You often hear about how we need to stop devaluing girls, to start telling them how intelligent they are rather than how pretty they are, and to teach them that they’re equal to boys in every way. While I’m [mostly] all for that, I find it appalling that we don’t hear about how we need…
Parenting
Creating Memories Over Tea Time With Bigelow Tea
One of my greatest shortfalls as a parent is selfishness. I long for the minute that the kids go to bed every day; nap and for the night. I just want a few minutes to myself, to have thoughts of my own, and to sip either tea, coffee, or wine without someone pulling on my…
Going Paleo? Don’t Throw Your Pantry Food Away!
One of the biggest hurdles I had to jump with The Workaholic when we went Paleo, was what to do with all of our “non-neolithic” food. I had JUST purchased flour, sugar, this delicious looking soup mix from World Market, and gosh, every darned thing you can think of at the grocery store that is…
Baby Dolls for Boys? Of COURSE It’s OK!
The Stinky absolutely loves babies. When he sees a baby when we’re out and about, he runs over to it, yelling “BAYBEEEE! BAYBEEEE!” Then he squats down and starts having a conversation with the baby. He nods his head and raises his eyebrows like he’s trying to entice them to climb up to the top…
Spending Time Wisely – Who Will Your Children Remember?
I wasn’t going to write on this blog about the horrific tragedy that took place on Friday, December 14, 2012, and I’m still not. Not really, although this post is the result of those events. I recently, with the help of a friend, implemented a very specific schedule for my family and I. After the…
Recalls Plus – Recall Information at Your fingertips
Recalls! The bane of every concerned parent’s consumeristic existence. That IS a word, right? While I’m not always on the listen for recall information, I do search my medicine cabinets and toy boxes when I hear about them. Last year the babies got hand, foot, and mouth disease right in the middle of the horrific…
Raunchy T-Shirt at Wet Seal – Halloween 2012
I was at the mall with my unassuming and naive children today, when I noticed this shirt screaming at me from a store display window. This particular store (same store, different city), accused me of stealing something when I was 15. A woman blatantly walked up to me and told me to lift my shirt…
A Typical Day in the Life: How we Deal
I don’t know about yours, but my life is insane. It starts early and ends late, and there is rarely any time to breathe. Want to see what I mean? 6:30am: Alarm goes off. I groan, roll out of bed, sometimes directly onto my face, then slither to the bathroom to put a bra and…
11 Years Changed My Life
12 years ago I didn’t think I wanted children. I was content to be without kids for a really, really long time. I was 19, for goodness sake! (Yes, that makes me 31 – good job on the math). I wanted to finish school, enjoy going to parties with my friends, and enjoy LIFE. I…
5 Things to Remember About Divorce
I legally divorced Styles’ sperm donor in December of 2005. We had been separated for 18 months at that point, and in a short-lived marriage riddled with infidelity prior to that. It all came to a head in June 2004 when I finally confirmed what I had known all along: that he was cheating on…