All Day Mom Parenting Plan: Organize Screen Time
So, what do I do all day? Clean, cook, parent, and educate — yeah, we home school. Yeah, it’s in that order. The kids are 6.5 and newly 9 so they can pretty much fend for themselves; I’ve gone the...
View ArticleSave Time Eating Clean, or, It Wouldn’t Kill You To Open a Jar Of Spaghetti...
Because arachnophobia and germaphobia are not enough: now I’ve got toxicophobia (irrational fear of being poisoned). I’m convinced that men positioned in Monsanto are purposefully planning our demise...
View ArticleAwesome Mom Of the Week: Hands Free Mama
“Let me tell you what had become of me. My distractions Excessive phone use, commitment overload, multiple page to-do lists, and the pursuit of perfection consumed me. And yelling at the people I loved...
View ArticleAwesome Mom Of the Week: Orange Rhino
Orange Rhino is starting a new “30 Days to Yelling Less” project — registration ends Sunday, June 2. The new Yelling Less e-class and support group starts Monday, June 3 (but it will actually start as...
View ArticleA Mom’s Factory Reset
The kids are staying with their grandparents this week to visit cousins and attend the very cool VBS at my parents’ church. That means my husband and I are on a 5 day 6 night kidless staycation. Note...
View ArticleAwesome Mom — and Dad — of the Week: Matthew and Jessica Turner
This Awesome Mom of the Week includes both Mom and Dad! Matthew and Jessica Turner (The Mom Creative) are at A Deeper Family with a short video explaining why they DON’T spank their kids. As a...
View ArticleHey, Shitty Mom! Yeah, I Said It. Pull Yourself Together, Bitch.
Fuck it. I fully intended to make it at least a month without going off on someone here. But having only two readers makes me feel rather free. So fuck it. Shitty moms suck. And so many moms are...
View ArticleAwesome Mom of the Week: Hollie McNish, Breastfeeding Advocate: “Embarrassed”
Awesome Mom of the Week — maybe of the year in my book. I’ve seen Hollie McNish’s “Embarrassed” everywhere — GOOD! Though I’m past the breastfeeding stage I am always happy to watch media take hold...
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