Lately, when I've gotten online, I've found myself to be much less tolerant of...well...just about everything. I haven't exactly been my happiest self recently, and when I'm like this, I tend to have decreased patience for people, children, noise, the internet, and my dirty house. It's why I've all but disappeared from Facebook. The whole place makes [...]
Would Your Kid Survive in a REAL(ish) Mommy War?
June 13, 2014 – Posted in: First World Problems, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin'The mommy wars. Cruise Facebook for more than 10 minutes, and you'll find a thread that does at least one of the following: Makes a grand proclamation about how children should be raised. Refutes said grand proclamation about how children should be raised. Calls for an end to war between mommies who make proclamations about [...]
20 Things in my Life that are (Almost) EXACTLY the Same as When I was in College
March 27, 2014 – Posted in: Getting Older, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Tammy ThinksAs I was eating pre-cut mangos straight out of the package today, it occurred to me that my life with the husband and kids in suburbia-land isn't looking all that different than it did when I was in college. Sure, I have three new roommates and two are minors, but, then again, in college I changed [...]
Day in the Life — Maybe It’s Just Me
March 3, 2014 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Guest Blog, Okay That's Funny, TimeA few weeks ago, I posted a list of stuff I did all day and then invited you guys to do the same. So here's another "Day in the Life" from Andrea at Maybe It's Just Me. I love Andrea for more reasons than I can count, but one of the biggest? She's a superhero. [...]
What I Do All Day. Really.
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, TimeI 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 [...]
5 Things That Have Changed Since You Watched Grease
January 28, 2014 – Posted in: Beauty, Bullying, Elfie, Getting Older, Growing Up, Mean People, Mouths of Babes, Movies, Nevada, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Things To Do with Kids, Unsolicited Advice, Women's IssuesThe other night, we all sat down and watched Grease. As far as my husband, Tenzin, is concerned, it’d be embarrassing to become a full-grown U.S. American without being able to sing along to "Summer Lovin'" and "You're the One That I Want" (and no, it's his brother who's gay...) Anyway, it became pretty clear [...]
How Magicstick Can Save Your Butt
January 17, 2014 – Posted in: Family, Memories, Okay That's Funny, Things To Do with KidsAbout 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 [...]
Super-Easy, Last-Minute Ways to Make Thanksgiving Adorable
November 26, 2013 – Posted in: Holidays, Okay That's Funny, Things To Do with Kids, UncategorizedSo if you're anything like me (lame), you didn't go on Pinterest a month ago, look for Thanksgiving decorations, and use a variety of multi-media projects to make Turkey day look like some Norman Rockwell-esque picture out of Martha Stewart magazine. No, you got to Tuesday, or maybe even Thursday, and said, "Oh crap, it [...]
How to Pack a little Ha Ha in your Kid’s School Lunch
August 23, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Okay That's Funny, School, Things To Do with KidsWe had the first day of school this week, and Elfie was a little freaked out. After three years, she started a new class with a new teacher (they're clumped 1st through 3rd and 4th through 6th), so it was a big change. Anyway, I decided to write something on a Post-It and stick it [...]
Comic Relief: F-ing Shut Up
August 9, 2013 – Posted in: Illustrated by Me, Kid Friends, Mouths of Babes, Okay That's Funny, Worst Mom MomentsSo the kids, Newt and Elfie, are at a little camp this week, and today they came home with a story for which words could not do justice. I've been messing around with an app called Paper by Fifty Three on the iPad (I'm sure all of you cool people already know all about it -- I'm just [...]
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