Archive for the ‘Good Mama/Bad Mama’ Category

(Hint: That would be all of you parents.) If you haven’t checked out The Imperfect Parent yet, now is the time. It’s one of my favorite parenting sites because it doesn’t shy away from today’s issues but never loses its sense of humor. As the site’s creators describe, "The Imperfect Parent is an online magazine [...]

The Ex is celebrating a birthday this week, and, for a moment, I felt guilty about not taking the kids to buy him a card or gift. Then I remembered that he’s just not into birthdays or holidays — his own or anyone else’s. And except for Christmases and one Mother’s Day since our divorce, [...]

Friday night I did something many of my friends and coworkers thought unthinkable: I met people I DIDN’T KNOW for dinner — a group of moms who blog in or around our dear city. (Or is it a group of bloggers who happen to be moms?) Get. Out. People you don’t know?! Well, call me [...]

I decided to do a little Krispy Kreme run for breakfast this morning. Yes, I know. I know the donuts are globules of sugar and lard (but 0% trans fat!). Yes, I know they aren’t exactly the breakfast of champions. But we haven’t been there in months and the kids press their faces against the [...]

Forget all that sappy stuff I wrote in my earlier post about Mother’s Day. Holy mother of madness. That’s all I can say about this one. Pregnant for more than 11 of her 41 years? Does she just burp and they fall out? Would it have been so bad to pick a different letter for [...]

In case you haven’t seen or heard the zillions of jewelry, flower, and card commercials, tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I love being a mom… but to be honest, Mother’s Day has traditionally been a bit bittersweet for me. In fact, my first Mother’s Day after my divorce was the hardest holiday to get through in [...]

I woke the kids up a little before 7 today. T-Rex pretended like he didn’t hear me and kept on sleeping. Drama Girl stirred a little, letting out an “Mmmm” from under her mop of hair. Not the kind of Mmmm that said, “Thanks, Mom! I’d love to get ready for school!” but a guttural [...]

…to operate a concession stand? A: Uh, is this a trick question? At 8:00 this morning I arrived at the soccer fields for my assigned parent-volunteer “booth duty.” You might recall I’m not exactly a morning person, but I felt relatively energetic as five other parents and I opened up the concession stand. While Drama [...]

Today was national Take Your Child to Work Day (also called Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day). Although our company does not have a formal program, I decided to bring Drama Girl with me for a glimpse into the exciting world of financial services marketing. (T-Rex went in with The Ex, apparently eating [...]

I started writing this post over an hour ago, slurping my coffee and wondering when in the world my kids were going to wake up so we could “get on with it.” After staying up late to watch some hoops my alarm went off a little before 6 so I could hide the Easter eggs. [...]