During the cold Winter months I like to sleep in big flannel night gowns. Granny gown Unforntunately they only come in Granny model, so charming they are not. In fact, there have been times when I took a big sheet out of the cupboard, and it turned out to be my nightgown. Comfortable and great...
My sixteen year old son was getting ready for school and his presentation about Addiction and Environmental issues. So I wished him good luck, and started to climb the mountain that is our laundry. I forgot my opinions! Like the seven dwarfs, I like to sing while working. But just as I was trying to...
Source: Shutterstock 'The kids go back to school tomorrow...' 'I know! Isn't it awful?! I didn't sleep at all tonight. 'I'm soo dreading it. These months have just flówn by. That's what you get when you're enjoying yourself thís much: time just flies. We built the Eiffeltower from old newspapers 'Oh, I had such a...
Image source: Shutterstock As a modern day mom I've read all the dire warnings about the dangers of the internet. Especially for children. I often tell them: 'You may think you're chatting with a 14 year old girl, but it may very well be a dirty old man!' I'm going virtual! So to keep an...
My two daughters refuse to sleep without one: a bra. I don't get it! Isn't the night a wonderful opportunity to free your girls from their tight containment? I never wear my bra during the night. I just don't like to feel confined during the night. Wearing your bra at night is good for the...
Panting with admiration I watched a documentary featuring a father of 12. He stayed so cool, even though havoc surrounded him! So that's how to do it! I sat on the edge of my couch when he told the audience how he maintained his cool under the pressure of such a big family. His precise...
Source image: Shutterstock 'I don't want you looking at my timeline!' It sounds like a line from a futuristic science fiction movie, but I swear it's straight from my daily life as a mom in the year 2016. Kind of eavesdropping Last Friday I was busy in the kitchen, having my cake and eating it...
Yesterday I was trying to do some thrifty shopping in a local thrift store. And I spotted the most beautiful little garden bench. Admittedly, the price wasn't all that thrifty because it cost a whopping 194 USD, but it was love at first sight. Veto... Unfortunately I had my first love with me, and he...
It's definitely one of the things I find most annoying about my husband. Whenever I'm tired, he's even móre tired. To cope with this frustration I put it in a cartoon. Do you recognize this?
Failing to plan, is planning to fail, the saying goes. But how about just planning to fail? Planning for failure My youngest son has to do a book report this year, and unlike his two older brothers he's already carefully planning for it. 'I chose Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, mommy,' he smiled....
