Warning: Homeschool post ahead. I am not the most organized person. Based on my personality profile, I should be, but organization is the first thing that goes when life gets busy. And life has been busy since approximately…2008. However. One thing that I do stay on top of is our homeschool recordkeeping. I have several […]
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On Graduating Preschool.
First and Last Day of 3K Noah is officially done with preschool, now giving him the privilege of saying that he’s done something I never did – he has gone to school outside of his home before college. I know. Quite an accomplishment. It was strange for me, being a parent in a world I’d […]
The Consignment Report.
I’m a hoarder by default. It’s not that I want to be a hoarder – I want more than anything to get rid of tons of stuff in an efficient manner and live a less cluttery life. Well, more than anything…except for using my time to do anything but that. I always have too much […]
An Appropriate Goodbye.
We’ve been inseparable for 33 and a half years. Unequivocally attached to one another, bound by each other’s decisions, moods, and words. But in one week and one day, that will end permanently. My tonsils will be cut from my body and thrown away without so much as a proper goodbye. In fact, I’ll sleep […]
The Feeling Is Not Mutual.
This post may make a lot of you tune me out forever. You may hate me, say mean things about me, and write me off as a feelingless monster. I accept this reality and understand that you have to do what you have to do. But I can’t hide my feelings any longer. I must […]
What Happens at Mom’s Running Club.
A few months ago, I launched a running club for the moms in our church community group. On a given Sunday afternoon, we congregate in a pack of 2-5 moms, where we jog, walk, run, and talk. The talking part is what we do best. We discuss our kids, our husbands (all good stuff obviously), […]
Breaking: Age Guessing Website a Conspiracy
It has been discovered today that how-old.net, the currently viral website that allows you to upload a photo and then tells you how old you look, is actually a conspiracy by multi-level-marketing behemoth Radon + Folds. Redarn + Flan is a direct sales skincare corporation that relies primarily on women who don’t mind utilizing Facebook […]
A Matter of Taste.
We live adjacent to a really nice part of town. “Adjacent”, in this context, is a synonym for “undesirable”, and that’s fine. Our quirky little neighborhood is unincorporated and we embrace that unincorporation. Without silly zoning rules to hold us back, we have such fineries as skateboarding half-pipes and 400-600 white pigeons in portable buildings […]
Mommy Jeopardy!
“Welcome to this very special episode of Mommy Jeopardy! Our contestants, all too sleepy to actually introduce themselves, will choose from six categories today, all related to their occupation of Motherhood. Let’s get started.” “I’ll take ‘Kids are for the Strong of Stomach’ for $200, Alex.” “The answer is…” “What are toddler boy feet after […]
Fully Endorsed Anxiety.
These are the things I worry about: stray cats slipping into my car while I’m unloading groceries, my phone becoming sentient and turning on the camera at inopportune times and live-streaming those inopportune times to the world, and the consequences of endorsing my husband’s name on the backs of checks. Every now and then, he’ll […]