Archive for the reluctant mother Tag

Boy or Girl?!

Friday, we have an ultrasound.  I will be 18 weeks and a few days pregnant at this one.  So I would imagine we’ll learn whether we are having a boy or a girl. Curiously enough?  I don’t care.  In fact, several times in the past couple week, I’ve even forgotten about the appointment entirely. I thought I might care.  Maybe
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Because I Need To Get Something, ANYTHING Finished

Oh mah word!  This place.  Our house is starting to look like an episode of Hoarders.  And it’s not because we have a ton of stuff.  It’s because I can’t seem to find the time to get said stuff organized and put in its designated places. Of course, I thought I had all this time to get my act together
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“I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” The Reluctant Mother Edition

All of you regular readers are well aware I’ve been complaining (probably ad nauseam) about my second pregnancy.  It’s been much more difficult physically than the first.  In fact, to be perfectly candid, there have been multiple occasions when I deeply regretted our decision to get pregnant again. And all along, I’ve had the nagging feeling something was wrong. .
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The self-imposed time out?  What the hell?

Hey Everybody, Mac Learned a New Trick!

This kid of mine. . .I’ll tell you what, there’s no limit to the places he’ll go in this world! He clearly has the perseverance and stamina to pursue even the most difficult of challenges. He’s unstoppable! And that is exactly why he has me positively insane. Thanks to his ingenuity and relentless pursuit of things he shouldn’t be touching,
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I Am NOT Your Child’s ENTERTAINMENT!

Yesterday, we did what we always do:  Took a long walk in the park and went to the playground. Before I get to the point of this story I just want to mention I was THRILLED to see that the Spot-A-Pots are back in the Park.  A sign of spring as sure as the Eastern Phoebes, Golden Crowned Kinglets, and
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The tenacity of this plant ain't no damned joke.

April Fool’s Jokes. . .And a Toddler

  I love me a good April Fool’s joke.   All the years I was gainfully employed, I had plenty of opportunities to partake in April Fools Jokes.  It started early in my working career at Wendy’s.  In fact one day wasn’t even enough for all the jokes we played upon one another to pass the time.  There were faux
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Reluctant Mother Is Tempted To Sleep With Another “Man”

Those eyes!  That hair! My heart beats a little faster when I think about him. He’s cute! Charming. Smart too. Should I? Should I give into my temptation and just do it? It’s sooooooo tempting. No one has to know.   Maybe just once? One time? I could cuddle him so hard! NO!  NO!  NO!! What am I thinking? STOP
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Will The REAL Wubby Please Stand Up?

Yet again I did something I THOUGHT was kinda’ clever at the time I was doing it.  That should probably be written on my tombstone as certainly this sort of thinking will be the death of me. Anyway, when we were expecting Mac, I picked up several big packs of those Microfiber car detailing cloths in the automotive section of
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In Which Sour Cream Nearly Causes The Kid To Have A Nervous Breakdown

Do you think toddlers know when they are acting like a jerk? I mean when I was a kid, I recall being able to recognize that I was behaving like an asshole. . .not that it stopped me. . .sometime around the age of four.  Yet I’m not sure what the state of my self-awareness was prior to that. I’m
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Because I SAID SO!!

Tonight my Husband cut me off. I know you’re all thinking he cut me off from the rum and how smart that was of him. . .but you’re WRONG SUCKAS’! He cut me off mid-sentence. Chris asked a simple question:  He asked if dog should come upstairs to bed with him as he was going to bed before me and
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