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If husbands actually viewed sex from their wives perspective, they might get lucky more
One of my husband’s favorite lines to me after he tries to get some and I deny him is “You should be happy that after 15 years I am still so attracted to you.” Somewhere in his brain, he thinks that is a compliment and to some degree when I look at it from his perspective, I understand what he is trying to say. He just chooses every single wrong word to communicate his feelings. Nothing gets me more in the mood then hearing how lucky I am that the man I vowed to spend the rest of my life with through good times and bad feels the need to…
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When the principal calls home: Figuring out what is the “right” type of punishment
While there are definitely worse things in life, having the principal call you to tell you your child had an incident, and when I say incident, I mean was a little shit, is a terrible feeling. Not only are you pissed and embarrassed, but you almost feel like you are in trouble too. Guilty by association. Then what is supposed to happen next. Go home and yell at your child. Nah, they will be expecting that and it doesn’t work anyway. Take TV privileges away. Sure sounds easy expect when you have two other kids who are watching TV. Stand in the corner, wash dishes? What? What is the right…
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Girls Weekends Are Important. They Remind You How FUN You Are.
Contrary to what my husband may say, I am actually still fun. I am pretty sure that every wife hears “Remember when you were fun.” To which I typically respond “Remember when I cared about what you thought.” But, 15 years (six with no sleep) and three kids later, I am still a good freaking time. I recently went away for a girls weekend and had the time of my life and the craziest thing is as the weekend got closer I considered backing out. Why? Because going outside my comfort zone of every day life, despite complaining about it all the time, scares the crap out of me. When…
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Why is it when my husband goes away for a few days things get a little easier?
I often wonder if this happens to anyone else or if it is just me. I feel like when my husband takes a few days away things are more controlled and overall just more light. This is not, in any way, to bash my husband or husbands all over the world. I am very realistic to the fact that I could not do it alone all the time. I am aware that part of the reason things may seem great while he is gone is because I know it is temporary and he will be back. But, the time that he is gone, it almost seems like I get more…
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Training for the NYC Marathon Has Made Me A Better Mom
Over the past year and half, I found myself becoming less and less motivated with life. It was almost as if I was simply burnt out from everything. Burnt out from my job, burnt out from being a mom, burnt out from being a wife. Just so burnt to the point that I could not even accomplish the simplest of tasks that normally were just part of the every day. I started to feel so overwhelmed by the pressure of everything and not knowing how to get it all done, that I just stopped doing things. I was making it through the days just getting by, not really being excited…
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Work-life balance. It does not exist. THE END.
Okay, so that is a little bit of an exaggeration, but not too far off from the truth. It sounds great when companies tout “flexible work life balance” or “flexible work hours”. Makes a mom really feel like they will be able to have the best of both worlds. Be career oriented and contributor to the family finances and also be a great mom, attending all sporting events, helping with transportation to and from practices, making doctors’ appointments, going to school meetings and and and…the list is endless of what moms do. So how does one achieve work-life balance? Well, it truly depends on your definition of the term. The…
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Yes, I did just say that to my kids. Is there a problem?
“Screaming is not the answer. Magic 1, 2, 3 really does work.” Oh, you mean Magic 1, 2, 3, 4…100!!! Sure that works. Kids always listen when their parents say “now honey, I am going to count to three and when I get to three you are going to stop this crazy wild demon temper tantrum that you are throwing and you are going to magically turn into baby Jesus.” I always read the articles out there about how you are not supposed to scream at your child, or raise your voice. You definitely should not use fowl language because cursing at your kids means they will become a juvenile…
