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Just Another Day…

Mom With A Pen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:58:55 +0000

It’s not a secret. Sometimes marriage sucks. Men and women just don’t think alike. Maybe that’s why John Gray has made millions. How can you love somebody and yet detest them with every fiber of your being. How does that happen when 15 years ago you couldn’t wait to spend an evening hanging out with them?

Eventful Sporting

Maniacal Mommy — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:53:14 +0000

I really do not like to leave the house in the evening, particularly when it is just the kids and me. Even if we managed to have a dinner where everything went rather well, and only a small portion of food landed on the floor, that in no way means venturing out into the world is a good idea.

Fear Factor

Maniacal Mommy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:53:49 +0000

Every mother, particularly new ones, discover a whole new realm of fear once they have given birth. I freaked out on the car ride home with my first born son. Every vehicle on the road was a speeding bullet headed toward my baby. I was a nervous wreck on the freeway. They don’t really warn you about that, even in “What to Expect” and they are great at giving expecting mothers things to worry about.

Errors Large and Small: Shopping

Maniacal Mommy — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:12:19 +0000

Sometimes we make mistakes as parents. It happens. We get tired, frustrated, suffer from poor judgement or sleep loss, or just get plain delusional. Sometimes circumstances just work against us.

Which is how I ended up taking three kids grocery shopping. It doesn’t happen that often. Between school and the mixed blessing of my husband’s odd ball work schedule, I can usually find a way to gather the food without their presence. But at least once during the summer, I find myself needing to shop when he is gone, and I haul my brood with me.

Boredom, Crafts, and Borderline Insanity

Maniacal Mommy — Fri, 27 May 2011 22:18:42 +0000

Summer vacation has arrived. Sadly, summer weather has not. The squabbling had reached that level where I was going to either lose my mind, or put their snow suits on them in May and send them outside to play in the gale force northerly wind.

Terribly Wrong

Maniacal Mommy — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:07:19 +0000

The witching hours are fraught with peril, are they not? I used to laugh when I would see the phrase “witching hour”. Singular? Seriously? The period from after school until bedtime had the potential to turn me into the parental equivalent of Jack Torrance in The Shining: feeling trapped and more than a little crazy.

Endings and Beginnings

Maniacal Mommy — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:53:03 +0000

Identity is a strange thing. It’s hard to let go of certain things or labels that we feel define us. I was a SAHM for so long, I found the last four months rather challenging. Oh wait, I am NOT a SAHM anymore.

Toddler Trials

Maniacal Mommy — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:01:46 +0000

Life changes when your baby goes mobile. We know this, or we learn it pretty damn quickly! I have to laugh at one of my friends, as she is on her first baby. She is battling her first round of teething. She reminds me so much of myself that I can predict what her comments will be once her darling daughter gets past the crawling stage. Bound to be colorful, to say the least.

Spring in My Step

Maniacal Mommy — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:12:41 +0000

February is a hard month in Michigan. I am not the only one who starts to go a wee bit insane when doubt kicks in that the snow will ever melt, or you will see the sun shine after 1 PM.

I Think I Ate…er…a Horse

Mom With A Pen — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:54:00 +0000

There’s something to be said for a good appetite…on someone else. Let’s face it, when it comes to a woman, it gets personal. And, no matter how ravenous a woman is, if you tell her she eats like a horse, you’re going to get your teeth kicked in.

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