Love Notes

I like to write little love notes to my kids at random times. It’s a cheesy MOM thing that I like to do.
Once in a while, when I am working late, I will walk into the living room to find a little love note of sorts addressed to me from my kids, placed strategically on [...]

How Mamahood Has Shaped Me… {Mother’s Day Part 1}

Besides the obvious wider hips & thighs and crying-for-lipo mid-section, becoming a mother has shaped the person I have always been into the person I have wanted to be. I can honestly say that being a mom is what has forced me to be happy with me. Fifteen years ago, I would have laughed in [...]

old

It’s official: I am old. It’s only 11:36 as I type this on my iPhone and I am in bed. I can no longer stay up late working every night. I. Am. Old.
At the end of last month I turned 36. I always loved the getting older part of birthdays until this year. When I [...]

Catch-up & Ketchup

It’s January 6th. Six days in, and I’m already playing catch-up. With work, with household responsibilities, with mothering responsibilities, blogging responsibilities. Really, how could this happen? It’s January 6th for Pete’s sake! (And, by the way, who the heck is Pete?!)
I’m organized. I have lists. I schedule things by the minute on these many lists. [...]

Happiness Vs Crappiness: A New Year’s Post

It’s 5:18am as I start this post. I’ve been up since before 3am, having gone to bed around 1:30am after a very long night of attempting to get my kids to sleep. My five year old would have gone to sleep, except my two year old insisted on a) needing a diaper change at 11pm [...]