Looking for the perfect gift for that white elephant party you’ve got coming up? Or maybe you’re just in the market for a little something that’ll elicit two GUFFAWS and a HOOT on Christmas morning. Whatever your pleasure, check out my top Amazon* gag gift choices plus one totally serious […]
…that are as plump as juicy peaches instead of as saggy as bags of rotten cottage cheese. Among other things. As our kids prepare their wishlists for Santa, I’m preparing a wishlist of my own, and it goes a little something like this. All I want for Christmas is: For […]
I hate Black Friday shopping. I’ve been exactly once, and I would rather have my lady bits scoured with a rusty Brillo pad than endure that shit again. For one, there are the people. Furthermore, there are the people. Finally, the fucking people. Too many people in one place willing […]
I am just three days shy of three weeks postpartum with my third child (apparently three is the magic number), and I made the mistake of looking at myself naked in the mirror this morning. Jesus. Fucking. Christ. I’m not sure there’s anything else I could say that would capture the […]
Many parents are happy to share their success stories with others — stories about how they weaned their baby off the bottle or how they manage to prepare a healthy meal each night. What they aren’t so happy to share, however, are the humorous and sometimes shocking parenting choices they […]
I’ve been blogging for about 3 1/2 years now, and in that time, I’ve received my fair share of negative, rude comments from readers. At first, I was so taken aback and personally insulted by the rare mean comments I’d encounter that I would rack my brain, trying to figure […]
I had my third c-section on Tuesday, and holy shit, you guys, I survived. I’m still here, as is my perfectly beautifully awesomely wonderful baby. Most people would expect this result — the still being here thing — but I am not most people. Most people are not crazy. I […]
My friend the Anxiety Monster usually trails somewhere near me at all times, popping up when I can’t find my keys and am running late, or when somebody yells at me in person, or via email at work, or when my kids have stage 6 temper tantrums and I can’t […]