With the holidays around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about what to get your kids’ teachers to show your support and appreciation (and yes, you should definitely get them something). Here are some of the best gifts you can bestow upon your children’s teachers this year. (These tokens […]
Author: Lola Lolita
Signs You Went to Michigan State: The Follow-Up
So many people read and contributed to my original post, Signs You Went to Michigan State University at the Turn of the Century (Thanks for that! It was so fun to see.), that I thought I’d take one reader up on her suggestion to write a follow-up post including all […]
WAHMs and SAHMS and WOHMs, Oh My!
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] A long while ago, Matt Walsh published a piece titled “You’re a stay-at-home mom? What do you DO all day?”. I saw it pop up at least a dozen times in my Facebook newsfeed back when it was first published, and that’s only the ones that were […]
I’m Crazy and I Show It
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’ve been getting the feeling that the students in one of my classes in particular think I’m NUTS. And, well, yeah? What of it? Instead of fighting it, I’m embracing it. Because hells yes, I’m crazy! And I ain’t afraid to show it. (Press play on […]
Ode to Cookie Dough
Cookie dough, you are so gooey; Cookie dough, you taste like yum. Cookie dough, you make me pooey When there’s too much in my tum. Cookie dough, you make me happy; Cookie dough, it’s you I seek. When I’m feeling down and sappy, In the fridge I take a […]
What You Can Expect As The Surprisee Of A Surprise Party
Because I had just had a baby a week and a half before my 30th birthday — and because instead of partying like a rock star at the official “Dirty Thirty” celebration everybody seems to get these days I was wearing granny panties lined with diaper-grade pads and hobbling around, […]
Dear Other Parents Who Make My Job Harder: STOP IT.
Dear other parents who make my job harder: Hey. How’s it going? That great, huh? Me too. Listen. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something for a while now, but between going to work and telling my kids NO every 5 fucking seconds, I haven’t had a lot […]
9/11: To Our Children, It’s a Day Like Any Other, But to Us? It’s Monumental.
I remember while I was growing up, my parents and other adults would tirelessly recount where they were and what they were doing the day John F. Kennedy was shot. My mom was just a kid when it happened, but that didn’t lessen the impact of that day on her […]