It’s getting real. The boxes are getting packed. There are empty nails sticking out the wall, slightly darker paint showing where picture frames once hung. The home turning back into what it was when I first walked into it eleven years ago, just a house. So much has happened in the past eleven years. I …
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There’s a new Harry Potter book! There’s a new Harry Potter book! There’s a new Harry Potter book!!!!!! Okay, I have to catch my breath because just thinking about jumping up and down and yelling that at the top of my lungs has me winded. For real. I am after all, significantly older than I …
One time*, when we had only first started dating, my husband and I stayed up until 5AM drinking, watching movies, and talking. I don’t remember what we watched, or what we talked about (I suspect we succumbed to our favorite past time, creating our dream cast for books that we’d read that we thought would …
Alright, the title is kind of misleading. First, we are not yet landlords. We are still in the god awful showing of the property and screening out lunatics phase. We haven’t even gotten to the part where money exchanges hands. We’re just basically unpaid tour guides in the museum of our lives. And. It. Is. …
I had a moment this weekend where I looked at my husband, smiled, and said, “Our life is kind of perfect right now.” We were tired, sweaty, and on what was probably our third straight hour of working on the yard. I leaned over, gave him a kiss, and went back to watching our daughter …
Independence Day was this past weekend. I think that I speak for parents (and dog parents) everywhere when I say, thank god that’s over. With Memorial Day as the unofficial start to summer, the Fourth of July has to be the unofficial middle. It’s also guaranteed to mean that we have now entered the height …
A funny thing happened in our house last week. My husband and I were enjoying a rare moment where we actually got to sit next to one another on the couch, when he let out a sneeze. Now, this man is a loud and obnoxious sneezer. We’re talking cartoon style ACHOOOOO’s, complete with a full …
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Where is my tribe? I am wandering lost through a barren landscape, a nomad with no place to call home. Where is my tribe? I always assumed I would be your run of the mill mainstream mom (although that was back when I was foolish enough to think any part of parenting was “run of …
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that I used to be the cat whisperer. I would receive phone calls and messages about cats in trouble often enough that I kind of feel safe in saying that it used to be my thing. My favorite call ever has to be the one I received from …
Before I begin, I want to issue two warnings. First, I’m going to talk about rape. Second, I’m going to use some adult language. I want to offer a preemptive apology to my mother and mother-in-law before we go any further. For anyone that doesn’t want to see me getting super liberal with the F-word …