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Chore Charts for Kids: Saving Mom’s Summer Sanity

June 24, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 2 Comments

Chore Charts for Kids: Saving Mom’s Summer Sanity

At our house, summer boredom, screaming fights, messy everything, and me somehow acting as mediator/maid/short order cook has caused me to reevaluate how I wanted to spend the summer with my three kids. First of all, let me be clear. I’m NOT a Pinterest mom. Far from it, actually. I love and admire those organized, super-creative, […]

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Yurt So Good: Camping for Families Who Don’t Usually Camp

June 19, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 2 Comments

Yurt So Good: Camping for Families Who Don’t Usually Camp

Last weekend, my family and I had the opportunity to camp for two nights in an Arkansas state park, in a yurt. Don’t know what a yurt is? I’ll explain. A yurt is a circular domed tent. Portable yurts do exist, but the yurt where we stayed was a permanent structure. The yurt has a […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: camping with kids, family camping, Petit Jean State Park, yurt

How SAHMotherhood Is Like Being Cinderella

June 16, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all Leave a Comment

How SAHMotherhood Is Like Being Cinderella

Yesterday, as Cinderella was dancing across our TV screen and I was fishing a toy out from under the couch and cleaning whatever I could get while I was at it, I realized something. I’m Cinderella. I work for no pay. I’m expected to cook, clean, do laundry, and be pleasant while all that’s going on. […]

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Breaking Mommish

June 2, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 8 Comments

Breaking Mommish

Only a few months after I married my husband back in 2006, I peed on a stick, there was a plus sign, another plus sign, and two lines a couple of times (this was kind of a shock, so I needed lots of confirmation), and I became a mom. I had always wanted to be a […]

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Bartending for Moms Everywhere…You’re Welcome

May 27, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 1 Comment

One of my favorite movies from childhood was the 1991 blockbuster hit City Slickers. You’ve probably seen it, so I won’t bore you with the plot summary, but the screenplay’s writers were definitely onto something with the Barry and Ira Shalowitz characters, a pair of adventure-seeking brothers who owned an ice cream empire and one of whom, […]

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T-Ball Practice Is Cancelled, and Other Ballpark Drama

May 21, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 1 Comment

Every time a t-ball practice is cancelled, the coach gets his wings. Yesterday afternoon, I received the BEST group text ever. No practice tonight and NO GAME on Saturday morning? This is my kinda team! Can I tell you how happy things like this make me? Just…giddy, if we’re being completely honest about it. I […]

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Carrie On Parenting: The (New) “Would You Rather” Game

May 18, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 3 Comments

Our friends laugh out loud when they see my husband Jeff and me play Rock-Paper-Scissors in parenting situations. The rules are time-honored: we play the best of three rounds, the winner may not gloat, and the loser must do the assigned task without too much griping. After all, he/she lost it fair and square. We have […]

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Growing Up on Social Media…The Hard Way

May 12, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 1 Comment

Facebook.Twitter.Instagram.Pinterest.Flickr.Google+. This morning, another TimeHop update popped into my phone, and I realized that my kids are growing up online. Not because they made that choice, but because I am posting their pictures (both adorable and unruly), their cute sayings, the messes they make, my good-bad-ugly parenting moments, their good-bad-ugly kid moments, and our lives in […]

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A Dose of Sweetness, Reality, Humor, and Murder on Mother’s Day

May 10, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all Leave a Comment

You know the Mother’s Day when you get the sleeping late, the spa pedicure, the cut flowers, the showering of gifts, gift cards, and the afternoon nap? I got some (not all) of it. But I totally loved my Mother’s Day, complete with its dose of sweetness, reality, humor, and murder. Yes, MURDER. Sweetness: Breakfast in bed! […]

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To My Mama

May 8, 2015 by Carrie On, Y'all 3 Comments

Carrie, age 6: Mom, why can’t you throw the ball like I do? You aren’t a very good water skier, are you? That’s okay. You’re a pretty good singer. I still love you. What’s for dinner? Carrie, age 12: Ugh, Mom. You are SO embarrassing! Why won’t you let me do what all the other 7th graders […]

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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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