Hadley: Mama, I have a problem. Me: What’s the problem? Hadley: The problem is that I want to be a paleontologist when I grow up but I can’t be one. Me: Why’s that? Hadley: Because paleontologists are boys not girls. Me (trying to stay calm): Girls can be paleontologists! Why don’t you think you can be a paleontologist? Hadley: Because… View Post

If I know anything about moms, it’s that we LOVE getting unsolicited advice.  We wake up hoping that someone will tell us how to do things better. For example, when I was pregnant with Hadley, and she was 14,657 days overdue, I dealt with the realization that I would be pregnant for the rest of my life by purchasing two sprinkled… View Post

Remember that slight rant I wrote on guest posting?  No? You mean you don’t remember everything I write about? Don’t you take notes or something? Either way, here is where I write that I didn’t know exactly what I was talking about because, well, I’m guest posting on the blog Read.Learn.Write.  I think you should click on over and check it… View Post

Lest you think all we do is serious reading around these here parts, I will confess to the “beach reads” that the girls and I participate in from time to time.  You know beach reads, right?  Those types of reads that one might find herself getting to know a character named Edward Cullen, for example.  Or, in Hadley and Harper’s… View Post

Here are a few thing that I said I’d never do: “I will NEVER have a DVD player in our car.” “My kids will NEVER watch The Disney Channel.” “Once I become a mother, I will NEVER go back to teaching.” “If I ever go back to teaching, I will NEVER teach my own kids.” Here’s the truth: -When travelling to… View Post