As a mom of three children, ages 7, 4, and almost 2, I sit in a lot of car lines waiting for my kids. I wait to drop them off, I wait to pick them up, I wait. And wait. I attempt to appease those unlucky kids who are in the back seat also waiting […]
Part 2: Dear Targeted Marketing People, Oops, You Did It Again!
The other day, I received a comically-inappropriate-for-my-stage-of-life magazine in the mail, and I proceeded to match the magazine’s outfits with my daily activities as a stay-at-home mom to three young kids. I laughed it off as a marketing mistake and moved on. Well, guess what? Another copy of Mercury (not the magazine’s real title) […]
With Spring Comes Stupidity
Spring has sprung here in Arkansas, and along with the minivans and college kids’ 90’s-model Honda sedans fleeing to the beach, stupidity has also sprung. I am not immune to the stupidity of spring and have concocted a few stupid ways that we now have to spend $200 to prove it. But I’ve also found other […]
The Stay-at-Home Mom’s Guide to Sick Days
Recently, my family endured an 11-day bout of “someone in this family has something gross coming out of some orifice.” It. Was. Awesome. I couldn’t even write a blog post because I was constantly doing something for some poor child of mine. I never counted loads of laundry, Lysol spray bottles, or hand sanitizer applications, but I […]
Carrie On Parenting: Killers of the Dream
If you’re like me, you’ve noticed that American Idol wannabes are once again lining America’s streets, hoping to be the next Carrie Underwood or Kelly Clarkson (I know they were from seasons 1 and 2, but I can barely remember any winners since, except the Arkansas winner I saw in the Kroger once!). The new […]
Confessions of a Disgruntled Elf on the Shelf
Dear Santa, I don’t mean to complain, but these people are crazy. I’ve been with this family since 2007, and while they seem relatively nice and normal to their friends on the outside, I see them as they really are. I see the everyday chaos that ensues, and frankly, I’m not sure if this entire […]
Jobs I’m Now Qualified to Hold After Becoming a Mother
I have been a stay-at-home mom for exactly 18 months now. Though we miss my salary (heehee…I was a high school English teacher, so it’s not like Donald Trump has left the building or anything), Jeff and I both agree that this is the best move for our family right now and for the foreseeable […]
Carrie On Housekeeping: St. Becky of Gladeville
Friends, I am many things, good and bad, but I am not, will most likely never be…a cleaner. I define the difference between “neat” and “scrubbed-clean” in very strict terms. Our home is neat. We pick up after ourselves (read: I pick up the kids’ stuff, or Jeff gets frustrated and does it, or I threaten the children with […]
Carrie On Parenting: Revenge of the Wolf-Criers
I truly love the story of “the boy who cried ‘Wolf.’” It sank in to me when I was little and throwing a big fit about nothing at all, and my wise mother ingrained in me the idea of only making a fuss over things that really deserve it…because, in our family, we don’t sweat the small […]
A Story I Hope to Never Tell My Daughter (and Apologies to Andrew)
When I was in the 10th grade, I found a note in my locker. Kids, we used to have these things called pencils and pens. If we wanted to communicate with our friends, we would write a note. On a piece of notebook paper. With a pen or pencil. It was not instantaneous, and sometimes […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- Next Page »