I don't know about you, but there are some days where I just don't think I can make it through the day. Ever since Daylight Savings came to an end, I have been struggling. Remind me why Daylight Savings is still a thing. You would think that one hour would not impact your child or children's sleeping…
Continue reading ➞ {De}stressed
*The following contains one lonely little affiliate link. You can read my full disclosure policy here. As I mentioned here, finding a family movie can be challenging. Ratings are helpful, but in my book, not always accurate. I don't know about you, but some of these flicks teach a lesson that I am not excited…
Continue reading ➞ Zootopia: A Cinematic Gem
I have spent near a decade either birthing babies or breastfeeding them. I have been pregnant so many times that I am not sure if my mismatched food combinations and tendencies toward irritability are from hormone level fluctuations or my actual personality. I have not had my body to myself in enough years that I still think twice before taking…
My news feed is full of {shared} articles consisting of lists. Systematic procedures encouraging unsuspecting readers to be better; better at wife-ing, mother-ing, parent-ing, career-ing, exercise-ing, cook-ing--anything and everything. Don't get me wrong, I have found some valuable advice and thought provoking ideas among these posts. However, I have found that they are missing some…
As you know, we are a family of 7. That means we have five, count 'em five {head-counts are a necessity with five} little people who depend on us for everything. I am constantly asked: "How do you do it." Standard reply: "We just do it." But, recently I started thinking: "How do we do…
Continue reading ➞ Survival Mode
Not every story of turmoil and discrimination is a major one. Some set the tone for adulthood and some just remind us that prejudices exist. Mine is the latter. I am an American citizen born and {mostly} raised in the United States; more specifically, middle America. Born to an American mother and Kuwaiti father. I…
There's a guy who walks by my side day in and day out. The stresses of daily living easily take their toll. We spend most of our time parenting little people. And by parenting, I mean acting as referee. Most of our day is spent yelling, er, saying: "Stop fighting!" "{S}he was playing with that first.…
Continue reading ➞ Shaft-ed, but not Forgotten
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS {I THINK} It is rare that I am able to sit down and watch television. Unless it it PJ Mask or The Lion Guard; which let's be honest, sometimes that is the best thing on. You know that television is really lacking in quality when you finally get all the kids to…
Continue reading ➞ This is {amazing}
My definition of 'clean' has changed over the years. There was a time where I would have thought 'clean' meant clean. Now, I define it as: "an area where you can see some carpet and most of the trash is in a can" Case and point: this past weekend my kids took a container of sprinkles and…
Continue reading ➞ Balancing Act
**In order to enjoy this blog, please read in your {friendly} sarcastic voice** Once you decide to reproduce, you are now opening yourself up to constant judgement and ridicule and incessant questions about how many little wonders {gremlins} you will be gracing {burdening} the world's presence with. You learn a lot about society's statutes on family…
Continue reading ➞ Are you done yet?
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