My daughter had a fever over the weekend. The fever was gone by yesterday morning, but school policy requires children to be fever-free for 24 hours before returning. So when she still had a fever Sunday afternoon, I started making arrangements to take the next day off from work. I have to admit that I was kind of […] Read more…
The Optimism/Pessimism Spectrum
Pin It Every day on my lunch break at work I eat with the same woman. And every day I listen to this woman complain and nit pick and gossip and place blame and whine and whine and whine. She is one of the most pessimistic people I’ve ever been forced to spend time with. […] Read more…
Mom, Do You Know What S-E-X Spells?
“Today I don’t feel like doing anything. I just wanna lay in my bed.” You might recognize those lyrics from Bruno Mars’ “The Lazy Song.” I too recognized those words the other day as my newly turned 8-year-old son sang them at the kitchen table while doing his homework. “Nothing at all. Ooh hoo. Ooh […] Read more…
Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes
The National Education Society’s Read Across America is coming up in a few days on March 2nd, which is also the birthday of the amazing Dr. Seuss. So I thought I’d pull one of my old top 10 lists out of the archives to celebrate one of my favorite authors. Image Credit: Google Images As a parent trying to […] Read more…
Happy 8th Birthday Big C (a day early)
Tomorrow is my baby boy’s birthday. But I can’t exactly call him my baby boy anymore because he’s turning 8 years old. I know we all say this as moms, but really, where did the time go?! I remember the 24 hours leading up to Big C’s birth like it was just a few days ago…. …The unexpected doctor’s visit […] Read more…
To Be or Not To Be…Anonymous
The other day my friend Ann Marie over at Household 6 Diva mentioned on Facebook that she was hanging out at the mall when a woman she didn’t know approached her to ask if she wrote a blog. Ann Marie was so excited to meet one of her readers, and I’m sure the woman was just as excited […] Read more…
