I write a lot of notes to myself: story ideas, grocery lists, wines to try, blog post ideas… But the most important things I haven’t been writing down, are the things I want my kids to learn from me by example. The problem is this: Not only am I not always the most stellar example-maker […]
House Rules: The Complete List (so far)
To my befuddlement, lots of people come here looking for House Rules ideas in order to keep their kids in line. (clearly, these people are not regular readers of the chaos which is my home life) Early last year, I shared the House Rules for kids we keep hung in our kitchen. Let’s just say that since […]
The Gift I Found
Many, many days you’ll find me at the kitchen island, a cup of coffee before me as I rub my temples to stave off the headache that two way-too-loud kids are trying to give me. Every day is an internal battle of my trying to raise them right, keep them in line, not being too […]
My Kids Ruined My Back Door. Again.
My back door is broken again. And if by “back door” you think I mean the thing in my family room that opens up to the patio? You’re wrong. I mean my Asshole. My Asshole is broken. Again. It worked perfectly fine before I had kids. Then they came along, did what kids do when […]
How Being A Parent is Like Being A Rock Star
1. Endless hours on the road with too many people in the vehicle. 2. Your job is to entertain a room full of loud, writhing maniacs. 3. If you do your job well, people ask when you’ll produce more. 4. You ask yourself daily: “Am I tripping? Or did I really just see that?” 5. Your […]