Thank you, Thank you, Sam-I-Am

– Posted in: Chronic Pain, Cranky Tammy, Crazy Tammy, Depression, Mouths of Babes, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity, The Kids are Killing Me

I don't know if it's because we're coming up to the end of summer, but I've been reading a lot of blog posts about how quickly childhood slips away and how parents need to cherish every moment of it.  And I really have to say. . . it's kind of starting to piss me off.Not [...]

Cereal Killer

– Posted in: Autism Recovery, Chronic Pain, Cranky Tammy, Depression, Momless, Money, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity, The Kids are Killing Me, Working for Pay

I've had one of those weeks where you sort of feel like a really bad traveling carnival -- the kids look at you and think you should be fun, but when in comes down to it, you're actually just a  bunch of thinly spread out rides that need paint, could breakdown at any moment, and [...]

Year of the House Cleaner

– Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Cleaning, Crazy Tammy, Depression, Grown-up Friends, Parenting, Personal Insanity

The other day, while driving the kids to school, I noticed something odd. I was, for lack of a better word, "happy." This probably sounds terrible to people who either 1) walk around believing they're happy when they're probably just content, or 2) believe you should be happy all or most of the time and [...]