by Stephanie | Jul 28, 2013 | blogging, funny
How do you make the post-blogging-conference letdown even more painful? Simple. Your flight home gets cancelled, and you spend the entire day at the airport. The morning after BlogHer 13 ended, I arrived at Chicago O’Hare promptly, breezed through check-in and...
by Stephanie | Jun 3, 2013 | parenting
My 20 month old daughter, splayed out on the sidewalk, carefully rested her head on the pavement and forcefully announced, “Fit!” “Oh, you need to have a fit,” I observed. “Go ahead. Let me know when you’re all done.” It...
by Stephanie | May 27, 2013 | blogging, parenting
The topic of swearing has been on my mind lately. Several bloggers and I have been talking about the touchy subject of using expletives in our writing; if you have read my posts before, you are probably well aware of my penchant for profanity. I do not swear in all of...
by Stephanie | May 5, 2013 | family life, motherhood
My six year old ran past my bedroom, slammed her own door shut, and began loudly sobbing. I sighed. Though I suspected her outburst had something to do with the elaborate days-of-the-week-themed chart for family fun she had just created (Think: Monday Fun Day, Friday...
by Stephanie | Apr 30, 2013 | funny, motherhood
As I drove to work this morning, inexplicably crying and angrily shouting, “F*ckmonkey!” at the idiotic drivers around me, I wondered what the hell was wrong with me. Get a grip, Stephanie, I scolded myself. What’s the matter with you? Then it...
