I don’t know my son’s birthday. He has an official birth date of record. Someday he will go to the DMV to apply for a driver’s license and there is a date he will put down. It’s probably pretty close to the actual day he was born but that piece of the puzzle, that nugget…
School day mornings don’t have to suck… I have mixed feelings about the start of the school year rolling around again. The lightning speed of which the summer zipped by is both a relief and mildly depressing, but regardless of how I feel about it, one thing’s for sure: it is here and our lazy…
I cannot believe back-to-school time is almost upon us. I am sort of in denial, although I am a little more ahead of the game than normal – which means I have probably forgotten something really important and just don’t know it yet. School clothes – check. School supplies – check. Did you guys know…
I’m going to be 49 this year. Forty-nine. I can’t decide how I feel about that. I’m happy I’ve survived this long and that I’m living a relatively happy, healthy and productive life, yadda yadda yadda, but that nagging little inner voice keeps whispering “you’re old.” Make that screaming…my inner voice is a loudmouth. My…
I’ve been on what I like to call the adoption crazy train since 2011, when we first decided to adopt our son Zack from China. For those of you who are new here, welcome, and I’ll take a second to catch you up. We adopted our son Zack in 2012 after our daughter Laura was…
The best, easiest crockpot chicken recipe around! I love my crockpot. If I were clever and poetic, I would write an ode to my crockpot. If I had to name one thing in my kitchen that I absolutely can’t live without…well, it’s actually my Keurig, but my crockpot is a close second. We live in…
If you’re an introvert, you can still rock a blogging conference…oh yes you can! I’m an introvert. Someone once told me I was an extroverted introvert but I’m not sure what the hell that really means. I am not shy. I like people but I like them in small doses. Most of the time, I’m…
No one talked to me about post adoption depression until after we adopted. This isn’t something I ever heard discussed outside of adoption circles. Maybe it’s time to change that? Here’s part of my story. Three things you need to know about post-adoption depression [Tweet “3 things you need to know about post adoption depression #adoption #postadoptiondepression #national…
When you’re at the gym and you get this text from your husband: “Bring vodka,” …well, you just do it. You drive to the nearest liquor store and buy some damn vodka. Let’s rewind, okay? Out of the clear blue, I got a hankering for a Bloody Mary. I said to my husband “let’s make…
These kids songs drive me batshit crazy… It’s summer. Our kids are home all the freaking time…unless you’re one of those overzealous over-scheduling mommies who has signed her small humans up for ALL THE THINGS…and you are watching more TV. I’m the mom who completely brain dumped and missed the deadline to sign up for…