Dear Daughter, When we bought our house I was too tired to use tools or do math, so I hired a baby-proofer to run through and make it less likely to give me heart attacks as you and your brother explored its sharp nooks and dangerous crannies. Just to be extra safe, the cabinets under […]
Ideas for everyone I think I can be useful suggesting ideas for, because I know you waited until the last minute (like me). Stocking stuffers, big gifts for under the tree, items good for kids, hostesses, and husbands, I think I have you covered! Most of these items are things I own, have used, or […]
The holidays can be hard on people—both financially and emotionally—so I wanted to do something to help lighten things up a bit. This is the kind of giveaway I love to do. THE GIVEAWAY DETAILS: I have 8 tote bags filled with books, gift cards, pampering products, jewelry gift certificates, watches, toys for kids, cosmetics, […]
This weekend I jumped back on the baby bike. No, I didn’t decide to have another kid HAHAHAHAHA don’t be insane, people. I simply went to a baptism and ended up feeding the delicious little baby boy a bottle and rocking him to sleep. It’s neato how I didn’t forget how to do these things despite […]
Moms and Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games do have some things in common, after all. Like this? Subscribe today. Find me on Facebook & Twitter. Comment with Your Facebook Account Comments
The most wonderful time of the year is almost here! The time when we deck the halls, bake festive cookies, and break out the elves SO YOU KIDS BETTER BE GOOD BECAUSE SANTA IS ALWAYS WATCHING. Yes, we traumatize our offspring for the next two months with elfin spies and passive-aggressive statements like, “Go ahead and […]
You send your kids to school thinking the only things they will bring home are empty lunchboxes and a better understanding of grammar. You are wrong. Very, very wrong. THE CLASS PET Small, stinky, and breathing. As if you needed one more thing to try to keep alive through the weekend. ART Blobs of pungent […]
I’m too tired from Halloween to talk about it anymore, but I do have ONE think to ask you today. So, what is your answer? Like this? Subscribe today. Find me on Facebook & Twitter. Comment with Your Facebook Account Comments
Go ahead and act like an asshole in front of my kids. Really, I’m fine with it. Today I’m sharing examples of how two people did just that this week, and why I’m okay with it, over on InThePowderRoom. CLICK HERE to read the full story. Like this? Subscribe today. Find me on Facebook & Twitter. […]
I don’t know whether you’ve ever heard this before, but parenthood changes a few things about your life. Not, like, everything. I mean, you’re still human beings who breathe and stuff after you have some offspring. But preeeetty much everything else changes—at least for a while. As a card-carrying member of the Yep, I Procreated […]
Of course the brilliant foliage, delightful weather, and gorgeous boot offerings everywhere are solid reasons for loving October. But I have the best reason of all. The second week of October contains the most important holiday of the year: National Dessert Day. How can it possibly get any better than that? IT CAN’T. Like this? Subscribe […]
I was skeptical when I heard that today is International Skeptics Day. Isn’t EVERY day International Skeptics Day for parents? I mean, I spend most of my day saying things like this: Really, you weren’t the one who wrote on the wall? You, with the ink-covered hands? Are you sure you flushed the toilet? That gum in […]