Writing a blog is a very personal, self- exposing, egotistical thing to do. Especially a blog like mine, where I have a goal of being so brutally honest that it hurts sometimes. But I enjoy it. And it is a hell of a lot cheaper than therapy. Often I sit down with an idea in [...]
Thanks to my blog, and the support of it, I seem to have exited my end of summer funk and woke today motivated to get something done! My mood is good, my energy on target and my clothes a day old. I make a mental list of what I would like to accomplish and what [...]
I made the decision yesterday, in a moment of weakness, to take my children on a road trip today to see their grandparents. My children actually travel pretty well - thank God for DVD players - so the 2 1/2 hour trip there and 2 1/2 hours back was not the source of my apprehension. Nor did [...]
For days now, I have been trying to dig myself out of a funk, get motivated and function as a positive, self- assured Mother to my daughters. For days now, they have been trying to crush me like a centipede who got too close to their precious light up Princess sandals. I think my children got [...]
I planned on coming on tonight and writing about my worst parenting day since becoming a stay at home mom. A day that actually made me want to get a job, leave my children with sitters, and work 12 hours a day for a boss who is no more mature than my kids. A day [...]
Now that I have planned, cleaned for, executed, cleaned up after and celebrated 2 - and most of a third - which was canceled last minute - birthdays for my family this month, it is time to take the time to get it all back on track.Time to stick to a diet, adjust an attitude and become the [...]
Play dates were invented, I believe, by intelligent Mother's who decided for the health of themselves and their children, they needed to get the hell out of the house! Preferably to meet up with other Mother's who were also at their wit's end. Mother's who desire a conversation that involves no deciphering of the toddler words, no [...]
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**Originally published August 2010** I think everyone has bad days, horrible things that happen to them and just plain unhappy times. Whether it be a death in the family, a divorce or just one of those days that you want to crawl back into bed and pray that you don't have to get up again [...]
God has a way of making me forget things, I think. Because every morning I get up, and probably due more to severe sleep deprivation than anything - but we'll give it to God, I could use the points, have forgotten how disturbing my kids can be. When I see them starting their weirdness, it all [...]
When my children were born, I counted fingers, toes, legs and arms. I soaked up the tininess of their noses and stroked their little ears making sure "I love you" was the first thing they heard from their Mother - well, besides screaming. I was amazed at their little lips, barely visible nails and little wrinkly knees. Reveling [...]
I would like to take a moment to send a special noted THANK YOU to Tori Spelling (http://www.torianddean.com/; Twitter page), Ciera (http://mycoasahm.blogspot.com/) and Staci (http://camachohouse.blogspot.com/).These three ladies have changed the course of my week by retweeting my blog, posting it to their pages with VERY, VERY nice and humbling intros and bringing new readers to A [...]
