Stuff I Wish You’d Quit Saying
31 Days of Stuff I Wish You’d stop Sayin’: Day 12 “What do you do all day?”
“What do you do all day?” Truly I say to you – I am asked this often. I stay home. I am a stay-at-home mom. I have worked outside of the home, children in tow. Bravo to every working mom out there, because if you can run a household and manage human beings, you are…
Read More31 Days of Stuff I Wish You’d Stop Saying: Day 11 “Stop Telling Me to Stop Drinking Coffee”
Happy Sunday my friends! Are you behind on the stuff to stop saying? Get caught up here! Write 31 Day Page! or my first Viral Posts An Open Letter to My Children: You’re Not that Great And then a riot broke out in Target!
Read MoreBlissful Saturday to You! Day 10 of the 31 Day Challenge
Happy Saturday! We are still in clean up mode from being sick. SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO STAY HOME IF YOU ARE ILL!!!! We don’t need to see you anytime soon! The laundry is calling me! If you missed the vomit non-sense I am reposting it here! May your floors be sticky and your calling ordained.…
Read More31 Days of Stuff I Wish You’d Stop Saying: Day 9 “Watch this…”
“Watch this…” And the worst parent in the world award goes to…. Drum roll…. Me. Thank you, thank you… I try. And I do try. I promise. I love being a mom. Someone said to me, “Oh my! Starting over with babies in your forties!?!?!?! You know you’ll never retire.” My response to this is,…
Read MoreThe Vomit Blog: “We’ve been up all night vomiting…”
“We’ve been up all night vomiting…” I have been up all night… vomiting. I address vomit in my manuscript. Two to three chapters are dedicated to my contempt for the stomach bug, and I know I am supposed to save a lot of my material for the book, but oh well. The first publisher I…
Read More31 Days Stuff I Wish You’d Quit Saying: Day 6 “When will you have children?”
When will you have children? I think as a general rule we should answer this question with this statement: “Stay out of my womb.” You may be getting tired of me saying this, but it’s my blog and you’re not the boss of me so, I am going to say it: Your identity is in…
Read MoreI Wish You’d Stop Saying: “I watch you sleep…”
I Wish You’d Stop Saying: “I watch you sleep…” Have you seen the movie or just the commercial with the creepy demonized kid crawling up the wall? I think this image is more terrifying to moms than anyone. The idea that your toddler could run from you – up onto the ceiling; I’d give up…
Read More31 Days Stuff I Wish You’d Stop Saying: Day 5 “I watch you sleep…”
Pictures in our mind burned there by horror stories. We were afraid.
Read More31 Things I Wish You’d Stop Saying: Day 3 “I Cant…”
I can’t argue with him. I can’t take him to library time in this get-up, or lack there-of. I can’t get enough coffee in me to make it to nap time. I can’t chase “baaman” and the naked boy wonder. I can’t finish my blog posts. I can’t register the 17-year-old for the PSAT. I can’t run another forgotten lunch to the school. I can’t face make-up, and I can’t face dealing with my hair. I can’t face the gym. I can’t face another meatloaf. I can’t get the bills mailed. I can’t believe the number on the scale. I can’t sign up for Weight Watchers… again. And I can’t open the sippy cup I just found under the bed, it is moving and has a pulse. I just can’t.
Read More31 Days of Stuff I Wish You’d Stop Saying: Day 2 “My Child Would Never…”
“Oh, my word! Suzy is such a hick. ‘Ashley won’t wear shoes.’ Puh-lease! Just put shoes on the child. Who is in charge in this relationship?”
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