People always said raising children is hard. F*ck that! SURVIVING children is hard. I’m pretty sure I gave up on “raising” them two kids ago. The raising will come, eventually. That’s what school and grandparents are for. Right now we are focused solely on making it through each day, alive. […]
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25 Ways I’ve Managed To Ruin My Toddler’s Day Before 2 P.M.
My daughter wakes every day with one purpose: to have fun, also known as destroy everything “mommydaddy” once loved and worked for years to pay for. So, of course, as grand overlord and dictator of this sticky ship known as our home, my purpose — to keep her safe, cared […]
If Bumper Stickers Were Brutally Honest
As my husband and I were driving down the road the other day, we saw a peculiar bumper sticker on the back of a guy’s truck that read, “I ♥ My Wife.” While that’s nice and all, we found it a bizarre message for a bumper sticker and began joking that […]
The Infamous Back-to-School Teacher Nightmare
It’s August, fellow teachers. We all know what that means. Back-to-school nightmares. To get us all properly in the spirit, I’ve taken the liberty of combining all of my most hellish sleeping moments into one terrifying nightmare. Warning: the following story contains frightening depictions of classroom settings and occasional foul […]
8-ish Secrets to Becoming a Disorganized Mess
Have you found yourself in an organizational crisis? Is it all getting to be too much? Have you finally realized that organizing your closet according to color, sleeve length, and then country of origin might be, umm, how do I say…obsessive? Don’t worry. I’m not here to haul you away […]
20 Back to School Things Teachers CAN’T WAIT To Do
As the new school year begins and many teachers are either already back in their classrooms or busily preparing to be there soon, there are several things they also CAN’T WAIT to deal with (if they’re not dealing with them already.) I present you with 20 start-of-school things teachers can’t […]
The Supplies Your Child *Actually* Needs for Back to School
By Andrea Marlene of BumbleBirdBlog.com Every year your child’s school sends home a list of supplies that you need to buy in order for your child to be successful in the coming year. And every year it costs an atrocious amount of money and takes a ludicrous amount of time […]
Putting My College Degree to Use As a Stay at Home Mom
By Allee Moore of Griselda Mood. I don’t even know where my actual master’s degree is. That very expensive thin piece of paper with Old English font telling the entire world that I am a master of some subject that I paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn about. […]