My favorite prescription medication ad ever…
This year, one of my New Years’ Resolutions is to understand the financial world and not just glaze over when I find myself in a conversation about stocks and bonds and mutual blah, blah, blah… See?...
View ArticleThe song from Frozen I wish my kids didn’t listen to…
My kids listen to the Frozen soundtrack all the time… It’s in our car, it’s in our house — at this point it’s in our very souls. I find myself singing it even without my kids around, which is sad,...
View ArticleThe Five Stages of Grief at Legoland…
1. DENIAL – It can’t be this crowded. Why is it so crowded? It’s a Monday morning at 10 am and it’s supposed to rain today. Didn’t anybody check the forecast and think to themselves, “Today is not...
View ArticleTen awesome things about a mom body…
I have a mom body. It makes sense, right? Football players have football player bodies, ballet dancers have ballet dancer bodies and moms have mom bodies. We each have own our specialty and in my...
View ArticleThe real me…
Last week during the Blogher conference when anyone would ask a question about what to blog about, the many moderators and experts would always answer, “What are you passionate about?” It happened...
View ArticleAnd you may ask yourself, How did I get here?
Welcome to my new blog. If you read my old blog, “My Year of Fabulous”, you know that I live on a farm with my husband and three kids and I struggle to try and not look disgusting all the time. But...
View ArticleMe, Mother Earth and zombies
I have to admit — for the past few years, I’ve had absolutely no belief that human beings will be on this planet in a hundred years. And I’m being generous with that hundred years — deep down I...
View ArticleStatues of New Jersey
I wanted to share with you some of my favorite lawn ornaments from my trip to New Jersey. Let me start by saying that I love lawn ornaments. I don’t have any right now because my children are...
View ArticleHow to stop over-spending at the grocery…
I have never been good with money. Actually, I’m really good at making money but I’m terrible with everything after that — keeping track of it, saving it and not buying ridiculous things with it. It...
View ArticleAnother double Thanksgiving
Last night as I searched the internet for airline tickets for Thanksgiving, I was reminded for about the billionth time in my life that my parents are divorced. My mother lives in Gainesville, Florida...
View ArticleTaking back Halloween
Before I had kids, one of the things I really looked forward to doing with them was making Halloween costumes. It was one of the highlights of my childhood — sitting in the garage with my parents and...
View ArticleA quote every woman should know…
I love quotes. I’m just a sucker for them. I have those quote magnets all over my fridge. I even bought a quote book and I actually use it. If I had a tattoo, it would definitely be a quote, or...
View ArticleHalloween wrap up
There are candy wrappers all over the house, fake blood in the bathroom and the smell of artificial grape in the air — yes, Halloween in officially over and we made it out alive and with only about...
View ArticleThe time I threw away all my husband’s clothes…
You know those things that annoy you about your spouse? Things that they almost seem to do on purpose to annoy you? Well, there are two things that I (apparently) do that really annoy my husband — He...
View ArticleTen ways to make your kids laugh
These things aren’t necessarily funny — like, I would’t try them at a stand up club on open mic night — but when I do them my kids think they are downright hilarious. So I thought I’d share and if you...
View ArticleSwedish Organized Part Two — August’s room
Before a few days ago, August didn’t have a room or a bed. He had a dresser and his toys in a room with Emerson’s things and our closet. At night, he slept with us in a pile, kind of like a commune...
View ArticleThe fairy is out of the bag
I’ll say this right up front — I love fairies, elves, gnomes, sprites, leprechauns and all magical woodland creatures. I’m not like one of those weird adults you see walking around with fairy wings...
View ArticleA pig rescue…
I have an amazing story of an animal rights activist that is personal to me in a strange way. When I was a writer on The Drew Carey Show, there was a man that utterly terrified me. He was another...
View ArticleThe dead donkey in the car next to us
So the kids and I were driving back home from the library and we stopped at a light. Next to us a small truck pulled up — one of those little old work trucks that looks like this – I glanced over at...
View ArticleThe story of the first Thanksgiving
One of the really great things about public schools not getting enough funding — maybe the only great thing — is that sometimes you get really interesting school supplies. Emerson’s teacher gave her...
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