Stay at Home Mom

Back in the day when I was gainfully employed, I used to feel a little excitement when my kids would get sick. It’s not that I wanted them to not feel well. It’s that I loved staying home and taking care of them. As a stay at home mom, having a sick kid becomes an extra juggling act. How do […]

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I was totally going to be the PTO lady. I dreamed of being the class mom. Ok maybe I didn’t exactly dream about it but it was definitely one of those things that was on my “to do” list. I’d even go so far as to say that it bothered me, as a working mom, that I couldn’t do that […]

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Nobody is going to be shocked when I say that I’m overwhelmed. I’m overwhelmed by having three kids. I’m overwhelmed by having an absentee husband. I’m overwhelmed by the amount of laundry I must do in a given week. I’m overwhelmed by the amount of groceries I must buy weekly. The list goes on and on and on. What is […]

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Sometimes, usually when my kids are fast asleep, I think about how great they are. No I haven’t ingested an illegal substance or fallen off my rocker. I really think they are great. It’s no secret, raising kids is HARD. I’m exhausted all the time. Keeping everything in order is taxing in a way I can’t even articulate. Disciplining is […]

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As if it weren’t bad enough that Adam recently took a job an hour and twenty minutes away (his previous commute was 2 minutes!!), now he has the NERVE to go on a 3 day business trip!!!! Did he forget that the TWO of us are already over powered by THREE mini-monsters?!?! So now he wanted to make the ratio […]

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My first solo mission with three torpedoes (yes, I am describing my children as missiles of mass destruction) flying directly towards me has been going pretty well. My day has been strategic to include a long morning separation where they spent hours at the gym daycare. Usually this provides solace in an otherwise anxiety filled world. Today, on the other […]

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It was bound to happen. I guess it could’ve been worse? It wasn’t like I forgot him in a hot car or something really dangerous. He was left in good hands, but it’s the fact that I totally 100% forgot! At Drew’s t-ball game, Gabby booked it to the park. Despite efforts to scream for her to stop, she continued […]

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As Adam’s start date is quickly approaching, I’m gathering up the arsenal to handle a change of this magnitude. Many people have reached out to me, people in similar situations or people managing children for hours on end. And to those I say, how do you do it? Over the weekend Adam participated in “Tough Mudder.” He spent money, woke […]

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One week after my sixteenth birthday, I drove myself over to Outback Steakhouse and applied to be a hostess. It was my first job ever, minus camp counseling, and I continued there on and off for four years. It took me awhile to get the hang of things – understanding how to keep the restaurant equally weighted by customers, making […]

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