One of the hardest things about being a Stay At Home Mom, for me, anyway, is that I seem to do a lot but get nowhere fast. I don’t mean that I procrastinate a lot and pass that off as working. (Although, there is that, too.) It’s just that, no matter what I do, it seems as if I have made zero progress. Or if I do make any progress, it is quickly eclipsed and things either go back to the way they were, or worse. (Also, I am sure working moms and parents can equally relate – it’s just that I feel they have a better excuse for the house being a mess or laundry not being done. After all – they’re out working. I’m at home most of the day so shouldn’t I be able to get more done?) Even though this summer was a lot of fun with our Taiwan…
The trouble with grief is that it sidelines you at the oddest moments. You think you’re having a normal Monday night decompressing after the children have gone to…
We decided to pass on the bigger home. Turns out, Hapa Papa doesn’t want to work until he dies. Slacker. Although part of me is disappointed and had already envisioned…
One day last week, after walking my two older children to preschool, my youngest son and I walked past a house two doors down and saw a “For Sale” sign…
Today is the first official day of Type A Con, a blogging conference for parents. I feel like it’s the first day of school and I’m the new…
Ok. It has been about five weeks since we’ve been back from Taiwan and I am still dreaming of the food. Mmmm…. Many of you have asked for a list…
So we had our first multi-family garage sale this past Saturday and it was an okay success. I mean, we got some money for some of our stuff.…
I have a few half-posts brewing in the back of my mind but none of them are quite gelling. (Ok, that is being generous. Maybe 20% posts.) So,…
(Trigger Warning: Physical and emotional violence.) I stayed because I was too young to leave. Because I didn’t want to cause my mother any more pain than she…
