What is that I hear?!?
Had a bit of a scare yesterday. Eating what I like to call lunch, code for, whatever is laying around that I can quickly toss in my mouth. Some days it’s Slim Fast, some days it Sour Patch Kids. Most…
The kitchen really is the most dangerous room in the house.
Why are girls so mean to each other? I have never understood why they have this need to attack each other at any given moment. One minute they are all buddy buddy, painting each others nails. The next minute, I…
I want my Mommy!
I’ve come to realize that any quiet and assuming moment I happen to have in my life should really just be looked at as a warning. Went to bed last night, pleased with the way the day ended. It was…
Update
So if you’ve been following along, I have several updates. First, only two salad forks remain. They seem to be holding their own in the drawer as they’ve managed to stick around all week. Good news for the forks, and…
The suspension flowchart.
What are the rules for suspension? Hubby and I have had this conversation a handful of times now. With an entire village living under one roof, it becomes very easy to see when consequences aren’t applied equally across the board.…
Four strikes, you’re out!
Ever hop in the shower only to realize you forgot to grab a towel? It happens. Ever get yourself locked out of your own linen closet while frantically trying to rectify that problem? No? Just my house? Thought so. With…
You have a phone call.
In child welfare there is such a thing as the “Safety Plan.” It really is just a piece of paper that the youth in care signs, along with the caregiver. It says, yeah we all know what I did, I’m…
Is that chicken nuggets I smell?
There are a million things that my father did in the name of parenting that well, normal people would likely NOT do. For example, when I was a kid I had a hamster and called him Thumper. I returned one…
I’ll take a knuckle sandwich on baguette, please.
Picture it. Sicily 1922. (I’m kidding and most of you likely don’t have any idea where that came from and why I’m laughing right now.) As I’m standing in the living room, holding a vacuum to suck up sawdust, (yes,…
Re-entry
My very wise, long time friend, Sonyia, sent me a message upon my return home from vacation, a.k.a., The Land of Snow. The message, “How was re-entry?” I don’t think anyone else I know, at least know well, understands the…
