It’s Monday, which means it’s list-making time again! I missed last week due to crazy, overwhelming amounts of work. This week should be a lot somewhat a tiny bit less stressful, so here I am. This week’s theme is 10 Reasons it’s Great to be a Kid, a.k.a. You Think You Have it Tough, Buddy?…
Category Archives: I now spend half my life doing chores
Push Pull
I never thought I’d be a stay-at-home mom. In classic pre-parenthood style, I was sure I had a good idea of what life with a child would be like, and I knew that I wanted to do more than be a mother. But I also wanted to be home, so half-time was the obvious solution,…
The miracle
A miracle happened at my house this week. It isn’t the sort that will bestow sainthood on anyone, but it is just slightly shy of utterly life-changing. It started with this book. My dear friends sent it to us for Christmas, and wow, do they ever know us. The book is called Switch: How to…
One little resolution
Toys. Books. Laundry. Dishes. Papers. Shoes. Hats. Mittens. Groceries. Something always needs to be put away. All day long, moment after moment, I am returning something to its rightful place. But more often than not, I am piling something else in the meanwhile. Something that has no rightful place yet. Something that needs to be…
Where blogging fits in
I try to embrace the philosophy that you always have time for what you do first. Which is why I haven’t been writing here lately. Because so many of the things I do for my kids, my husband, my family, friends, my job, and even my cats have to happen first. I desperately want blogging…
