When life gives you lyme, make…?
I’ve been in a real funk this month. There’s a good reason funk starts with f u. This post will probably put you in a funk too. It is long. And whiny. And depressing. You’ve been warned. OK, I’ll...
View ArticleWhen life gives you peaches, make…cobbler.
I grew up with a peach orchard right behind my house. I first typed “literally in my back yard” but I knew you would think I was misusing/overusing the word literally – a peeve of many. Technically...
View ArticleYou are going to be soooo jealous of our 20th anniversary plans!
Today is our 20th wedding anniversary. And boy do we have BIG plans. Front row seats. Unlimited ice cold beverages. Fancy square plates. Surrounded by cheers and applause. Non-stop excitement. Special...
View Article“Summer Camp That Teaches Kids To Do Chores”
Every year I’m determined to get the boys to do chores without me constantly hounding them. Every year I fail. Today’s struggles reminded me of a text conversation last year (since it was a pre-iPhone...
View ArticleShow some FacebookLove
Welcome to the new FacebookLove blog hop! Here are the rules: Linkup your Blog’s Facebook page URL. ‘LIKE‘ your host and co-hosts pages. Return the likes of other participants. Grab a Hop Button...
View ArticleSometimes Clutter Isn’t Clutter
I’m a little late on spring cleaning (and by a little I mean 5 years). Now that my youngest is almost 9 and the oldest is almost an adult (gasp) there are many bins...
View ArticleWeeding, People of Walmart Style
I sent Greg out back to pick up some weeds that Jim had pulled. I peeked out to check how he was doing and THIS is what I saw… Never a dull moment here. Not too many sharp ones either. The fact that...
View ArticleFeatured On the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop Website. Life. Complete.
You read that right. I have a post featured on the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop site! For those of you who know how much I idolize Erma, you know this is just…just…I have no words. Click here or the...
View ArticleAnd Sometimes Clutter IS Clutter
Every time in my life that I’ve ever said “I would never let my child…” it has always come back to bite me. When my oldest was a toddler, I can remember talking to a friend that had two pre-teens and...
View ArticleFacebook Funnies. At the Hop.
My response to Jake whacking Eric with a banana… “Stop that! You’re going to bruise the banana!” I will make sure to add that story to my Mother of the Year acceptance speech. __________ Eric wanted...
View ArticleA letter to my kids: My Roller Coaster Life (Whyme)
(“Whyme” explanation at end of post.) Dear kids, You know I’m sick, but we don’t really talk about it. I never want to worry you by telling you all the problems Lyme Disease and Lupus have caused me....
View ArticleCalling the Cavalry for Some Guest Post and Facebook Love (And yes, some more...
Crying Uncle. Waving the white flag. Throwing in the towel! As I sit here in bed alternating between shivering and sweating, with my whole body aching, I’ve reached the point that I hate to get to....
View ArticleWhen Pampering Meets Horror Movie
I declared an “official” sick day for myself, and made a big deal about needing to rest ALL day so I wouldn’t be too sick to enjoy our upcoming vacation. Since I was going to be in bed all day anyway,...
View ArticleGuest Post Week: Summer At The Public Pool (A Fly On Our Chicken Coop Wall)
Today begins a week+ of Guest Blogger Posts! (It was going to start Monday, but you get a bonus. I was too excited to wait.) Appropriately, I am kicking off the week with a wonderful blogger who...
View ArticleGuest Post Week: It’s Swimsuit Season. Pass the Milk Duds (Laugh Lines)
I first discovered Vikki when we were both in “Parenting Gag Reel – Hilarious Writes and Wrongs” (That isn’t a shameless plug, that is really where I first read her writing. Well, maybe it is a...
View ArticleGuest Post Week: Yes, The Times They Are Changing (My Dishwasher’s Possessed)
Guest Post Week continues! (I apologize if my intros are getting shorter and shorter. I don’t want to start getting dirty looks from posting while on vacation. ). I “met” Kathy fairly recently...
View ArticleGuest Post Week: How To Take Two Toddlers to the Pool in 25 Easy Steps (From...
From teens yesterday to toddlers today, my guest bloggers are giving such a great variety of posts this week! Today I’d like to thank Meredith for letting me use such a hilarious post! Since my...
View ArticleGuest Post Week: Minivan Conversations T-H-I-N-K (The Golden Spoons)
Thanks to Lisa from The Golden Spoons for being my guest blogger today! I love this post and have had plenty of opportunity to use the “T-H-I-N-K” principle this week since we’ve had so much “together...
View ArticleGuesterday’s News: Is That a Baby in Your Pants?
Introducing “Guesterday’s News!” Guest Post Week was so much fun, I’m going to continue to post guest bloggers once a week (…or so…I’m not good with “schedules”) through the end of the summer (and...
View ArticleTop 4 Problems at the (Not-So-)Scary Mommy Book Signing (and a signed copy...
During my months of blog neglect, the blog post ideas have been building. I may not be able to remember things like why I walked in the kitchen, that my sunglasses are on top of my head or that I...
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