Daring Young Mom

I guess someone thinks my tender, heartfelt sentiments are funny because I’m a finalist for a Blogs of Beauty Award in the Humor category. I really think I should have been nominated in the Best Special Effects category for my tinsel halo. I guess there’s no accounting for taste.
But now, I have a [...]

In the morning Ducky went AWOL.
Many tears were shed.
Many shrieks were heard.
Much searching occurred.
Hours later, the table was cleared for lunch:

Much rejoicing.
For the LOVE! Ducky, you’re usually a pretty good kid. You are almost as valuable to this family’s happiness as my biological children so I try to treat you well. The massages, the bubble [...]

“Seattle? It rains 9 months of the year in Seattle”
~Sleepless in Seattle~
I have a two-year-old (who this week has started telling everyone that she is three. She is not.)
Sometimes I just don’t know what to do with her, especially during those long 9 months.
Please to help me.
Here are a couple of suggestions from me to [...]

So I just went to pick Laylee up from our co-op preschool. When I got there, she was nowhere to be found. The mother in charge, we’ll call her Too Lucy (all my friends have the same names), she told me that Laylee was upstairs with her son, we’ll call him Big Moses [...]

Hopefully then I’ll be able to shed a few layers.
I’m still taking some “help” for my post partum anxiety with Magoo. I can miss a dose and sometimes I’m fine. Sometimes the anxiety and panic attacks come back.
My doctor explained that the pills are like layers of clothing and my life situation is like the [...]

And I’ve Brought Some Corn for Poppage
But as long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
I am working on having the words to that song officially changed, bring it a little more up to date, yo.
It’s not snowing here and not likely to be - ever - but that [...]

-House painted the color of Kraft Carmels and pumpkin pie. Yum.
-Decision made to try NANOWRIMO again when my kids are old enough for me to do it AND maintain my sanity. Sigh of relief.
-Laylee taken to the ER of Children’s Hospital on doctor’s orders. No good.
-Cleaned buckets of vomit out of car. Why did we [...]

We all know it’s important to take time that’s just for us, to recharge, to remember who we are, to have a teensy break from our 24/7 work schedules.
Some ideas:
1. I go to desert and late night movies in the middle of the week with my girlfriends. We go after the kids are in bed [...]

I saw this picture on a website advertising home loans recently.

Three questions came to mind.
1. Why didn’t anyone tell us a clandestine cameraman was taking our picture when we signed our first Mortgage?
2. Why did they change our hair colors in post-production and Photoshop all that extra arm hair on Dan? I mean, come [...]