Several times over the last 18 years of being a Mom, moreso in the last 8 years being a blogger, I’ve tried these “Lists Of Things To Do” type parenting challenges. I never complete them. Whether it’s the goals over Spring Break or the goals over the summer… I never actually check everything off the(…)
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a geek. I’m a dork. I’m probably not the best person on the planet to tell the average person what they might “enjoy” on the internet, because my standards my sway more to the “nerd” side than the average person. HOWEVER! My kids are cooler than I am and their(…)
I have a teenager who I adore greatly. Except, of course, on the days he calls me panicking because he forgot something for a performance. Even better is when I call him back having my own panic attack because I can’t find the item, only to have him realize it was with him all along.(…)
I was never athletic growing up. (If my Dad were alive today he would laugh because that is SUCH AN UNDERSTATEMENT.) I naturally gravitate towards the television, rather than to the gym. However, I have had several friends over the years go from SITTER to RUNNER and in 2006 I found myself thinking maybe I(…)
Alternate Title of this Article: “Now If We Forget Something, We Have No One To Blame But Ourselves” For years, my husband and I often found ourselves arguing about one of us not remembering something the other one told us we were doing. Why aren’t you ready to go? Where are we going? Laura’s party(…)
Most of us make our kids pose by the front door – backpacks slung over the shoulder – for that First Day Of School photo at the start of every year. I have one child who is about to start THE 11th grade and I know I’ve done it every August since he was five.(…)
