Children are the spawn of Satan himself. I swear they are. It is why I hate children. I lost a very promising position today as a transcriptionist working from home (making $10 for every 15 [read more]
Yesterday afternoon was “exciting” to say the least. I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off, attempting to accomplish the remainder of my to-do list posted here. I actually did accomplish everything [read more]
Becoming a mother is one of the most amazing things in the world. My reflections on raising my own children. Original poem by Kimberly Miller. [read more]
Looking up from watching your youngest son standing in three feet of water by himself in the “big kid pool” and seeing the raft that your eldest son was on empty…and no sign of him [read more]
Our Greatest Fear is by Marianne Williamson from her book, “A Return to Love.” I had some “issues” with TMT (all week if we are being honest here) but Thursday night really tore me up. [read more]
Dear Lottery Goddess: I went and purchased two tickets tonight for the Mega Millions lottery which is up to $130 million dollars. I’m not being greedy, hell, the only thing I’ve ever won in my [read more]
You realize your baby isn’t your baby any longer. There are steps along the way to prepare you, sure. Their first step, their first word, their first day at school and, last of all, learning [read more]
I just knew those workouts I was ‘supposed’ to be doing 3x a week were going to come back to bite me in the butt. I was happily reading my news feeds when I heard [read more]
Remember the little voice inside my head that wouldn’t leave me alone earlier today? She tried her best to avoid me. She ran through the living room, hiding behind the television. When I reached back [read more]
I raised a daughter with minimal issues. When my first son was born, and then my second three years later – I quickly realized just how clueless I was to deal with puberty in adolescent boys. This is for the rest of the clueless moms out there. [read more]
I’m ranting big time today. This is just a crappy week all rolled into one. TMT has no money for gas to get back and forth to work so he’s going to have to bum [read more]
I was trolling the internet last night looking for advice on how to break into the writer market. I’ve always loved to write stories, ever since I was a child, or take a real life [read more]
Her Bad Mother recently posted about abortion and that set the stage for my own thoughts to wander back to “that day” as I call it. I decided to open up, a bit more than [read more]
An update as to how the Mom Is On Strike campaign is going. I think they are getting the hint. [read more]
Sometimes, in order to get your kids’ attention and get your point across, you need to clear out everything and go on strike. This mom is on strike! [read more]
Yesterday I posted under The Teacher From Hell about what happened to Jonathan at school on Monday. Well, today we had a meeting with Ms. Todd (Assistant Principal), Mr. Thompson (Guidance Counselor), and Dr. Woodard [read more]
I honestly cannot tell you how truly honored I am to have received a direct email from Prince Harry himself. [read more]
Things were eerily quiet as I sat there, with my daughter’s cell phone in my hand, watching text messages come in from friends. She is so loved, she has so many friends, it just breaks [read more]
If you walked into my home this evening you would have heard the following: “Oh yeah. Right there. Oh that feels good.” “Don’t stop! More!” “Oh yeah. Oh my gosh that feels soooo good.” “I [read more]
I’m busy updating the labels for my posts and putting them into categories. Wish that Blogger had an easier way to do it besides going back through each individual post…sigh…but it is what it is. [read more]
You came into my life like a breath of fresh air. I was scared when I learned you were growing inside me; afraid that I wouldn’t be able to take care of you, love you, [read more]
When exactly do little boys transition to wanting to become men? My son, Jonathan, who is only 9 years old said to me today, “I want to be a man and not a wimpy boy.” [read more]
I’ve spent the better part of the day reading blogs online and thinking. A dangerous combination for me. I had free time with the Man Thing out of the house and the demon babies bothering [read more]
I received this from a friend, and apparently, once you’ve been tagged you have to tag 5 other awesome moms in return. So I am tagging the following moms and mom bloggers to pass it [read more]
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