Months ago I posted something silly on my personal Facebook page about how my husband and I had sent a deposit to a dog breeder and my kids were already conspiring to name the dog. Never would I have imagined the backlash it invited. I was told, to my face, by actual friends, that “shopping”… Continue reading I’m Handing In My Crunch Card
Today is June 27th, 2020 and we are in the middle (ish? Who Knows?) of a global pandemic that’s taking lives as well as livelihoods. And there’s an incredibly heated, divisive presidential election coming up. Also people are protesting and in some cases rioting and looting in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. There… Continue reading The One Question We Should All Be Asking One Another Right Now
All last week I played Florence Nightingale to my sick husband and three sick children. They all had high fevers, sore throats, muscle aches, head aches, chills, and congestion. All 4 had lingering upper and lower respiratory congestion with cough for anywhere from 4-10 days. I assumed, based on these symptoms, that we were dealing… Continue reading How I Avoided Getting the Flu When My Whole Family Had It (& a Recipe!)
Ok guys, I have been brainstorming this blog post for a long time, unsure how I wanted to formulate it; however, I just saw a post on Facebook that propelled me to finally put my thoughts into words. Some ignorant microbiology student shared a photo of a petri dish covered in multiple bacterial colonies. It’s… Continue reading This is Why You’re Sick
Roughly twenty-five years ago my mother started subscribing me to Seventeen Magazine. I guess she did this in a last-ditch attempt to mold me into the perfect image of female her mother had aggressively ingrained in her, since neither dance lessons, cheerleading, Girl Scouts, nor all the Barbie Dolls and all their skimpy Barbie clothes… Continue reading I Don’t Need to Buy Your Beauty Products; I’m Already Beautiful
If you’re like me, you have so many to-do’s and deadlines and social commitments your menstrual cycle is the last thing on your mind. Who keeps track of their periods, other than women trying to (or not to) get pregnant? Well, I guess if you’re on some type of hormonal birth control you probably know… Continue reading How to Know if You Have PMS: A Handy Guide
After a really stressful week plus PMS plus a big ugly fight with my husband, I️ threw on some leggings, a fleece, and a slouchy hat to cover my greasy hair and told him I️ was going to yoga. I️ did not go to yoga. I️ drove to a parking lot 8 miles from our… Continue reading But the Crazy Ones Are Good in Bed
This week my creative/getting-stuff-done element has been on fire. Must be all the yoga opening my chakras n junk. I hung frames and paintings on my walls, and I created a little “Artist’s Corner” to display my kids’ art. It’s all still a work in progress, but I’m very happy with all I was able… Continue reading Gregg, My Lumberjack Gift
School started the day after Labor Day this year in our state. All the good moms of Maryland spent Labor Day grocery shopping, lovingly preparing the next day’s lunches, putting all of the school supplies in an easy-to-carry tote bag by the door, laying out first day outfits and shoes (probably all brand new), making… Continue reading The Hot Mess Mom’s Guide to the First Day of School
I was reading some book recommendations on a Facebook thread for nerds and I decided that I absolutely had to read “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” by Stephen King. I love Stephen King and I’ve read a lot of his books, but somehow this one had escaped me. I looked it up on the… Continue reading That Time My Toddler Shit Himself at the Library
Katie Haxton 