Cause they’re only young once.
The end of the school year was so crazy, and June is heavy on birthdays for us, and in the last few weeks I have fallen back into the habit of working at night as soon as dinner is done. Today was busy...
View ArticleIf your child has ever had night terrors, READ THIS.
If you are the parent to more than one child, you are well aware of how two children who were both conceived by the same people can be completely different in a multitude of ways. It doesn’t take long...
View ArticleThis school year, things are really going to be different. Because they have to.
I had plans to start this school year off more organized and prepared than I had in years past. Then my husband got hurt, plans got completely derailed, and now we are 35 hours from our first day of...
View ArticleWhat the heck is Not Your Average Weekend? Probably the best weekend you’ll...
What is Not Your Average Weekend? Not Your Average Weekend was born when I realized I had completely lost sight of who I was after becoming a mother. I was no longer Susie. I only really identified...
View ArticleIf Number 7 scalped her sisters My Little Ponies in the woods and nobody saw...
The other day while I was Konmari-ing my playroom (yes, I’m still cleaning — that post is coming soon), I came across a whole bunch of scalped My Little Ponies. I had been finding random bits of blue...
View ArticleWhatever happens, everything is going to be okay.
If you read my last post, you know that Number 7 failed two hearing screenings at school and I had a minor (okay major) freak out. First of all, THANK YOU for all the comments and emails and messages...
View ArticleDon’t you dare talk to me that way!
Last night I was live on Facebook, and someone asked me for my thoughts regarding kids and back talk. Ooooooh. Backtalk. I fucking hate back talk. It’s annoying and frustrating and, at times,...
View Article12 “Non-Stuff” Gifts to Give Your Kids This Holiday Season
We used to be one of those overboard families on birthdays and Christmas. Then we ran into major financial trouble, and we had to start seriously reassessing how we were doing things. This ultimately...
View ArticleStop Driving Like An Asshole In The Snow
I was born and raised in Connecticut. Although we’ve had a relatively mild winter in New England this year, we are used to significant snowstorms. Some years we are hit with multiple blizzards. Some...
View ArticleA Stupid Easy Way To Save Money If You Shop Online. Seriously.
About ten days ago, I did my first news segment on WTNH News 8. It was a back to school segment where I talked about ways you can save money on back to school stuff. (If you didn’t see it, you can...
View ArticleYou Have A Ballsy, Outspoken, and Exasperating Five-Year-Old? Good.
I started writing this blog about five and a half years ago. Number 4 was five years old at the time. And if you were here back in the beginning, you’ll probably recall that she was a bit of a handful....
View Article3 Weeks Post Surgery
*** This post will contain way too much information for some peoples’ comfort level. Consider yourself warned. *** When you go in to meet with your doctor before you have any kind of surgery, you are...
View ArticleI’m Only Seven, Though.
Two big things happened today. First, we got our internet back tonight. While I have mixed emotions about this because I realized in the past week Iwaste too much time online and it’s affecting other...
View ArticleCurrent Status: Totally F*cking Winging It
I am doing my first triathlon in four years on Sunday. I had pretty big plans for it. I was going to be in the best swimming shape I’ve been in in years. I was going to have many miles logged on the...
View ArticleThe Five Minutes A Day Challenge
When your kids are pushing your buttons and driving you insane and testing your very last bit of patience, the usually aren’t trying to intentionally piss you off. They are trying to send you a...
View ArticleFifteen Months
You know what yesterday was? October 2nd. You know why October 2, 2018 is significant to me? Because it’s fifteen months from July 2, 2017. And you know what happened on July 2, 2017? On July 2, 2017 I...
View ArticleThe Seven Best Words in the English Language
You know what the seven best words in the English language are? Mommy, I love you so, so much? No. Those are good. But they’re not the best. Let me watch your kids all day? Not quite. I just went poop...
View ArticleWhatever happens, everything is going to be okay.
If you read my last post, you know that Number 7 failed two hearing screenings at school and I had a minor (okay major) freak out. First of all, THANK YOU for all the comments and emails and messages...
View ArticleBecause I Owe It To Him
Every year, December 16th starts off pretty much the same way. I wake up like I do on every other day. And then a few seconds or a few minutes after I’m up, I remember. I remember exactly where I was,...
View ArticleWho Could Use A 2019 Reset?
I don’t know about you guys, but my 2019 has not really started out the way I had planned it would. We haven’t even had a particularly rough winter here in Connecticut so I can’t blame much on the...
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