We're catching up with "young" Eric again this week. Hopefully he wasn't permanently scarred by his experience in Thailand. If you really want to get all the down and dirty details, you should start at the beginning. But here's a bit of what's happened so far: Peter is married with children. What his wife doesn't know is [...]
Even the the Crappy Moments on Facebook are Fake — And that’s “Fine”
March 4, 2013 – Posted in: Blogging, Complaining, Depression, First World Problems, Parenting, Worst Mom RantsEver since that study came out about Facebook making people depressed, I've read many a blog and Facebook post professing the need to "get real" about our lives. In the most recent article, "We Need to Quit Telling Lies on Facebook" on Kveller.com, Sarah Emily Tuttle-Singer writes about her "real" Saturday with the kids, not the cleaned-up, Instagram-filtered [...]
Quvenzhané Wallis Isn’t a C*nt, but She is a Brat
February 26, 2013 – Posted in: Manners, Parenting, Worst Mom RantsI can't believe I'm writing another post about that stupid Onion tweet... First of all, let me just clarify that in no way do I condone someone calling a 9-year-old the c-word. A little kid shouldn't be anywhere in the vicinity of the c-word. Hell, I don't even like being in the vicinity of the [...]
Schools and (Lack of) ABA Therapy — What We Think Helped Our Son with Autism
February 7, 2013 – Posted in: Autism -- The Handbook, Autism Recovery, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity, SchoolSo last week, I wrote about what my son, Newt, was like as a young child and what led us to get him tested for autism. This week, I'll give you the not-so-brief rundown of what we ended up doing for school and what we didn't do for therapy. On the day he was diagnosed [...]
Worst Mom Moment: When Good Skiing Goes Bad
February 6, 2013 – Posted in: Losin' It, Parenting, This Is Supposed to be Fun, Worst Mom MomentsI'm so psyched (I know, I sound like a teenager from 1985, but I am indeed psyched) to be introducing you to Lindy. She's a mom from my neck of the woods, only she's one of the cool kids who gets to live in Tahoe (there I go with the high school thing again). Apparently [...]
He’s Leaving Home…And Mom’s Going Nuts
January 23, 2013 – Posted in: Chronic Pain, Crazy Tammy, Family, Kid Friends, Life is Dangerous, Logan's Story, Mom dying, Mouths of Babes, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Sappy Tammy, School, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Thank God Your Father's Home, WorryingWe're a family of three, not four this week (or four, not five, if you count the dog). Newt, our 10-year-old, is away for two nights with his classmates at a wilderness camp. At Lake Tahoe. In the snow. Fortunately he's not snow camping (because that's only for crazy people). They're in cabins with heat [...]
“The Bath” — A Creative Writing Prompt with my Writerly Pals
January 4, 2013 – Posted in: Autism Recovery, Fiction, Newt's Story, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Stuff I Probably Shouldn't be Thinkin', Worst Mom Moments, WritingI'm not sure how I got myself into this, but some "friends" (and I use that term loosely because, honestly, what kind of real friends would subject me to this kind of pain), have included me in a weekly fiction writing group. Seriously though, I'm honored and touched to be part of this. These are [...]
How to Teach Kids about Sex: Go See Les Mis and Leave the Kids with Dad
December 29, 2012 – Posted in: Elfie, Mouths of Babes, Movies, Newt, Parenting, Personal Insanity, Sex, Tenzin, Thank God Your Father's Home, TV, Worrying, Worst Mom ReviewsI went and saw Les Miserables with a girlfriend the other night. It was an amazing movie, but for some reason, I still feel like I could just nitpick it to pieces. I'm starting to think this could be my calling -- professional life nitpicker. Too bad I can't get someone to pay me for that... [...]
Facing Down Buses, and Other Ill-Advised Stuff We do for Our Kids
November 26, 2012 – Posted in: Chronic Pain, Complaining, Cranky Tammy, Crazy Tammy, Elfie, No Good Deed, Parenting, Personal Insanity, The Kids are Killing MeSo this is why I'm insane. Actually, make that part of why I'm insane. Telling the whole story would take way too long. Yesterday I went skiing with the family and some friends. It was lovely -- warmish, mostly rock-free, and not very crowded (most of the Californians were already sitting in traffic on their [...]
Some Small Moments in the Great Outdoors
November 19, 2012 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Elfie, Family, Growing Up, Jasper, Newt, Parenting, Personal Insanity, The Great Outdoors, Things To Do with KidsMy kids drive me crazy for so many reasons, but one of my major beefs is how they'll fight me about going outside and then become horribly devastated when it's time to come in. Yesterday, we walked (the kids rode their bikes) to the field by our house. It's not far, but because we live [...]
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