We took the kids camping this week. Kind of. Our HVAC* fan's motor died yesterday. RIP. And our house reached scorching temps of 85 and 86 degrees because it's 100 degrees outside in October (clearly, Satan doesn't want the bugs to die in South Carolina). So for the last 48 hours, we've donned minimal clothing, [...]
Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. You surrender your body for nine months awaiting a slippery, helpless, hungry human to come barreling out. Then once the new babe is on the outside, you're involuntarily flooded with turbulent emotions that drive you to somehow keep a tiny human fed, dry and warm. Alive. Then they [...]
In our house, we like to celebrate the little parenting wins. Wins like: Getting both kids bathed at least every other day Being on-time-ish literally anywhere Keeping both kids fed - even if a mid-morning snack is yesterday's fossilizing hot dog from under the couch (hey, fed is fed, right??) Peeing alone - and no [...]
That's how my Samsung Galaxy phone auto-corrected my 'crock-pot' text to my mom - so that's what we're calling it. Good job, Galaxy. It's day three of Hurricane Joaquin and his dismal rain-dump here in South Carolina. I complain occasionally about living 12 miles from downtown Columbia - and having to drive 'into town' to [...]
Adrianne Buckley 