Every evening I have high hopes for the upcoming day. I’ll have a better attitude. I’ll be super efficient. I’ll make better choices. Yesterday was no different. Except, as it usually does, life interfered with my high hopes. ——– Instead of getting a full night’s sleep, I spent most of the night beside my son…
Author Archives: Jessica@Team Rasler
My perfect vacation
It’s that time of year again. When it starts to rain several days in succession. When it’s dark before five o’clock. When I begin to dream of running flying away to a sunshiney wonderland. My recipe for a perfect vacation: 1 favorite person Could be a significant other, best friend, or sister, but no munchkins….
Toddler school drop-outs
From toddlerhood through adulthood, most of us have the sense that fairness and equality require sameness. The same number of toys, the same size pieces, and the same schools, of course. Separate but equal is unjust, remember? But in parenthood, equality doesn’t mean giving each child the same. It means giving each child what they…
33 Day Challenge Update
It turns out that when you challenge yourself to complete thirty nagging tasks in 33 days (on top of all of the regular work and chores and whatnot that you do) and combine it with going to bed at 11:00, there isn’t any time left to blog. I always suspected that blogging was a massive…
Songs that suck: Promiscuous
About a month ago, I was reading this great post over at Literal Mom about songs that suck. She was talking about songs that are catchy and therefore everywhere, yet completely inappropriate for children (and maybe for adults, too). As soon as I read it, I immediately thought of the song “Promiscuous” by Nelly Furtado. …
