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The Fear of Becoming My Mother

May 8, 2017 by Carrie Tinsley 5 Comments

The Fear of Becoming My Mother

  My mother has a song for everything. By trade, she’s an elementary school music teacher, but she has loved music her whole life. No matter the situation, she can break into the perfect song to match the occasion. When I was a teenager, her songs sent me diving under restaurant tables in total embarrassment. […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: fear of becoming my mother, Mother's Day, parenting, parents

Rewriting My Story

April 6, 2017 by Carrie Tinsley 2 Comments

Rewriting My Story

A few years ago, I thought I had life and career and marriage and motherhood all figured out. Feel free to laugh. I was the classic example of “Man plans, God laughs.” When my story changed drastically, it was hard to accept at first. My original life plan was gone, and in its place was […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Teaching Tagged With: parenting, rewriting my story, stay at home mom

Lobster Murder 101

March 20, 2017 by Carrie Tinsley 1 Comment

Lobster Murder 101

There are few things my husband Jeff enjoys more than a delectable fresh seafood dinner, preferably starring a big, juicy lobster. Long ago, we gave up the idea of going to restaurants that don’t serve us from a drive-thru window. We have three kids, and two of them are wild boys whose idea of a […]

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Filed Under: Favorite Posts, Y'all, Humor, stories of us Tagged With: cooking lobsters, funny, humor, lobster murder

Carrie On Y’all’s Redneck Therapy Session

March 13, 2017 by Carrie Tinsley 1 Comment

Carrie On Y’all’s Redneck Therapy Session

People handle stress in many ways…some see counselors or therapists, some exercise, some drink or do drugs. Some people talk about their problems, and others lock their pain away deep inside. To relieve stress, I write, cook, or do something crafty (sometimes with a drink in hand)…  But sometimes I make questionable decisions to lighten […]

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Filed Under: Favorite Posts, Y'all, Humor, stories of us Tagged With: funny, humor, play dates, redneck therapy, removing bushes with truck

I Miss My Kindergartener

August 22, 2016 by Carrie Tinsley Leave a Comment

I Miss My Kindergartener

Over the past two years, I have made a nice little social media/online niche for myself documenting my awkward navigation of stay-at-home motherhood. For all the internet to see, I’ve laughed, cried, and written as a form of therapy while my boys destroyed our house, broke toys, swung from curtains still hanging on their rods […]

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Filed Under: Parenting, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: first day of school, kids, kindergarten, kindergartener, parenting, parents

You’ve Still Got It, Mama

June 15, 2016 by Carrie Tinsley 3 Comments

You’ve Still Got It, Mama

Someday I’d like to introduce my kids to ME, the ME I was before they were born. That girl was fun. She read and wrote all the time and had dinner with friends in cute bistros. She and her boyfriend (now husband and father to the three kids) got lost on back roads in her […]

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Filed Under: Favorite Posts, Y'all, Humor, stories of us, Uncategorized Tagged With: Back flip, bad parenting moments, humor, Isla Mujeres, Mexico, parenting

Hometown Interloper

June 7, 2016 by Carrie Tinsley 2 Comments

Hometown Interloper

  I’m home this week. Not my home in Arkansas where we now live, but back home, in my mom’s house in Tennessee, the house where I grew up, with my three kids and my dog. (The hubs is working out of town.) I’ve visited many times since I left for college in (gulp) 1996, […]

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Filed Under: stories of us Tagged With: hometown, TN, Winchester, you can't go home again

Carrie: Giving Bad Home Haircuts Since 1988

March 4, 2016 by Carrie On, Y'all 17 Comments

Carrie: Giving Bad Home Haircuts Since 1988

This is a picture of me when I turned 10. I’m looking down at my birthday cake, and my bangs are well shorter than society or style recommended, even for 1988. This was a running theme throughout my childhood. When my bangs got too long for my taste, I would sneak into my parents’ bathroom, […]

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Filed Under: Favorite Posts, Y'all, Humor, stories of us Tagged With: funny, haircut, humor, pets

Living in Tiny Houses with Children

February 10, 2016 by Carrie Tinsley 5 Comments

Living in Tiny Houses with Children

If you are an HGTV fan (I am obsessed), then you’ve no doubt been alerted to the tiny house craze that is sweeping the country. Nomads and down-sizers everywhere are selling their suburban sprawls and moving into the most adorably constructed dwellings on the planet. I’m not gonna lie. As a non-cleaner, I’m on board […]

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Share.the.Love Kidsclub: A New Way to Play in Conway, Arkansas

January 18, 2016 by Carrie Tinsley Leave a Comment

Share.the.Love Kidsclub: A New Way to Play in Conway, Arkansas

While booking my son’s 5th birthday party at Share.the.Love, I was able to sit down with owner Erin Conner to find out about Conway’s newest kid-friendly place to be. When I hear about something cool my three kids and I can do, we try it. Walking into Share.the.Love Kidsclub, a new place for children and […]

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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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