I am so excited to get this move under way…if by excited you mean I nearly break down into tears at the very thought of having to start stuffing boxes full of our belongings. I have been so productive lately…if by productive you mean I spent the better part of two hours on Google so [...]
Posts Tagged ‘parenting is harder than it looks’
Having THE talk with my son….NO, not THAT one
We have a lot of talks up in this house. Lately it’s felt like a lot of them have revolved around Nathaniel, eleven years old and on the cusp. Cusp of what? Oh, things I’m sure I don’t want to think about: middle school, puberty, the edge of my sanity. Lots of fun stuff! I, [...]
Chapter 4 of the Mean Parent Handbook: How to ruin your kid’s life forever
I am just sick this morning. SICK! Not EWWW-sick like I was last week during that nasty bout of stomach flu, but absolutely 100% heartsick this morning. Why, you might ask yourself. Because I had to be a freaking parent this morning! And it sucks. And I hate it. And I resent my kid right [...]
We SHOULD have just gone to see Friday the 13th
There was this one time we were visiting friends and we walked into the living room to find my 9 yo, her 10 and 11 yo’s sitting completely captivated by “Resident Evil”…the scene where zombie Doberman’s attack?…yeah, that one. After a long talk about how we were never going to tell daddy about this particular [...]
….and that’s how I ended up with an unrolled tampon taped to my foot
There are certain benefits to having a sick child. It’s not ALL bad. For example, I have a handicap sticker and a fabulous parking spot at any Wal-mart on the planet. For two and half years I’ve had a built-in excuse to avoid anything I didn’t want to attend…ok, maybe she didn’t have pre-bubonic plague…five [...]
