10 things that make my day 10x better…

1. waking up to a clean kitchen. if i can go to bed without a dish in the sink-i wake up happy. in fact, i can’t sit and truly relax until the dinner mess is gone. cause i know tomorrow will make me want to kill small rodents just looking at the tragically...

time of my life…

i remember when i was in high school and running around like a headless chickenwith so much to do and no time to waste and lots of friends and things to do…. i remember thinking,this is the time of my life…then there were those college days when i was on...

the perfect storm

one of those mom moments served with a side of fear, guilt, and empathy.often, my baby will fall victim to the “trifecta,” or in other words: the poop, tired, and hungry cry. when all things are causing the general feeling of “and now i’m...

the day i learned i’m not my mom

yesterday was just one of those days. one of those days i felt like doing nothing.i felt like i sat the entire day and did just that.it isn’t entirely true, of course.i nearly finished a quilt, went on a walk with Little Man,and eventually worked out when...

what i would do different…

almost 6 months into this mom-dom,and i have already sat myself down to have a post mortem. when #2 comes around {not for a while, obviously}i am going to try to:- be slightly less OCD about things like my child getting hooked on a pacifier to sleep with.  cause,...