I’m on day 3 of my 33-Day Challenge, and so far I’ve done one and a half tasks out of 30. I began with baby books because (I thought) each of them was about half done and mostly just required me to sit down and focus on it. That was true of Theo’s, and I…
Have I mentioned before how much I love birthdays? I think I have. But the last few have been…well… disappointing. I spend too much time lately feeling inadequate, like I’m not sure what I’ve really accomplished so far or where I’m going next. I feel mediocre. But on my birthday, it is magnified so that…
Questions that are harder to answer than I expected*: Why is today Thursday? Why is January the first month? Why isn’t 45 a date? Why do you have to go to work on Tuesdays? Why do we have bedtime when it gets dark? Why do I feel sad sometimes? Why are you here? Why are…
We’ve all got ’em. Those things we do even though we know we should be tackling a To Do list or vacuuming or paying attention to the kids or whatever. But all work and no play leaves this mama in an exhausted heap on the floor by Wednesday, so here are a few things I…
Maybe it’s the end of the day. Or the end of the week. Maybe you, like me, are stuck home with sinuses so stuffed that your head feels suspiciously like a watermelon bobbing around as you try to deal with two small children by yourself. Either way, you know the feeling. You just.can’t.take.it.anymore. The arguing,…
