I'm a 41-year-old mom to two girls ages 8 and 5 desperately seeking sanity. I'm an editor and social media coordinator in business publishing. My husband, a former beach bartender, founded MouseCalls Computer Services here in Nashville. We have two mutts, three crabs, two frogs, and too much laundry. Estrogen and wine flow freely here, so kick off your shoes and come on in!
Bad Hair Days
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Yesterday the girls were playing quietly in our formal living room, which should have been my first clue that something was awry.
Parenting Rule 102, Section 2.0: If your kids are quiet for an extended period of time then something is about to drop, break, burst, implode, explode, or spontaneously combust. It’s a veritable Russian Roulette [...]
Shout, Shout, Let It All Out
Meeting with a National Hall of Fame teacher a few weeks ago was a real joy. I was impressed when Mrs. McCrary shared that during all her years of teaching kindergartners, she had never once raised her voice.
Never. Not even once.
WOW.
I’m sure I sunk down in my chair just a bit because I am not [...]
Close Encounters Of The Bird Kind
I felt like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and then remembered it’s 2010, Alfred Hitchcock is dead, and we have HD Tv.
Monday evening the thunder rolled and dark storm clouds moved in while we were out after Miss C’s last indoor soccer game of the summer. We were eating at a little sports bar when I [...]
Temporary Insanity Of The Walmart Variety
School starts in less than a month in Nashville and a few moms I know have already bought their kids school supplies.
Um, that would not be me.
I had every intention of buying the ready made packets through our PTO earlier this summer (really!) but missed the deadline. Plus those packs are not exactly inexpensive, although [...]










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