Amazon Big Deal Days: 101 awesome things I found FOR you!!!!!!

Amazon Big Deal Days: 101 awesome things I found FOR you!!!!!!

So I don’t know about you, but every time there’s some big sale like Amazon Big Deal Days, I get SO overwhelmed. I start reading all the reviews and then I usually just give up and don’t buy anything. So guess what??? I DID THE RESEARCH FOR YOU!!!! Yup, I have found 101 AWESOME products…

Why Stranger Things is the Perfect Show to Watch with your Tween

Why Stranger Things is the Perfect Show to Watch with your Tween

How do you lure your kiddos away from their screens? With screens! As my kiddos are getting older, I’m learning the best way to coax them out of their bedrooms and off their phones is to dangle a kickass TV show in front of them. And Holden and I just started watching the PERFECT one.…

Is it time to end the blog?

Is it time to end the blog?

So about a week ago, Zoey and I were driving back from Lollapalooza and we had a long car ride, and at first she said she was going to sleep on the way home, but we ended up talking instead. Car rides are the absolute BEST time to talk about serious things with your kids…

What it’s REALLY like to build a house

What it’s REALLY like to build a house

We didn’t need a new house. I LOVED our old house. But stoopid Covid made us stay at home all the time and for some reason we started to THINK we needed a new house. And then one day I was scrolling the Internet and this plot of land on a cul de sac came…

Twas the night before Amazon Prime Day…

Twas the night before Amazon Prime Day…

…And all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the mouse on my computer!!!!! Helllllls yeah, I LOVVVVE Amazon Prime Day!!!! I’ve spent the last month looking for AWESOME products you’re actually going to want and love. And I don’t include anything I didn’t end up liking (like the cloud shoes that…

I’m sorry but you’re wrong, taking breaks makes me a BETTER mom

I’m sorry but you’re wrong, taking breaks makes me a BETTER mom

Dear nameless woman, So the other day I said I was hiding from my son because I didn’t feel like reading to him that night. And you said I should read to my son now because pretty soon he won’t want me to anymore. And here’s the thing, you’re right. That day is coming soon,…

What no kid should EVER do with a comb

What no kid should EVER do with a comb

Holy crap, last night took ten years off my life. If not more. I still have that feeling of WTF just happened. Let me start from the beginning. So I’m sitting on the couch watching The Bachelor with my hubby when I get a text message from Zoey. ZOEY (text): Mom I need help!

So your kiddo wants to quit… but could that be a GOOD thing?

So your kiddo wants to quit… but could that be a GOOD thing?

Okay, so based on the reaction I got from last week’s blog post, it struck like a HUGE F’ing chord with sooooo many parents. Which makes sense. I mean we schlep our kids to and from activities and sports and shell out a crapload of money, and then what happens? They want to quit!! And…