Tag: parenting
Pit Bull or Napkin?
There are several members of our family who have a love-hate relationship with Destructo Dog. Well, to be honest Ninja Cocaine Kitty and Old Dog just have a hate-hate, but E and I have a love-hate relationship with Destructo Dog. It’s not that she’s a bad dog necessarily, it’s just that she’s too much sometimes more »
What the Hell is a ‘Lululemon’ and Why I Don’t Give a Crap What You Think
I’m a SWAHM. It’s an abbreviation that came out of merging WAHM (work at home mom) and SAHM (stay at home mom). I do both; I think I deserve to make up my own title: Jacqueline Wilson, SWAHM. I always feel exhausted when I hear a lot swirling around about WAHM vs SAHM vs moms more »
Birth and Why We’re In Trouble Now That Oprah’s Gone
As the older girls were growing up I always had one saying when they didn’t like something, “It will give you something to tell Oprah one day.” And I meant it. However, I’m a little panicky now that we have the youngest one and Oprah is gone. What show will she go on now more »
Pooversation
The following is an actual conversation that took place in our home. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. The Husband: Go on. Go tell mommy what you did in the bathtub. The Mommy: I heard. Nothing gets past me in this house. The Daughter: I pooped in the bathtub. The Mommy: I heard. more »
Daughter: Today You Are Four
Dear Ella: It’s your fourth birthday and I can’t believe it. I know it’s so cliche to say that, but it’s true. Something happens when you have a child that turns it up to “11″ on the time warp machine. Your life becomes flashes, glimpses of memories that you recall with a smile or from more »
Wealthy People Shop with Kids, Too (I Think)
I always buy my turkey gravy base from a particular store, ordering it months ahead of time and having it ready just in time to add in all the juicy drippings and fixins. Well this year, because we live back in civilization, I decided to wait and actually visit the store and, you know, interact more »
eShortz | Halloween Competition
More riveting life conversations. These are real conversations that take place in our life. (We’re not really cartoon characters. We just play them on the Internet.) [three_fourth_last]
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