I don’t know how radio show hosts, like Dave Ramsey, do it. Some of his callers absolutely infuriate me! Specifically, it’s the seemingly grown-up callers who reveal that they are totally mooching off their parents. And they see no issue with this.

Really? You’re really going to complain that your parents won’t let you get unlimited texting on your cell phone? The cell phone that your parents are paying for? And you’re 26? Really? Read the rest of this entry…

For all practical purposes, we are done having babies. Yes, I know that things can happen. I’ve heard the stories about your friend’s neighbor’s sister who got pregnant 10 years after they ‘thought’ they were done. But it would take an act of God or a big mistake on the urologist’s part for us to get pregnant now.

And I’m not sure how I feel about it. Read the rest of this entry…

I just don’t understand the holiday system in our country. I mean, do schools and businesses just pick and choose which holidays they want to observe?

Today is Columbus Day. I honestly thought that it was just one of those holidays where kids do cute extra projects at school to ‘celebrate’. Well, that and the Post Office would be closed. They are closed for any and all holidays (pseudo or otherwise). But now I’m hearing that some schools and businesses are actually closed. Because it’s Columbus Day? Read the rest of this entry…

I’m spent people. Spent. I wish I had something fabulous to write for you. But I’m sure my fabulous is stack up somewhere in the unpacked boxes or the mounds of garbage from cleaning two houses.

The somewhat silver-lining is that after this weekend we HAVE to be completely moved out of the other house. The dirty-grey-lining over top of that silver is that all that stuff is going to find it’s way into our current garage. And will need to be unpacked. Eventually.  Read the rest of this entry…

Ahhh! Coffee!!! Some call it their morning fuel. Others call it a sweet nectar from the gods. Me? I like to say it is “Mommy’s happy drink”. If you want mommy to be happy in the morning, make sure she has a cup of coffee!

So, it’s only fitting that we dedicate an entire day to this fabulous drink! Specifically, we’ll be dedicating an hour!

Celebrate #NationalCoffeeDay with us and #PeetsCoffee! We will be toasting our coffee mugs and sharing about our love of the drink! Read the rest of this entry…

Three years ago we sold our condo on land contract and moved to our rental house (we had just evicted our tenants). I cannot believe that was three years ago. And now, here I am this week, moving all of our stuff back to the condo.

That’s the funny thing about land contracts. They don’t always go through. After three years that couple decided they didn’t want to (or couldn’t or whatever) want to buy the condo any longer. And so, the condo goes back to us. But, whatever. Read the rest of this entry…

Last night we attended the opening night of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Barnum 200! And. It. Was. Awesome!

It’s been a few years since I’ve been to the circus and this was the first time the girls had been to any circus.  I definitely think we’ve set the standard high for all future circuses. Read the rest of this entry…

I find it strangely ironic that, despite me being home with our kids ALL DAY EVERY DAY, they refuse to bless me with one simple reward: saying mama as their first word.

Seriously? I feed them (multiple times a day), I bathe their stinkyness, I offer a smile as they puke all over me and themselves (after we’ve already done the bath, of course), and I change the toxic waste we fondly call a dirty diaper. And still, every single one of these kids has decided to say DADA! as their first word. Read the rest of this entry…

I feel very lucky that, through all three kids, we never had a problem with Tummy Time. All three of my kids actually liked Tummy Time. But I realize this is not always the case! I’ve heard the horror stories.

It then becomes a catch-22. Baby hates it and cries the whole time but you have to do it because you know how important it is for their development. Still sucks, nonetheless.  So, we as parents, grasping at straws to make the time just a little more bearable for everyone involved, will try every trick in the book. And then some. Read the rest of this entry…

Let’s have a show of hands…Who wanted to runaway with the circus when they were little? Who wants to still runaway with the circus?

I’ve always been enamored by the circus. The people flying through the air, standing on the back of a horse as it gallops around the ring, the strength, the agility, the excitement. There truly is no place like the circus. And, when it comes to the circus, no one does it quite like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey! Read the rest of this entry…