Category Archives: Family

The Sensible Valentine

This Valentine’s Day, I will not complain that I didn’t get to go out anywhere “good” to eat or get spoiled with chocolates and roses. This year I somehow feel different about the month of love. It is especially the month of love because it is our anniversary month and instead of planning big romantic…

Pardon me if I can’t sympathize with a disrespectful teenager

I have a confession to make. I once took a hammer to Shorty’s Nerf gun. Smashed it to smithereens. He had been told repeatedly NOT TO SHOOT people. In the head. In the face. In the house. He repeatedly did not listen. I would take the gun away or I would take away the Nerf…

My Favorite Marketing Tool

Every now and then things need updating; your wardrobe, your vehicle, your home, and if you’re an entrepreneur or blogger – your business. I fall into the last category (okay and I am updating my wardrobe this year too but that’s beside the point). Last year held a lot of changes for me from leaving the Lifetime…

Monday Morning Advice: Unaffectionate Addition

I haven’t posted a Monday Morning Advice in a long time… I’m hoping to bring it back twice a month. This month’s letter comes from someone who I really think just needs to know she’s not alone. Dear Guilty Parent, I love your site and your brutal honesty so I’m taking a leap and I…

When I’m left too long all by myself

Alternately titled: This is what I think of while I’m alone and it makes me laugh out loud and then get embarassed because there’s no one with me Or this won’t be nearly as funny to you because you weren’t with me The other day I was heading home from somewhere (the details aren’t important)…