Kevin and I went away for our first Kid-Free trip since 2010. Date nights are rare - overnight trips are about as realistic as finding small woodland animals scrubbing my toilets and sewing bal...
I love this picture the best. They both have a look on their face that says, "Really? Get away from me with the cameras." My girls inherited my sarcasm. Its a gift that...
Part of our debt-reduction diet was fat free government cheese NO CABLE TV. No cable. No home phone. Even Blockbuster closed so...no movies. FOR TWO YEARS!!! TWO FR...
Last spring I got caught up in the dark, seedy underbelly of Mommy Blogging and decided that I needed to write like The Big Girls--that I had to use Twitter! and Facebook! and "brand myself"!...
My baby is going to be two. Can you believe it? It feels like only yesterday I was grossly pregnant and obsessed with navel gazing. Literally.Nothing screams "Self Absorbed Momm...
Im a full-time working mom! My job is far from glamorous (more office work) but Ill earn enough to pay down debts and bump us from lower-middle class to plain ol regular middle class. GET...
Until today, my concept of a PTO was based solely on an old episode of Weeds.(Scene Recap: The Moms voted to remove soda machines and replace them with juice, but the president wanted the machines to...
You know that moment where youre sitting at work dealing with some random bullshit and a voice inside you whispers: "Why the hell are you still here?"I hate those moments.Since my name ...
Oh, debt snowball. How I loathe you.Its tax return season, and while everyone we know is buying Keurig Coffee Pots and padding vacation funds--we put our entire return on a credit card. N...
I use my imagination to get through a lot of situations. During soul-sucking data entry, I pretend Im doing life or death computer work diffusing a bomb. At night, when Kevin is farting a...
I think it turned out okay. Yet another luxury cut back...but unlike stewing a stockpot full of slime, this one turned out to be something I like! Our entire family now gets home hai...
Were in debt.Since everyone else is in debt with us, its almost a comfortable state to be in! Student loans, credit cards, car loans, insane mortgages... We shrug our shoulders and blissfully i...
I rarely cry. Its weak and useless and I dont see the point of it, so I funnel all my Sad Pants feelings into bitter anger to help fuel me through my day.(Because thats useful. Obviously....
Reading about someones struggles with Writers Block is about as interesting as hearing a coworkers blow-by-blow recap of last nights dream.Kill me now.But alas! I have the Block.I stepped away ...
At 8:52, Elizabeths bus pulls up in front of our house to pick up two kids: The Big E and another little Kindergardener who lives across the street. Then her bus coasts 30 yards down the ...
Ive been working out every day for anywhere between 15-30 minutes. As Liz Lemon would say, "I have been BMing like a pro!" Seriously, my poop schedule has never been this regular....
1. Read the Old TestamentIm up to II Chronicles (which is a nice chunk!) and Im not allowing myself to read another book until I hit Malachi. Im using a study bible that explains all the confus...
1. Touch it OnceNo, not that "it". Get your mind out of the gutter.Its a cleaning mantra that means, "If you pick it up, go all the way with it." ...Why does this keep sou...
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I have a job interview phobia.Its not a cool phobia where I shake nervously and then puke on HRs desk like a chihuahua. My lame reaction is to sit there with an eager smile plastered on my face...
Victory!!! Huzzah!!!The Thumb War petered out into a weekend riot, similar to the tear gas and couch fires at Akron U on May Day. Ah. Sweet college memories. The first night E...
Tonight is Girls Night with Elizabeth. Popcorn. Harry Potter Movie Marathon. Pedicures. Thumb-sucking Intervention.At 6, its obvious to the entire family that Greeny (her blan...
Yes, Im busy. (But not that busy.) I have tons of Mommy Blog Material that I could milk for all its hilarity and angst. Kindergarten! Butt scooting! Toddler tantrums!&nb...
If I were an Inspirational Blogger, I would follow up my last post with a list of Fun! Fabulous! EASY! tips to survive the Nick Jr Circle of Hell.Yeah. I got nothing.The fact is, the toddler/pr...
After dropping Elodie off at Grandmas this morning and trying to shift from Mom to Jaci The Hawt MILF Office Grunt, it hit me that my life is incredibly busy.I love it.Kindergarten has added this who...
She was nervous. (It didnt help that family was in her face asking if she was okay? scared? upset? and sending her subconscious signals that school is something to get all in a tizzy about...
This weekend, I downloaded our pictures and worked on Elodies baby book. While I was re-sizing and removing red eye, my hand hovered over the extra special buttons...teeth whitening...thinning....
I didnt do any back-to-school shopping.(I realize Ive committed retail heresy. I shall flog myself with Childrens Place ads and Mom Guilt.) Elizabeth has a complete wardrobe thanks to my i...
Kindergarten Orientation Recap 1. Elizabeth is the prettiest girl.* She also has Morning Kindergarten, because PA is a state that believes in screwing over working mothers while pouring m...
At 5? Theme parks are AWESOME!!!!!At 31? Theme parks kind of suck.
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