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 [...]
Friday Fiction Part 17: Smooth
May 16, 2013 – Posted in: Lying, Novel in Progress, Sex, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThis is the continuation of last week's story. The Wongs are all meeting up in San Francisco. It's the early 1990's. Peter has already left Eric and Kauai after his father came and "collected" him. Now Peter is going to Stanford Law School and dating Jen. Want to catch up (of course you do)? You can [...]
Friday Fiction Part 16: The Ties That Bind
May 9, 2013 – Posted in: Family, Fiction, Lying, Novel in Progress, Parenting, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingThe story continues -- we're back in the early 1990's. Peter has already left Eric and Kauai after his father came and "collected" him. Now Peter is going to Stanford Law School and dating Jen. Want to catch up? You can start at the beginning here. Or get a list of everything here. Or go [...]
Oh Dean Heller, Why Must You Keep Proving You’re a Wuss
April 22, 2013 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Lying, Mean People, Nevada, Politics, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom RantsA few weeks ago, Senator Dean Heller, the Republican from my state (Nevada), voted to bring gun control up for debate. This isn't generally what Republicans do, so for about 10 seconds I fell into the trap of believing he might actually be a decent guy. Clearly this is why it was so easy to [...]
Who are the People in your Neighborhood? Um, Apparently Newspaper Thieves.
September 6, 2011 – Posted in: Foot in Mouth, Losin' It, Lying, Manners, Mean People, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Worst Mom MomentsGinger, of Spicey Mom, is back at home after her altercation in a Disneyland bathroom. This time, she's taking on the neighbors.I read an article the other day that discussed how more and more people's newspapers are being stolen for coupons. Just when I thought print was dead, it is revived by mega savers. Never [...]
The Angry American — Debt Ceiling 101
July 26, 2011 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Corporatism, Cranky Tammy, Lying, Mean People, Mouths of Babes, Politics, World Gone Crazy, Worst Mom RantsMy husband and I were so pissed off and yelling so loudly last night that I'm pretty sure the neighbors heard us.Don't worry. Not yelling at each other. Well, sort of yelling at each other. More yelling in tandem. We'd watched the president's speech on the debt ceiling -- all was well. My 8-year-old was [...]
The Girl who Cried Pancakes
June 3, 2011 – Posted in: Guilt, Illness, Lying, Puke, School, Worst Mom MomentsPhoto by Sue BauzysFor Kelly DeBie, who blogs at DeBie Hive, the title of World's Worst Mom isn't good enough. She's gone intergalactic. It's like the Miss Universe beauty pageant -- reigning supreme on just earth is not enough. But has anyone ever thought about what might pass for pretty 4,000 light years away? And [...]
How Do I Bad-Mommy Thee? Let Me Count the Ways.
April 6, 2011 – Posted in: Food, Lying, Memories, Poop, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Worst Mom MomentsLast week, World's Worst Moms hit 100 followers. Turns out Do Sweat the Small Stuff was our woman of the hour, and she's been ever so gracious to go out of her way to mark the occasion with this submission about her badness.This post is in honor of the 100th follower. That's me :)With gratitude [...]
Now What?
March 25, 2011 – Posted in: Lying, Punishments, Sex, Teenagers, Worst Mom MomentsThis parenting saga comes to us from GG, who blogs at The Glad Gardener. With four older stepchildren plus a 4-year-old in the house, she has plenty of material. And it's no wonder why she loves going outside to get dirty.I have an ongoing battle with my 15-year-old (Cassie, short for Procrastinator). She has very [...]
Are We There Yet?
December 19, 2010 – Posted in: Complaining, Crazy Tammy, First World Problems, Forgetting, Holidays, Lying, Mouths of Babes, Personal Insanity, School, Shopping Hell, TimeBefore I start this, let me just say that I know I'm a big, lucky whiner. I don't have to worry about going to the market and not coming home because someone blew me up with a car bomb. I know the water I'm drinking won't give me cholera. Hell, I don't even have to [...]
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