Step 1: Declare it is official “Back to School Shopping Day!” Step 2: Load all three kids in car (only one of whom needs back to school supplies as the other two will still be home. With you. Every day. All the time. But, that’s neither here nor there.) Step […]
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Real Tired of Your Sh*t, Preschooler: A Reality TV Docudrama
This is the true story of one 3 year old … picked to go to bed … and actually sleep in that bed … except she doesn’t. To find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real: “Real Tired of your Shit, Preschooler.” Episode one opens […]
Am I Selfish? The Mom and the Selfie Stick
By Liv of Live By Surprise I don’t generally approve of the whole “selfie” craze. Kimmie and her “Selfish” book (which, damnit, I’m not linking to because that girl gets so much spotlight I’m surprised she doesn’t have a perma-tan) are, as far as I’m concerned, part of what’s wrong […]
Having Babies Hurts: A Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program
What follows is an excerpt from my book, Who Pooped on the Corpses? And Other Pressing Life Concerns. If you like what you see, click on the link at the end of the post to order your very own SIGNED copy! *********** As I ponder my son Alister’s upcoming birthday, I can’t […]
10 Things I Meant to Do During Nap Time… (And What I Really Did Instead)
By Rachel Capiz of Mommy Lost in Translation. I always have grand plans for nap time or when the kids go to bed; however, it doesn’t always turn out as planned. Here are 10 things I meant to do during nap time, and what I did instead. 1. Plan: Clean. Reality: […]
A Handy Back-to-School Checklist for Teacher Moms
Teacher Mom: a mother who raises not only her own children, but thousands of other children. For many of us, the first official day back to school is the day after Labor Day. While some moms may be secretly cheering, others are openly bawling. For most of us, we’re feeling […]
Struggles Only Sarcastic Ladies Will Understand
I am sarcastic. Heavily so. I have always been this way, or at least for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, I was painfully shy, which meant not many people outside close family and friends knew about my love for verbal irony. Those who did, though, […]
20 Signs You’re A Teacher At The End Of Summer
1. You start having dreams in which you’re not prepared — your syllabus is incomplete, your lesson plans aren’t finished, your copies aren’t made. 2. Back to school displays at the grocery store make you physically ill. 3. You start gauging your level of exhaustion against the teacher-tired-at-the-beginning-of-the-school-year scale and […]