Twas The Night Before The Night Before The Night Before Christmas
This is the non-rhyming, progressively dissimilar, adult child version of the classic Christmas poem. As the title implies… ‘Twas the night before the night before the night before Christmas, (Meaning...
View ArticleYouth These Days, Always Looking For The Quick Fix
My twenty-year-old son is funny, and by “funny”, I mean he doesn’t have the best sense of forethought. He’s also lacking in the time management department. Right now, he’s congested – oh woe is him –...
View ArticleNight Terrors Are Really Terrifying
This blog post is more of a public service announcement. When my boys were little, they had night terrors. My younger son had them so bad that every day for an entire summer – about an hour or so after...
View Article10 Super-Amazing Wondrous Things That Will Happen To You When You Become A...
Note to my readers (again): please remember, don’t take me too seriously. This is what I call “dark” humour. It’s supposed to sound a little bit evil. Monday’s post reminded me of something – that...
View ArticleNobody Really Wants Advice
It’s cold outside these days. Damn cold. So cold that walking to the bus or waiting for the train – without gloves or a hat – can be problematic. But there’s my twenty-year-old son, running out the...
View Article20 Really Useful Tips For Better “MOM” Time Management
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View ArticleSurvivor Woman: A Day In The Life
My husband likes to watch the show Survivorman. If you’ve never seen it, it’s about this guy named Les Stroud who goes out into the wilderness with no water, no food, nobody, and he tries to survive....
View ArticleHow To Stay Calm When Everyone Around You Is Flipping Out
I’ve always thought of myself as the mellow one in the family. I’ve never, in a fit of anger, broken up pieces of wood in the basement with my bare hands, and I only backed into my grandfather’s car...
View ArticleI Am Mother, Hear Me Roar
We’ve all heard stories of mothers doing crazy things to protect their children, and while I’ve never had to lift a car off of anybody – knock on wood – I will say that I have that same boundless and...
View ArticleGirls Poop Too
A few people in my family – my know-it-all, young adult, precocious, I raised them, what am I complaining about, children – think the word “feminism” is outdated. We have this discussion quite...
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