Garbage is heavy so we reduced the load
Ever since we moved into this house, I’ve been enamoured with the idea of composting our ‘natural’ garbage. This family of mine goes through crazy amounts of produce on a…
There is a reason why I rarely shop retail anymore
And that reason is because holy shit! Have you seen the prices of children’s clothes these days? I thought that consumables like clothing were getting cheaper and cheaper (both in…
Getting and having the flu during warm weather is balls.
I cannot believe it. I finally have a house full of healthy kids (woot!) and I wake up yesterday with my throat ON FIRE. But in my usual optimistic way,…
First world problems and nail polish is a clever choice of weapon, Universe.
Here is the definition of #firstworldproblems for those of you who may be confused by the reference. Back in the very early 1990’s, my parents paid for me to take…
The media changes, the clutter and overstuffed feelings remain the same
One night this week, my 20 year-old, in the process of moving to a new place, brought me a garbage bag of music CDs that he had ‘borrowed’ when he…
Happy Easter 2014 – a day in pictures
For the record: even though I’m a stay-at-home mom and wife, I did BEG the smalls to stay in bed just a little bit longer on Easter Sunday, just so…
I learn some of the best life lessons from my kids, I wish they were the parents sometimes.
After a recent confrontation with my three-year-old about making huge messes (dumping EVERYTHING out and then wandering off, like, I don’t know, a three-year-old, maybe?) I stormed upstairs from the…
Shrove Tuesday is here and guess what that means?
Other than the sound of griddles firing up all over the place and the smell of maple syrup wafting in the air? It means that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday or…
The upside of temper tantrums
Kids. I love them. Well, I love all five of mine. I’d probably like yours, but I’ll reserve judgement on that point for the moment. Anyway, my kids are the…
I fear for the future if this is where Google is leading people
Logical sequencing, sensible leaps in reasoning, educated guessing. Many of us do these things on a daily basis. Some of us (um, not me?) take twisty, wonky roads to reach…