• FEVAH!

    Oh, man.  The fever has hit our house. There’s nothing I hate more than a fever in one of my kids.  They are so darn scary!  Neither Bean or Gracie run fevers very…

  • Working Mom Guilt

    There is nothing like the completely helpless feeling that comes when your child is really sick. When they look to you to make them feel better, and you just can’t. That kind of…

  • Nagging vs. Communicating

    Chris and I are coming off the heels of a tough month for our marriage.  We go through these periodically, and I’m hoping that’s fairly normal.  About once a year, there’s a big…

  • So… Yeah…

    I started teaching three years ago with a temporary teaching certificate. Since I don’t have an education degree (though my masters is focused on educational leadership) but did have a degree in my…

  • The Downside of Daycare

    We’ve had our kids in daycare since they were each about four months old. Our health insurance is provided through my job, and so we can’t really afford for me to stay home.…

  • Workin’ It

    I get asked pretty often about life as a working mom. How we do it, what’s hard about it, what I like about it, what I don’t like about it, etc. To new…

  • When Puffalumps Eat Puffs

    Gracie is seven months old now (gasp!) and I started to panic because he daycare teachers told me today that she’s about to move up to the next classroom. In that class, they…

  • Daycare Update

    Two weeks ago, Chris and I decided to change daycares for the kiddies. After a series of events that I just wasn’t comfortable with, we started looking around and found a daycare that…

  • Unexplainable Intuition

    I had a pretty rough day today. I woke up with a headache and that ended up being the high point. What got everything off to a bad start was something that happened…

  • Problem? Solution.

    I have a problem. Or, rather, I HAD a problem. In the mornings when I’d leave my house, I took no less than THREE large bags with me. I had my diaper bag…