I’m kidding. I don’t have any actual tips to "Start the School Year Off Right", or "Make Mornings Your Family's Favorite Time of Day", or "Love Every Minute of Carpool." To be honest, I actually have no freaking clue what I’m doing. I’m wandering around blindfolded in a dark room filled with mostly shin-high furniture … Continue reading 10 Ways to Win at Parenting This School Year
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Grow, Little Bloom, Grow
Such a Perfect Tulip in my Front YardI kill things a lot. Not like, animal things, but pretty much all plant things. I have two large peace lilies that I have managed to keep alive for about a decade, but they mostly survive on the force of my guilt. One was a gift at my … Continue reading Grow, Little Bloom, Grow
I Have Pretty Hands (a compliment of motherhood)
I have four kids.Sometimes I'll be doing something like reading the newspaper or running errands and I'll remember...as though I've forgotten... that I am the Mommy.It's surprising and ridiculous and somehow inconceivable...how did I become the responsible adult in the lives of FOUR human beings? Clearly someone in charge has made a terrible mistake.The first … Continue reading I Have Pretty Hands (a compliment of motherhood)
Why do All Those Kids Have Brown Skin?: Hard Questions from My Kids
“Mommy, why do all those kids have brown skin?” I got this question from my 10-year-old when we were pulling up to a field trip at the Georgia Aquarium recently and my first reaction was just confusion. What in the world was she talking about? Then I realized that she was looking at a class … Continue reading Why do All Those Kids Have Brown Skin?: Hard Questions from My Kids
How I Keep from Going Crazy all Summer (A Half-Assed Plan)
You count down the days. You may even have a paper chain or a calendar to cross off. You fill up water balloons and super-soakers to meet the bus. You plan a bar-b-cue at the neighborhood pool with popsicles and icees and it's like one big town-wide party for everyone with school-age kids.No more poster … Continue reading How I Keep from Going Crazy all Summer (A Half-Assed Plan)
A Love Note for Moms on Mother’s Day
This is the time of year when we moms kind of awkwardly accept cards and flowers and breakfasts in bed because, somehow, this is what men and children think moms want. And it is sweet and we love our families and we appreciate their kind words. But we also feel a little silly. Because we … Continue reading A Love Note for Moms on Mother’s Day
Why I’m No Longer a Teacher (and why you should care)
The short answer, if I’m asked why I’m no longer teaching, is that after a successful, decade-long foray into the teaching field, I failed a multiple choice test about how to behave in a school and was banned from the Fulton County Schools Teacher Applicant Pool. The long answer is a bit more complex and … Continue reading Why I’m No Longer a Teacher (and why you should care)
50 States Trip #2: Mid-Atlantic States
Wanna make your minivan smell unique? Drive around with your family of 6 for a week or so visiting whichever states are within your reach in the time allotted. Our family has achieved this goal and then some. The minivan will never be the same. We recently knocked off 5 more states and Washington, D.C. … Continue reading 50 States Trip #2: Mid-Atlantic States
So I Started Homeschooling My Kids (Sort of)
Of all the things I've ever written about on this blog, I am most afraid of what people will think of me about this one. And that includes the time I wrote about flashing everyone at my daughter's ballet class while breastfeeding and the time a bee stung me on the ass. I'm afraid you'll … Continue reading So I Started Homeschooling My Kids (Sort of)
Our crazy move to a smaller, crappier house
Old House, New House. So I moved. It's been about a month and it has not been that awesome of a month. I have really dragged my feet (drug my feet?) about writing this post because what I have to say is rambling and weird and doesn't make a lot of sense. So I'll just start … Continue reading Our crazy move to a smaller, crappier house