The other night, we went to a baseball game. Reno has a Triple-A team called the "Aces" (original, right?), and my friend gave us some really good tickets. One of these days, my kids will go to a game where they have to sit where "normal" people sit. So far, every game they've attended has [...]
BlogHer “Voices of the Year” Loser Link-Up
July 1, 2013 – Posted in: Blogging, Bright Side of Life, Complaining, First World Problems, Personal Insanity, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingWhen I was in 8th grade, I -- try to contain yourselves -- tried out for cheerleading. In our school, this was a rather humiliating process -- one where you had to perform in front of the entire school and then get voted to be on the squad. I ended up just edging out the [...]
Gandhi-Mom Doesn’t Live Here Every Day
July 1, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Food, Growing Up, Newt, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Things To Do with Kids, Worst Mom RandomnessSome days, I'm a good mom. I'm excellent, actually. Even though I feel like I'm walking through mud and the last thing I want to do is have a "teachable moment" with the children, I somehow rally and become this Gandhi-esque creature who I barely recognize. It's freaky, really. Like standing outside yourself and expecting [...]
Tea for Four
June 3, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Food, Things To Do with Kids, Worst Mom ReviewsWe did something so girly the other day -- we had a tea party. Even my son, Newt, who has very few issues with crossing traditional gender lines (he told me the other day that he thought dressing in drag like Bugs Bunny would be awesome) was having none of it. To be fair, it [...]
Turns Out I Can Camp, Cook, and Not Get Eaten by a Bear
June 2, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Chronic Pain, Elfie, Parenting, Personal Insanity, School, The Great Outdoors, Vacation, Worst Mom RandomnessLast night, Elfie and I went camping at Lake Tahoe with her 3rd grade class. It's an end-of-the-year tradition, and even though I wasn't that jazzed about the idea of going up without my husband, I did because she really wanted to take me, not Dad. I don't mean to be a wimp, but honestly, [...]
Happy Adoption Day — To the Dog
May 6, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Dogs, Grosser than Gross, Holidays, Jasper, Personal Insanity, Puppies, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom RandomnessToday is Jasper Adoption Day. One year ago, we brought home our little 10-pound puppy. Now he's a whopping 70+ (frankly not sure of the exact amount because I hurt my back trying to weigh him the last time). I love having a dog. And I wouldn't exchange Jasper for any other one, even though [...]
My Name’s Tammy and I’m a Cake Froster-holic
April 28, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Crazy Tammy, Food, Memories, Mouths of Babes, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Tammy Thinks, Things To Do with Kids, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom RecipesSo just to solidly make the case that I'm absolutely off my rocker, I'm sharing the following. Actually, let me back up. Over the last couple of days, I posted some pictures of the cupcakes I helped make for a school fundraiser, and people have made some lovely comments about my decorating abilities. The thing [...]
iBallz, UrBallz, but Definitely not Schweddy Balls
April 15, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Okay That's Funny, Tammy Thinks, Worst Mom ReviewsSo this is something I've been dying to tell you guys about. A few weeks ago, a friend pointed me to a website for these: They're little ping-pong-sized, hard foam balls that attach to the corners of your iPad (or mini) to keep it from breaking if it falls on the ground. It's an ingenious [...]
Puerto Vallarta Vacation: The Good, The Bad, and The TSA Agent
April 10, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Elfie, Family, First World Problems, Jasper, Losin' It, Mean People, Newt, Personal Insanity, Things To Do with Kids, Travel, Vacation, Worst Mom Randomness, Worst Mom RantsSo we're back from Mexico. We failed to get pictures of us swimming with dolphins, ate one of the best meals of our lives, and almost got in a fist fight with a TSA agent. Just your typical spring break... A little background: Tenzin, my husband, and I made the monumentally bad decision to purchase [...]
Why I’m M.I.A.
April 3, 2013 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Things To Do with Kids, Travel, Vacation, Worst Mom RandomnessI’m in Puerto Vallarta, which is why you people haven’t heard, and probably won’t hear, much from me this week. I went back and forth about saying we were out of the country because I have slightly irrational “Come rob my house” fears, but it occurred to me that there’s nothing of value in our [...]
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