School picture day is my favorite day for writing out a check and not really knowing what I’m paying for. I mean, you can’t beat that moment of surprise when your 3rd grader brings home his packet a month later and you find out that the pictures were post-lunch and […]
Author: Karen Johnson
Viral Story Describes How the Flu Is Slowly Ending One Woman’s Life
Fall is here—which means the end of boob sweat while watching our kids play sports in 95-degree weather, the switch from flip-flops to boots, and ALL the pumpkin spice in all the land. Yay! However, it also means the start of flu season. Did you get your flu shot yet? […]
How to Score Cool Parent Points with a Weekend Vaca at Great Wolf Lodge
***The following is a sponsored post. All statements are true and reflect my own opinion.*** Truth time! I absolutely loathe thrill rides, rollercoasters, and waterslides with drastic drops that make me feel like my stomach has exited my body. Really, really not a fan. Also, after 10 years of chasing […]
15 Tweets About Pumpkin Spice Taking Over the World
Love it or hate it, it’s everywhere. It started with pie. Then moved to coffee. And candles. Now we have pumpkin spiced cough drops, air fresheners, and Doritos. For many (like myself), the signs and smells of pumpkin mean the days of dripping boob-sweat at my kids’ baseball games are […]
School Paints Misogynistic Quote Above Lockers Because Apparently It’s 1905
Oh, America. I guess we shouldn’t really be surprised anymore. I mean, if in 2016 we can elect a racist egomaniac who brags about sexually assaulting women and whose administration attempts to turn back the clock on women’s rights, then stories like this make sense. Sadly. But that doesn’t make […]
Ludacris Surprises Down-And-Out Shopper By Buying Her Groceries
LUDAAAAAA! Man, this guy does it all, doesn’t he? Although he started on the scene as a rapper, he’s also known for his stellar acting (Yeah, there are all the Fast and Furious movies, but have you seen Crash?), and we can’t forget his freestyle reading of Llama Llama Red Pajama, […]
15 Funny and Relatable Tweets About Back-to-School Shopping
It’s that time of year, parents! The countdown is on. For some of you, it’s a matter of a couple weeks. For me, we still have a month to go, but IT’S THE LAST MONTH. The kids are going back to school! Have I enjoyed my mommy-moments with them this […]
20 Tweets About the Sh*t-Show of Taking Your Kids Swimming
Do you know what the best thing is about having kids? Taking them swimming. I mean, you can’t beat it. The joy, the memories… THIS is why I became a parent, you say to yourself, when you’re on hour four of “watching this” and readjusting goggles and soothing tears because […]