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Flunking Back-To-School
Isn’t it so exciting to get ready for the kids to go back to school? Normally I start out super organized and ready for the school year. All the kids’ lockers and lunch boxes are cleaned out and ready...
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The Hateful World of Fundraisers
School has finally gotten underway for everyone, so we should all be in the same boat: fundraisers! I have yet to find a fundraiser that appeals to me. Some are dumber than others (a discount card for...
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Ada’s Birth Story or Why Natural Childbirth is Awful
Before you start reading, let me just tell you that I have given birth seven times. Seven times. Twice pain-med free. So get off your high horse right now because that’s a lot of babies that I’ve...
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Wild West Car Trip, pt. 3 (SoCal to Morro Bay)
Despite our broken window pit-stop we made good time up to our next campsite in Morro Bay. It was actually chilly when we arrived at Morro Bay State Park. Being cold in the Summer was pretty...
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Blogging About Tweens and Teens
Unlike most bloggers these days who have a charmingly dressed toddler and a sweet baby who is constantly and adorably photographed, I have tweens and teens and a couple of grown up kids. We moms of...
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Most Disliked Movies of 2016
These weren’t the worst movie of last year. These were the ones I personally didn’t like at all. This list isn’t as long as my “favorites” list, because I tried to avoid movies that looked bad to begin...
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The Mighty Change
As if weren’t enough that we middle-aged moms are having to deal with teenagers and often times a husband or significant other who is having a major identity crisis, we are also blessed with physical...
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How Dedicated Are You To Your Kids’ Sports?
I am proud to say that in twenty-one years of raising six children, I have been a soccer mom for a total of four months. In case you didn’t know, I don’t like being outside when it’s cold. Or hot. And...
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Cancer
I don’t have cancer (at least, not that I’m aware of). But cancer has been particularly brutal to those that I love and care about lately. I’ve been filled with such a swirl of emotions that I’ve...
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Cleaning Up After Harvey
As you probably know, I live in Texas. I am in Austin and when Hurricane Harvey hit, aside from people creating a ridiculous gas shortage that was of their own devising, nothing much happened. There...
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