By Misty Browne of Rustic Musings of a Scattered Mind I am a liar. I’ve lied to your family and I’ve lied to your friends. I’ve lied to acquaintances and total strangers. Oh, I’m a great story teller. I can weave a web of lies quicker and prettier than the best […]
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The Tester Pancake (or how I am messing up my first kid)
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] So I am sure you have heard it: the tester pancake analogy for raising your first child. How your first born kid is like the first pancake on the griddle on a Saturday morning. When you make pancakes at home, that first one you cook up […]
Mom’s Greatest Dream: A Hotel Room by Myself
What do peeing for however long you want, taking thirty minute showers, and not having to share bacon have in common? They’re all pipe dreams when you’re a parent. If you’ve ever dreamed of spending a single night to yourself without anybody hitting, spitting, or shitting, then this hilarious jam […]
Sometimes I Dread Picking My Kids Up from School
Okay, here goes… I dread picking up my children from daycare. In fact, I find ways to prolong it. Sick, right? I’m supposed to want to pick them up. I’m supposed to miss them so much from a hard day’s work of teaching that I’m bolting out the door […]
Shower Dance Parties: These are My Jam
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Let me tell you about two things I like. They (in no particular order) are my daughters and shower dance parties. A good starting point seems to be to tell you the reasons that I enjoy my daughters. They are funny, they have sweet smiles, and […]
Peeing with Your Mic Still On & Other Embarrassing Scenarios
I have found myself in my fair share of embarrassing scenarios in this life: I fell off a chair in front of my entire classroom of students after it crumbled beneath my pitiful body. I tripped and fell UP a flight of stairs in middle school. While reading the stage directions […]
Redefining Relaxation: Baths and Poo
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Jill Ginsberg of thejillist.com All three kids are actually in bed by 8 PM. So instead of just flopping into bed, exhausted, I decide to take a bath. About ten solid seconds of sheer bliss transpire before I hear the hinge squeak. It briefly crosses my […]
I Can’t Keep Track of All These New Child-Rearing Rules
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] You know how when you first have a baby and all your older relatives — your parents, your aunts and uncles, your grandparents if they’re still living — start rolling their eyes at your instructions to put them “back to sleep” and to not slip rice […]