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Carrie On Parenting: Tales of a Preschool Convict

January 11, 2016 by Carrie On, Y'all 1 Comment

Carrie On Parenting: Tales of a Preschool Convict

I am the worst mother in the world. Tate no longer loves me. He wishes I would go away on a green dinosaur and never come back. I know, you’re wondering what could possibly cause such a drastic reaction in such a usually good kid. Well, I wouldn’t let him have a Capri Sun with […]

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Filed Under: Humor, Parenting, stories of us Tagged With: funny, humor, parenting, principal's office

Smart Mouths and Big Hearts

December 18, 2015 by Carrie Tinsley Leave a Comment

Smart Mouths and Big Hearts

I used to be a teacher. I jokingly refer to myself as a “recovering high school English teacher,” but the truth is, I miss the classroom. I miss the students. I miss the self-discovery of the teenage years and helping young people realize who and what they’d like to be someday. (I don’t miss the grading.) […]

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Filed Under: Holidays, stories of us, Teaching Tagged With: BonBon Break, Christmas, giving, National Honor Society, teachers

BonBon Break: Our Secret Code

November 30, 2015 by Carrie Tinsley Leave a Comment

BonBon Break: Our Secret Code

Hey, y’all! Here is one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written up on BonBon Break. Bonus: They asked me to read it aloud on their BonBon Break LIVE Podcast! Sooo….here’s the beginning, and I’ve included a link for you to get there. The audio file is also on the post (if you can stand […]

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Filed Under: Favorite Posts, Y'all, stories of us Tagged With: BonBon Break, humor, parenting, parents

I Was a Wedding Registry Disaster

November 16, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 4 Comments

“Do we get dessert tonight? How about some crème brulee?” My husband Jeff is nothing if not a jokester, though this is long-running inside joke has run its course. He refers, of course, to the wedding registry disaster of 2006. I have no idea what I thought marriage would be like when, at 26, engaged, […]

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Filed Under: Humor, stories of us Tagged With: engagement, funny, humor, wedding registries, wedding registry

Why You Should Do a Family Halloween Costume

October 20, 2015 by Carrie Tinsley Leave a Comment

Why You Should Do a Family Halloween Costume

Halloween is just around the corner, and if your kids are like mine, they’ve been planning for months what costume they’ll don as they zip around the neighborhood ringing doorbells, asking for candy, and being startled by teenagers in gorilla masks. Perhaps you’re a Pinterest mom who is all about having perfect handmade costumes for […]

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Filed Under: Holidays, Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: family Halloween costume, Halloween, Halloween costume, parenting

Carrie on Parenting: Mama Tried

October 6, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 7 Comments

Carrie on Parenting: Mama Tried

  Despite my Sunday learning, Towards the bad, I kept turning. ‘Til Mama couldn’t hold me anymore. And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole. No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried. Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied. That leaves only me to blame […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: bad parenting moments, funny, humor, Mama Tried, Merle Haggard, parenting, parents

How to Be a Wheel of Fortune Contestant, Part 1: Introduction

August 31, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 6 Comments

How to Be a Wheel of Fortune Contestant, Part 1: Introduction

I have the best answer ever for icebreaker games: I was once a contestant on Wheel of Fortune. I know, I can’t believe it either. In September 2012, after two rounds of tryouts, I flew to LA and stepped onto the stage to try my hand at spinning the Wheel. My episode aired on November […]

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Filed Under: How to Be a Wheel of Fortune Contestant, stories of us Tagged With: game show contestant, how to be a Wheel of Fortune contestant, wheel of fortune, Wheelmobile

Miracle at Miracle Strip

August 25, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 2 Comments

Miracle at Miracle Strip

Sometimes the planets align just right. Every 75 years or so, Halley’s Comet streaks across the sky, and that’s my metaphor for my family’s night at Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. We drove from Arkansas to PCB in about 13 hours with three kids, a golden retriever, and a cargo topper […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: beach trip, kids, miracle, Miracle Strip Amusement Park, traveling with kids

10 Things I Hope My Kids Will Say About Their Childhood

August 17, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all Leave a Comment

10 Things I Hope My Kids Will Say About Their Childhood

Someday my kids will grow up. Sometimes a day seems to last a month, and sometimes a month flies by like the snap of my fingers. But someday, someday, they will grow up. They will leave our house and go off to make their own lives. They’ll go to college and choose their paths. They will date […]

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A Summer Halftime Speech for My Kids

July 6, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 2 Comments

A Summer Halftime Speech for My Kids

  Hey, kids. Huddle up. In case you haven’t noticed, with the beginning of July, summer is now halfway over. It’s time for us to have a summer halftime speech, get our butts in gear, and complete all those goals we ambitiously laid out at the end of May. In May, we were so ready […]

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About Carrie

Carrie is a former high school English teacher, turned stay-at-home mom to three children. Her blog Carrie On, Y'all chronicles the misadventures of raising children through a lens of sarcasm, poor housekeeping skills, and mediocre attempts to stay sane. She lives in Arkansas (yes, people live there!) with her husband, three children, dog, and cat. Read More…

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