So last night, my husband, Tenzin, and I went out to dinner. Grown-up dinner with friends. And a play. We basically have no social life, so this was a big deal for us. For better or worse (most likely worse -- we'll see in a few years when I get a call from their therapists), [...]
Worst Mom Moments: An Heir-Raising Tale
November 5, 2012 – Posted in: Life is Dangerous, Mouths of Babes, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, Thank God Your Father's Home, This is Supposed to be Helpful, Worst Mom MomentsSo once again, the fabulous Kelly DeBie of DeBie Hive swoops in with a story from her always unbelievable life. Unbelievable only because truth is stranger than fiction. And when you have four kids and a husband, that's a lot of material to work with. ****** A few months ago, my husband got a new [...]
Worst Mom Moments — Elevator Speech
October 23, 2012 – Posted in: Mouths of Babes, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Worst Mom MomentsSo I had to pass on this Worst Mom Moment that my friend, Heidi Ayarbe, posted to Facebook about her daughter ("A"). Incidentally, Heidi's a kick-ass, young adult fiction writer. Her latest book is Wanted. ****** Awkward elevator moment at the clinic: *semi-full elevator* A: *turns to guy next to us* What are you here [...]
I’m Sure My Son Isn’t TRYING to Make Me Insane…
October 18, 2012 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Crazy Tammy, Elfie, Foot in Mouth, Losin' It, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Politics, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Tenzin, Thank God Your Father's HomeSo this is basically how our morning went... Me (pointing at a photo of people shaking Joe Biden's hand on the front page of the newspaper): Hey, look -- if I would've gone to the Biden event yesterday, that could've been me. Newt: You're in there? Me: No, I could've gone. And my friend had [...]
Once Upon a Time, There Were Some Sleeping Democrats
September 4, 2012 – Posted in: Children's Books, Mouths of Babes, Sappy Tammy, Worst Mom Randomness, WritingSo I'm coming down from watching the first night of the Democratic National Convention. Newt (the 9-year-old) and I should definitely get an invite in 2016 because we can yell like nobody's business. We get that from my mother -- you should've heard her during football games... Just a few weeks ago, my husband, Tenzin, [...]
How to Walk a Puppy — First, Stand Up
August 28, 2012 – Posted in: Accidents, Dogs, Foot in Mouth, Losin' It, Mouths of Babes, Okay That's Funny, Parenting, The Kids are Killing Me, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom MomentsGinger from Spicey Mom is back with a Worst Mom Moment from the dog days of summer. Ginger and I have been commiserating because both got puppies at the same time, and our lives have been..."exciting" ever since. Week 18 in puppyville and I still not sure I like this guy. He still chews, [...]
Attack of the Killer Toothpaste
April 18, 2012 – Posted in: Cleaning, Losin' It, Mouths of Babes, No Good Deed, Obsessions, Punishments, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', This is Supposed to be Helpful, Worst Mom MomentsMeet Marian, mother of three who's just started blogging but clearly has plenty of material to keep her writing over at Just Keep Swimming. This toothpaste thing is such a pet peeve of mine, too. If they made World's Worst Moms toothpaste, it would be clear and self-destructing after five minutes.I put Molly in time [...]
Smile, Damn It! Smile!
December 31, 2011 – Posted in: Memories, Mouths of Babes, No Good Deed, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom MomentsHey, would you look at that? I'm not dead, just a total slacker. More on that later. But for now, before it's officially the end of the holidays, here's one last taste of Christmas from Ginger (aka Spicey Mom), one of our all-time favorite World's Worst Moms. While these pictures probably won't end up on [...]
I Scream, You Scream…
November 10, 2011 – Posted in: Accidents, Injuries, Mouths of Babes, Worst Mom MomentsTime for Throwback Thursday -- bringing back an oldie but goodie that may have floated past you into Internetland. You might want to note the irony of what our World's Worst Mom, Metis, is yelling as she's running into the FROZEN yogurt shop.We were in Phoenix. That explains a lot. I don’t know about you, [...]
Time Out-the-Door
November 9, 2011 – Posted in: Mouths of Babes, Punishments, Thank God Your Father's Home, Worst Mom MomentsJulie Barbour is back at World's Worst Moms! She's out of the shower and into the laundry room (which would imply that she has a really clean family, but I'm guessing she'd argue otherwise). We have a laundry room in our home, with a door to the back hill and a door to the rest [...]
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