As I think about the things we have not done yet this summer or things we have started but not finished (like redoing the girls’ bedrooms or figuring out what to do with the crocked path on the side of our house)… the end of summer blues set in, and I realize I have two weeks to left to finish my summer bucket list. Not happening.… Read More A Mom’s Summer To-Do List
Oh boy. I’ve got the end of summer blues and I’ve got them bad. … Read More End of Summer Blues
This summer we are doing, well, not much. We really have nothing to do. Literally. And IT IS GLORIOUS.… Read More A Summer of Nothing
It may seem like a small thing. Jumping into a crowded pool. But to me is was huge. All of me exposed. Cellulite and all. For everyone to see. Including the one person there who mattered: my daughter. She was the one that mattered. I don’t know why it took me so long to realize this. … Read More Accepting Myself and Cannonballs
My once tight, tiny body now has stretch marks and loose skin that covers my stomach and hangs where the umbilical hernia once poked through. And, since I am not only a mother— I am also a wife and a woman—naturally, I want to look attractive and sexy on this vacation. … Read More What I wore on my beach vacation (Hint: It’s not what you’d expect)
I have to be super stay-at-home-mom, not just regular great stay-at-home-mom. Just don’t make me stay at home…… Read More The Field Trip Mom
Being crazy busy is not the norm I strive for, but sometimes, sports happen.… Read More Summertime Chill
So you know when people build things up so your expectations become huge and then you actually do/visit/see what was built up and it falls REALLY short of expectations? Yeah, well I’m not sure if that’s what happened in this situation or if there were other things at play – or if as I always say, it is what it is.… Read More Expectations Are A Tricky Thing
A popular worry in only-child families is what to do about vacations. I mean, will the kid be spreading news of the #worsttimeever without a similar-ager to share in the memory-making? Actually, no. Here are one dozen reasons to like traveling as a one-child family. 1. When you need to fly, or are booking lodging… Read More One Dozen Reasons Vacations with an Only are Grand
Remember that episode of Seinfeld when Kramer found the old wooden screen door and attached it to the outside of his apartment door? He took it several steps further and found a lawn chair, planted flowers in pots, and in one scene he is found sitting on his chair with an American Flag and a… Read More Anytown, USA
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