Bruised Fruit

Bruised Fruit

I’m not saying I’m perfect.  But when my husband goes grocery shopping, he tends to buy bruised fruit.  So I don’t really like it when he goes to the grocery store for me. I hate wasting food and I know no one will eat a banana that’s half mushy. Or the bread...

School Them All

You teach people how to treat you. Sometimes you just need to change the curriculum.  When you get up to feed your 14 month old baby for the third time in the night, you’re teaching him that he can wake you up multiple times while you are sleeping and you will...

Barf in the Bed

The only thing that is predictable about being a mom is that it is unpredictable.  Sometimes I get really jazzed about an idea. I have a big plan for my day! I’m going to get shit done! And then ‘momming’ happens.  Someone gets pink eye and has to go to the...
Backpack or Bucket?

Backpack or Bucket?

The water was pouring out of the backpack. Just as the school bus was arriving. And my son had been so proud of himself… That morning he’d gotten right out of bed; washed his face, brushed his teeth, and gotten dressed.  Before I made my way downstairs, he’d even made...

Pick and Choose

I was feeling guilty.  As you probably know, the end of the school year has all kinds of fun events and activities which means the schools need all kinds of help to execute things smoothly. In the past, I was able to volunteer a lot of my time. Even last year I...