Staying Sane: Take it in and celebrate the Now
How many times have you heard, “Enjoy it, it goes by so fast.”. And at the time, it is usually when one of the kids is acting up, or maybe if you’re lucky, the kids are acting like angels and you...
View ArticleStaying Sane: Offload a child!
It’s the end of a busy weekend with the neighborhood kids. On Saturday night, we had our normal crew of 10 kiddos in the street with their bikes, and then we had the fun of welcoming a new family to...
View ArticleStaying Sane: Find your Fluid… it is there… trust me
****WARNING TO MY FAMILY: THIS IS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT…. DO NOT READ FURTHER**** I have been working on this blog since July 2011, communicating the struggles and challenges of being a working mother....
View ArticleStaying Sane: Home security botched my shower
I have so many ideas that I want to write about for “Staying Sane” for working mothers. Ideas are flooding me at completely random times. And with these thoughts, I can’t help but draw a connection to...
View ArticleStaying Sane: More new friends
Saturday is a day that I get to wake up late and enjoy a day getting things done while I wait for the kids. They are with co-parent until I see them at 4 PM. This Saturday AM I spent my time cleaning...
View ArticleStaying Sane: Waiting is a bitch – be patient
I love my neighborhood. It has a bunch of hard-working families with young kids like mine. We tend to look out for each other. We do care-packages for each other – for example, the family across...
View ArticleStaying Sane: A hopeful next four years!!!!!
YEAH!!!!!! OBAMA!!!!!!!!! Sigh of relief. Sigh of relief. Sigh of relief.
View ArticleStaying Sane: Give it a second chance
If you’ve been reading this regularly you know that I have thrown myself into a new hobby: gardening. This is understandable for many reasons. I’ve been craving a home of my own, a place where I can...
View ArticleStaying Sane: Not-so-Small Blessings
Let’s be honest. Holidays are stressful times. I’ve made it through this one – my first as a divorce, sharing my kids. What had started as an unbelievably frustrating experience with co-parent, wound...
View ArticleStaying Sane: Couch monster
This past week involved a lot of shifting around my little living room. This was to make room for the Christmas tree. I bought the cheapest, fake tree I could find. So, it is actually quite long...
View ArticleStaying Sane: CHEAP creative arts
This past week I was thrilled/astonished/surprised/amazed to find a blow out sale happening at the daycare center where we take Red and now Twin Crazy and Twin Husky. They are completely renovating...
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