All things ebb and flow like a season and parenting is no exception. Having spent a solid two years in the season of Keeping Pook Alive, we’ve at last moved forward and are now in the season of Keeping Boogie From Killing Us All. I’ve already lamented that my sole hope for a sane and …
Hammy
Because I’m a mom and my daytime television is exclusively animated, I’ve see a lot of kids movies. Like... A LOT. One of my favorites is an older movie called Over the Hedge. It’s about a bunch of woodland animals and the plot doesn’t really matter here - what matters is Hammy. Hammy is a …
Just Call Me Bob Barker
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away I used to be a morning person. I woke up by 6am without an alarm clock and I’d clean my apartment and run errands before I started work at 8:30. My weekends were full of things like concerts and girls trips. I remember one weekend trip …
Wake Me Up Tomorrow
Hey, it’s 2021! I’m still alive and survived the holidays without my mom and with three of us getting Covid. Theoretically, it’s January, but is it really? New Year, same me. Same house. Same flipping kids. Same insanity. Why? Because quarantine and Christmas break joined forces to murder ever tiny particle of patience which I …
220 Days
Today is November 3rd. It’s a big day for America, for lots of reasons. Most of the country is focused on the results coming tonight that will determine who will run things for the next four years, but not me. November 3rd happens to be my mom’s birthday and that is the only thing I …
Hallowquaranteen
True Confession time: I hate Halloween. This just isn’t my thing, you know? Spiders and ghouls and skeletons... Yuck. I am more Buddy the Elf than Jack Skellington. My mom doesn’t like it, either. I don’t think Dad cares one way or the other. Growing up, we would have a family party where Mom would …
People Don’t Like Plaid
It’s picture day at school today. I allowed myself to be talked into cutting everyone’s hair last night and boy, do we look homemade. Poor Noodle has two bald spots and Roo’s ears definitely need some camouflage. Bean... oh Bean. I should never have agreed to cut her beautiful hair. I’m all about cutting whatever …
Messy Bun Mafia
As my mother was quick to remind me, I have never dreamt of days as a stay-at-home parent. I loved my career and all that came with it - business trips and team building and hiring and employee development - because I was good at it. I am not a confident person by nature (although …
JRR Frickin’ Tolkien
My Harry Potter-hating mother raised me on JRR Tolkien. I had a children’s edition of The Hobbit that came with a vinyl record which read the story aloud. I first read The Lord of the Rings trilogy when I was in the fifth grade. We had no TV, so I had books. This made me …
Peanut Butter Cannons
I had to go to Costco today because Pop bought himself some pants, but apparently doesn’t know his own size. (Losing 65 pounds will do that to you.) So I went to exchange Pop’s jeans and of course needed to make a loop through the store to peruse. I didn’t get much. But I did …
My Five Ring Circus 