they were more HUGE than BIG. But since I’ve started producing milk, these things have entered a whole new stratosphere. Now […]
After I wrote one of my popular posts, The Top 10 Sucky Things About Being Pregnant, a very old friend, Mike, wrote me to say he’d had a strong reaction to my list. Such a strong reaction that he’d penned his own version — The Top Ten Sucky Things About Being Married To A Pregnant Woman. I’d […]
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