Archive for the ‘Good Mama/Bad Mama’ Category
May 18, 2009
Don’t think of this as good-bye. Well, okay, maybe a little. Friends, after months of periodically mulling things over, noodling, waffling, and otherwise staring into space for extended periods of time I’ve decided it’s time to end my run here at One-Woman Show. For over two years I’ve shared my tales of juggling life, laundry and love, [...]
Posted May 18, 2009, 12:24 am
Tags: blog, curtain call, dating, finding balance, juggling, love, mothering, not the end a new beginning, parenting, taking a bow, writing
26 Comments
April 12, 2009
The kids woke me up this morning at about 7, but their enthusiasm to find what Easter Bunny hid overnight was catching; I practically bounded out of bed, too. Kids grow up so fast these days, I’m thankful that T-Rex, age 7 1/2, and Drama Girl, age 9 1/2, still believe in the power and [...]
Posted April 12, 2009, 8:58 am
Tags: easter, easter bunny, enjoy the innocence and magic, kids
4 Comments
April 2, 2009
Well. Here I am…again…after 2 weeks away. Sorry ’bout that. Between being knee-deep in a blur of damask, DJs, swirls, florists and other wedding planning, and then being out of commission for 4 days with a seasonal bug I’m way behind the eight ball. What’s hard about blogging again for the first time since a [...]
Posted April 2, 2009, 10:50 am
Tags: back to blogging, desperate for sleep, ineffective parenting or is it?, no tv, pets, pillows, python, things kids say, wedding planning
7 Comments
March 19, 2009
Many of my friends (including some of my best single parent pals and readers) have asked how I’m handling this whole getting remarried situation. Well, I’m so glad you asked. Or that some of you asked. I swear someone asked me…or did I imagine it? Never mind – I’m a-gonna tell you anyway in this month’s [...]
Posted March 19, 2009, 12:36 pm
Tags: dinner for one, i do take two, imperfect-parent, remarriage, second marriage, telling kids about getting remarried
3 Comments
March 5, 2009
The other night we were driving over to my parents for dinner and T-Rex said to his sister, “Hey, Drama Girl, is my nose bleeding?” She responded that no, his nose wasn’t bleeding. I asked him why he thought his nose was bleeding — he’s had one nose bleed that I can recall in his [...]
Posted March 5, 2009, 9:32 am
Tags: engagement, etiquette, ex-spouse, kids, remarriage
7 Comments