As I write this, it’s 10:15, and both of my 10 year olds are still awake. Oh, they’re in bed. Have been for 45 minutes. But they’re up. Isn’t there a law, or something about this sort of thing? Don’t my parental duties – legally speaking – have to end sometime around 9:30? (Barring blood, [...]
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How did Bedtime Get So Late?
Posted in Parenting, tagged Bedtime, Child, Family, Home, late bedtime, Parent, Sleep, Sleep deprivation on February 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
My Kids are Learning Curse Words in School. From their Teachers.
Posted in education, Kids, Parenting, Rants, tagged curse words, foul language and kids, Purberty Ed, Sex ed on February 4, 2011 | 7 Comments »
My daughter came home from school the other day with a very important question: “Why would anyone call a vagina a p***y?” “Where did you hear that word?” I wanted to know. “Puberty Ed.” The fifth graders at my kids’ uber-expensive private school have started what used to be called Sex Ed, but is now [...]
Motherhood Doesn’t End With Babyhood
Posted in Parenting, Rants, tagged Blissdom, Diaper, don't fret the Sweat, Infant, Mother, MSN, Parent, Parenting tweens, tweens, Twitter, Unilever on February 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Not Me. Not my kid. But look! She’s a mom! Here’s something I’ve noticed at Mom Blogger events: to most PR companies, “Mom” means “mother of a baby.” At most Mom-Blog events, all of the products are geared towards babies. It was such a relief at Blissdom this past weekend, to see Unilever there with [...]
Is Decluttering the same as Saying Goodbye?
Posted in Aging, Family, Kids, Neurosis, Parenting, tagged decluttering, hoarding, memories, throwing things away on August 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Not too long ago, I went on a cleaning binge. One of the things I threw out was a poster-sized blow up of a picture of me from my wedding. My husband had blown up pictures from several different stages of my life to decorate the room in which he threw me a surprise 40th [...]
My Kids Aren’t Coming Home from Camp. Yet.
Posted in Family, Kids, Parenting on July 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So sleepaway camp was supposed to be for four weeks. Four weeks of no tooth brushing, rare showering, mediocre (at best) food, and fun fun fun. For them. I’m talking about them. For me, those four weeks went almost exactly the way a friend of mine told me they would: week 1 – I was [...]
It’s the Away Part of Sleepaway Camp that Gets to Me
Posted in Aging, Family, Kids, Parenting, tagged Packing for camp, sad to send kids to sleepaway camp on June 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In fourteen days, my kids will leave for sleepaway camp. You’d think I’d be excited. They are going to have this incredible experience, make lifelong friends, enjoy the mountains, and a lake, and the camaraderie that’s practically exclusive to being at camp. You’d think I’d be looking forward to having some time alone with my [...]
Busy Doing Nothing
Posted in Dogs, Family, Laughs, Neurosis, Parenting, pets, Rants, Working Mom, tagged busy housewife., housework, SAHM, stay at home mom what does she do all day on April 30, 2010 | 4 Comments »
At the end of every day, I feel like I have done nothing. Oh I’ve been busy all right. But doing what? So one day last week, I decided to keep track of my day — how could I have been so busy during all those hours when the kids were at school and have [...]
And the Awards Go to…Me!
Posted in Parenting, Reviews, tagged houzz, peas and bananas, role mommy dawneing, selfish mom, sunshine award. kretiv blogger award, that girl blogs on March 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Yes, it’s true! I am just that fabulous! So fabulous that I have been awarded not one but TWO blog awards in the past few weeks. The first is The Sunshine Award and it comes from Dawn at Dawning@blogspot.com, and I have to admit, this one means a lot. Why? Let me count the ways: [...]
My GlaMOMous Life
Posted in Laughs, Parenting, Working Mom, tagged Cody Linley, Creighton Bowman for Tres Semme, Glamor Mom, Time Stands Still on February 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
True, I’m a Mom. And true, unless you’re Julia Roberts or Gwyneth Paltrow there ain’t a whole lot that’s glamorous about it. But I do have my GlaMOMous moments. Here are some recent ones. 1. Last Saturday night, hubby and I went out to dinner with (child free) friends. The time of the reservation? 9:45. [...]
My Dog is Pooping in my House!
Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, pets, tagged Getting a new puppy, housetraining a puppy, when your kids want a puppy on January 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Those of you with small children, take heart: one day, you too will be able to go on bike rides with your family. One day, you too, will be able to take your children to a restaurant sometime after 5:30pm. One day, you won’t have to supervise playdates, or clean those little sippy cup straws, [...]
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