Listen to Your Mother...and other writing
My Daughter’s Blog: A Taste of My Own Medicine
Welcome back to Finish The Sentence Friday (FTSF). We give you a sentence and you finish it (however long or short you'd like). Write a post and link it up, or if you don't blog, feel free to finish the sentence in the comments for everyone to see. This week's...
What Will She Remember?
The memory of a young child is a funny thing. My earliest childhood “memory” was of climbing Mount Rushmore. Which, given that climbing that particular historic landmark is not allowed, would make my memory a load of crap. However, we did take a family vacation to...
The Kid-free Weekend and the Inevitable Reentry to Life
As you may recall, I just skipped town for a weekend alone with the husband. I am quite certain that you have all been dying to know mildly curious and/or disinterested to hear the details of our Valentine's getaway (No, not those details. This is a family show. Oh,...
Raising Sisters- Will Someone Always Lose?
Welcome back to Finish The Sentence Friday (FTSF). We give you a sentence and you finish it (however long or short you'd like). Write a post and link it up, or if you don't blog, feel free to finish the sentence in the comments for everyone to see. This week's...
Why I Was Drinking Wine at Noon Today
It was a Saturday afternoon. I had just settled my toddler into her high chair with her lunch, and figured I had about 12 minutes to wolf down the soup I had just reheated. I was about to ask my six year old what she wanted for lunch, when she breezed by me and said,...
Help a Mother Out
Friends, I need a little help today. I am doing something kind of crazy. Next month I am planning to audition for the Denver Listen To Your Mother show. Check out their website for more information (and y'all should consider auditioning in your respective cities,...
5 Reasons Why Toddlers Are Great
Toddlers get a bad rap sometimes, for obvious reasons. Their casual disdain for avoiding public humiliation, the way they suddenly morph into a screaming, clingy demon with an insatiable urge to be attached to your pantleg the moment you open the refrigerator to begin...
Weekend Snapshot
I rarely post on the weekends, but I figured, today is a slow day, so what the hell? Why not do that fancy "weekly wrap-up" thing all the cool kids are doing? Last night I took my first grader to the talent show at her school. I have to say, these events often make me...
Mommy Guilt: Party of One!
Welcome back to Finish The Sentence Friday (FTSF). We give you a sentence and you finish it (however long or short you'd like). Write a post and link it up, or if you don't blog, feel free to finish the sentence in the comments for everyone to see. This week's...
Why I Need to Break Up With My Diaper Bag
Today's Monday Listicles topic is 10 Things In Your Purse, suggested by Ducky. But here's the thing: I don't have a purse right now. I am still firmly entrenched in the era of The Diaper Bag. I know that I need to get a purse for those times when I go somewhere...