I absolutely love this song! It’s everything a mom says in a day condensed into 2 1/2 minutes and set to music (William Tell Overture). One phrase I find myself saying a lot lately is, “Because I said so.” I never thought I would resort to this conversation stopper. I always figured I’d explain lovingly [...]

Unless you’ve had your head in the sand for the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard about the hullabaloo over Motrin’s latest ad. Motrin tried to tap into the mom community by showing an ad about a mom who wears her baby in a sling but has back pain and needs Motrin for pain relief. [...]

Every few months I resolve to be greener in my approach to household cleaning products. I go out and buy some new non-toxic cleaner that won’t leach chemicals into my house. Most recently I purchased a concentrated cleaner from Shaklee. Just mix it with water and it will clean anything in your home, my Shaklee [...]

The events of last week made me question my decision to become a parent. My son was VERY DIFFICULT last week. Perhaps it was because he was just getting over an ear infection; perhaps it was because he is freaked out that we’ve put our house up for sale; or perhaps he just occasionally needs [...]

It’s been rainy and warm here lately, not my favorite combination of weather conditions. I like a rainy day and I like a warm day but not together. I prefer rainy and cool or sunny and warm. But I can’t control the weather any more than I can control my lust for chocolate so I [...]

I’m reading an incredibly well-researched book called “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. It’s also an alarming book in that it uncovers ways in which humans have changed our environment, usually for the worse. One part that particularly stuck with me was about a seemingly innocuous product, a small plastic resin micropellet known as [...]

I walk. I walk in the cool morning air, I walk in the late afternoon sun, I walk in the evening’s chill. I walk fast, I walk slow, I stop to take pictures. I walk up hill, I walk downhill, I walk around the track at a nearby state park. I walk. I walk in [...]

I got the coolest tampon case for my birthday. (See pic below.) I really love this thing: the cover design is fresh and dreamy and it opens up to hold two jumbo tampons or three slender ones. This is so much better than that plastic Ziploc bag I had been carrying around. The only bad [...]

It’s November 1st, the day after Halloween. It’s 10:21 a.m. and I’ve just dipped into my son’s candy haul and gobbled down 3 Snickers and 2 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. The wrappers litter the table around me as the sugar hits my veins and pumps through my body. I close my eyes and think about [...]

Monsters eat everything. Everything is not safe from a monster. Monsters do not have an enemy. They are the worst enemy on the planet. Even the rock monster is the biggest monster on the planet. My son dictated those lines to me last week. In case you can’t tell, he is obsessed with monsters. Not [...]