In a few days, my house will do its annual cartwheel as we shuffle our child back to school. And by shuffle, I mean we will be challenged with juggling chainsaws while roller skating on a tightrope. Why would you need to know this? Because I may not be at my best for a few … Continue reading Dear Co-Workers
Category: Thoughts on Marriage
Yo Shawy, It’s Your (Blog)Birthday
It’s happening again! Another milestone! Not a real milestone. Just one I will celebrate amongst myself. The blog is celebrating two years! Which is mostly true. I did start my quest to be a blogger in 2010, then evidently got bored and stopped halfway through 2011 only to pick it up again on (tomorrow’s) this … Continue reading Yo Shawy, It’s Your (Blog)Birthday
Ranch Dressing and the Downward Spiral of Western Civilization
This may be controversial, but I think I've finally nailed down why today's youth and young adults are triggered and entitled and unable to function like the champs of the generations before them. It’s something I’ve thought about often - thinking that if I could just put my finger on it, I could probably solve … Continue reading Ranch Dressing and the Downward Spiral of Western Civilization
Pizza Joe
It's 10:31pm and I'm lying naked on the floor in the kids' tv room trying so hard to make my arm long enough to reach an errant robot stuck under the couch. How did I get here? It's just back there. Just back where the back of the couch meets the wall. I can feel … Continue reading Pizza Joe
Coming in hot
By the time you read this, well, I hope to gawd we’ve gotten our vacation shit together. Currently, at the completion of day two, not so much. I’m not even sure how it happened, other than it definitely was not my fault. Which is really the most important fact, right? In the re-telling of our … Continue reading Coming in hot
It’s the End of the Year as I Know it…
Wait, that’s not the song. Close enough, though. It is the end of the academic year. And it is as I know it. Frankly, I get a little tense in June. Historically, in my house, June is the month in which we really examine the pile of dropped balls among the kids and offer a … Continue reading It’s the End of the Year as I Know it…
Summer of Healing
I heard today, again, that this will be remembered as the Summer of Healing. Good grief. Why do we keep having to remembering things? Can we get through an event here or there without having to put a notch on the timeline to refer back to? Although - I guess since we just short of … Continue reading Summer of Healing
But All My Friends Do
If you're wondering what it's like to raise kids these days...stay tuned. If you're wondering if it's really true that all your child's friends get to (insert completely unrealistic activity), stay tuned. If you're wondering if it's possible to count down the days until the next teen leaves the nest while also wishing those same … Continue reading But All My Friends Do
Is this healthy?
I would actually kill a man for universal healthcare at this very moment. This very moment being minute seven of trying to reach someone at our insurance provider's "office" who might direct me in filing a claim as our counseling provider has indicated that it is too difficult. And, yeah counselor dude, I totally agree. … Continue reading Is this healthy?
The Other
In the interest of fair reporting - going to go ahead and follow up last week's post with an update on Child One. And, no, I don't talk too much about that child in my blog - there are actually a few very undramatic reasons for that. One is interpretation - and being a woman, … Continue reading The Other