Seriously, I don’t. Why? Well…. I have an unnecessarily stressful full-time job in publishing, And a 7 year old son, who is also unnecessarily stressful, in addition to being unnecessarily a lot of other things, including: messy, hungry, forgetful, interested in completing death-defying stunts involving household furnishings, and smart. Seriously, he answers questions on Jeopardy [...]
Not a bad mom… Just Aiming Low
When I stumbled upon Aiming Low I was, well, relieved. I love Anissa. I love Janet. Therefore I am sheep. There was that whole “bad mom” hullabaloo recently. It didn’t resonate with me. Perhaps because of the verbage. I cannot embrace it. There are certain things in parenting that I have incredibly high standards on [...]
Why Kendall might be sorry I work at her middle school…
I have a beautiful floral skirt. It has many folds of light-weight fabric that swish when I walk and is very feminine. I was wearing it today when I used the restroom after school and then rushed off to help Kendall put on her makeup for the musical (encore performance). I walked against the flow [...]
The Three Day Weekend!
In our first week live we have learned some very important things about you people: 1. I seriously doubt the pajama industry is feeling ANY effects of the economic downturn because, DUDE, we like to have some variety when we lounge in ours all day! 2. You like us, you really like us and for [...]
In worst case scenario, I’m leaving the kids in charge
“Soooo, you want to come up and learn how to change the temperature on the water heater?” I gave him my patented Why-Are-You-Asking-Me-Stupid-Questions look….the one saved for offers like “Hey, want to go help me rake the yard?” and “You know what I love about the 1978 Superbowl?” We’ve been married eleven years, does this [...]
