Sometimes kids get an attitude and talk back. Shocking, I know. Occasionally our children are a little too big for their britches and like to correct every minor…
I never ever planned to homeschool. When I got pregnant with my first child, my plan was to quit my job as a high school teacher and stay…
Green stuff is poking up around my driveway. I think they are daffodils, but I planted them too close to the edge of the driveway and they get…
This is water. Plain. Flat. Still. Boring. And apparently the only kind of water I can now drink at 45. It’s funny because although I’m halfway to 50,…
On the Anal-Retentive Scale of Worry, I typically place myself around a 4. I’m holding steady at this number even during the mass-hysteria of COVID-19 or Coronavirus, if…
I’m unsure of the exact moment I stopped grabbing the “oh &#$%” handle or stomping the non-existent brake on the floorboard as she drove. I’m not even sure…
The holidays can be a tough time for people who have suffered the loss of a loved one, no matter how much time has gone by. Sitting down…
It’s that time of year when I am in full swing Christmas-mode, up to my eyeballs in holly jolly. Over the next couple nights I will be wrapping…
My rather attractive husband apparently believes in Santa and this may be the year I stab him with a candy cane. There are mere hours until Christmas, we…
Nobody ever bothers to answer the landline in our house. There’s really no reason to pick up the antiquated appliance, because every time it rings, it is either…