Christmas 2025
We had a lovely Christmas this year. Here is a quick recap. Christmas Eve On Tuesday I took the 12yo and his friend to a trampoline park to jump off the pre-Chr...
Category: Parenting & Family
The stuff that is NOT HELPING
I was right. I totally ran out of steam and this morning was a shit show. It started last night when I remembered at 11pm that I still hadn’t put wiper fl...
Solo Parenting Strategies
The husband is out of town this week. The in-laws are also still gone, which means I am really and truly going it alone until the weekend. My kids are older, so...
Christmas Eve & Day
Christmas Eve Christmas Eve started at the cabin in Pioneer. It was pouring rain, which sucked for packing the car and driving home. We were in the car by 10am ...
Weekend + Workout Recap
Friday night we went downtown to see the Let’s Glow with the kids. They bitched and moaned the whole time but then decided it was fun. They do that a lot these ...
Five on Friday: Life Updates Edition
WORK. My hard class is driving me crazy. My new favorite phrase is, I’m not going to work harder than you are, and it really sums up how I’m feeling...
The first couple days of break
Yesterday was a lovely first day of break. I never left the house. I didn’t change out of my pjs. I never even put on a bra! The weather was cold and wet and gr...
Who does what around here (a post about our division of labor)
It’s a quiet Sunday morning. It’s 9am, but no one is up yet except the cats. The 11yo is with his grandparents and the 14yo is still asleep (as are ...
Five on Friday: Things I hope to do this break
IT IS THANKSGIVING BREAK! Thank the gods. I’m so, so happy it’s finally hear. I don’t care much about actual Thanksgiving day but I do love a week off of school...
Not just a regular Wednesday
It was not just a regular Wednesday for a number of reasons. I left work early, because we had no staff meeting and I had to be at my son’s school for his...