by Tammy Soong
September 13, 2014
– Posted in:
Blogging Betties Podcast,
Bright Side of Life,
Family,
Jasper,
Logan's Story,
Me Time,
Memories,
Momless,
Things To Do with Kids,
Travel,
Vacation
About a month ago, I hit a bit of a breaking point. The kids were home for the summer, and I'd been running myself ragged, trying to keep up with social media for the Blogging Betties Podcast. Unfortunately, as we all know, there's no such thing as keeping up with social media. It's like the mail. [...]
by Tammy Soong
February 7, 2014
– Posted in:
Blogging Betties Podcast,
Cleaning,
Elfie,
Family,
First World Problems,
Forgetting,
Mouths of Babes,
Okay That's Funny,
Parenting,
Tammy Thinks,
Time
I was cleaning up the kitchen the other night, and as I cursed my husband under my breath because he'd messed up the stove again, I stopped short, realizing what a jerk I was since he'd actually taken the time to cook. Whereas cooking for me looks a lot like melting cheese on tortillas and [...]
About a month ago, I wrote this on my Facebook Page: I'm trapped at the kids' martial arts class with only 10% battery on my phone. It feels like that scene with the woman who's left in the cave with the flashlight in the English Patient. Ok maybe not exactly like that... On that particular [...]
Cheryl is back with a Worst Mom Christmas Moment (ahh, so festive). So how far do the rest of you go to keep the Santa thing alive? I can safely say I've done all that Cheryl has and more (okay, maybe not more -- this is, after all, just a snapshot into her world). But [...]
A few years ago, a bunch of people I knew started getting what I like to call "SCRatts" (sports car replacement tattoos). You turn 40, need to reclaim a little bit of your youth, and go get some ink. When one of my best friends showed up with a big, blue butterfly on her hip, [...]
My aunt died. My great aunt. She was 97-years-old, suffering from Alzheimer's, and I hadn't seen her in four years. And yet, I'm crying my eyes out. I don't understand myself sometimes. It's like I'm a giant lake, held in by a structurally questionable dam that breaks at the exact times when the engineers predicted [...]
by Tammy Soong
September 25, 2013
– Posted in:
Bullying,
Conservatives are Funny,
Elfie,
Family,
Growing Up,
Kid Friends,
Mean People,
Mouths of Babes,
Newt,
Parenting,
Women's Issues
So I'm happy to report that the kids not only survived camp but had a fabulous time. Apparently the first night was a little touch-and-go: Newt wanted to come home very badly, and Elfie got stung by a bee. But they sucked it up, and the memorable stories have been trickling out of them since [...]
by Tammy Soong
September 18, 2013
– Posted in:
Bright Side of Life,
Elfie,
Family,
Growing Up,
Kid Friends,
Life is a Mystery,
Mouths of Babes,
Newt,
Parenting,
School
"I just really don't want to go. I'm going to miss you guys too much." My 10-year-old son is lying in his bed. I'm snuggled next to him, stroking his head. He finds a hole between my body and the mattress so he can get both arms around me. It's like he's holding on for [...]
Last night, right before I turned off my computer, I saw a Facebook post and remembered -- oh yeah, tomorrow is 9/11. And this was the first thought that entered my head: Damn it. I am so sick of 9/11. The last thing I want to do is post something on my page about it. [...]
Once again, Halloween is upon us. And yeah, I know it's only September, but you have to plan for this stuff or else you'll be the idiot who pays overnight shipping for a T-rex costume -- not that I'd know anything about that. Anyway, we're not really the "everybody in the family dress up" people, [...]
Tammy Soong is a writer, wife, and mom from Reno, Nevada. She takes an absurd amount of pain medication, but not enough to have actually named her children "Newt" and "Elfie." She spends most days stressing out over clutter, writing stuff for this place, and working on podcasts with her gal pals, the Blogging Betties.