A few days ago, USA Today ran an article about an op-ed written by a woman who claims her kids are boring. Actually, if I am correct, she stated her kids are boring, not motherhood? I am not sure. Freelance journalist Helen Kirwan-Taylor, 42, hit a nerve after the Daily Mail tabloid on Wednesday published… Continue reading Motherhood is boring-so what else is new
Category: Parenting and Family Life
What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage
I forget where I saw this (NYT — registration), but it is a scream: AS I wash dishes at the kitchen sink, my husband paces behind me, irritated. “Have you seen my keys?” he snarls, then huffs out a loud sigh and stomps from the room with our dog, Dixie, at his heels, In the… Continue reading What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage
Legal Advice
My husband would like to view the probated wills of his grandparents who lived in Puerto Rico. He has reason to believe he was named in them as his grandparents took care of him when he was small. His father who is the executor of the wills will not show them to him. We understand… Continue reading Legal Advice
Vegetable Ideas for Kids
Now that it’s summer, I hate the idea of taking time to cook vegetables. I don’t mind it, but when you think of summer, you think potato salad, and cole slaw, that sort of thing. I am worried about my children not getting enough veggies. We eat lots of green salad, but that can get… Continue reading Vegetable Ideas for Kids
Question
Is there any reason why I have to put clothes on my 19-month old (besides a diaper), when the temps are in the 80s to 90s, we are not going anywhwere and no one is coming over?
Putting it all in perspective
Hambet has been on a crime spree lately, and I have been stalking around muttering about how it’s a miracle you haven’t seen me on the eleven o’clock news yet, or how it’s a miracle that he made it to his fifth birthday (which was on February 22.) How easy it is to forget. How… Continue reading Putting it all in perspective
Oh, Peony, Clown of God…
I am just horrible with that book. It is one of my favorite children’s boook, and I think I have two copies. I bought it when Rosey Posey was very small. But to this day, I cannot read the whole thing, I always break up and start crying. It embarrases the heck out of Rosey… Continue reading Oh, Peony, Clown of God…
Kill Me Now, Please…
Baby Fredagar during the day is the cutest, happiest baby. He spends his time exploring with a sweet smile on his face. He is very pleasant and easy going until come evening. At night I have to be his human pacifier. If I roll over, he wakes up. If I go to the bathroom, he… Continue reading Kill Me Now, Please…