Tag: Plans are for sissies.

  • UPDATED: My Boobs Broke My Washer

    Look; it’s been a rough season for appliances in our house. I don’t know if we’re doing appliances wrong, or if appliances aren’t built for 47HundredMillion people to use them ALL DAY LONG, or if I’m modeling Breakdown / I Quit / I HONEST TO GOD CANNOT DO ONE MORE THING behavior, or what; I just…

  • This Is Life, And I Quit. Also, I Un-Quit.

    I’ve been burning the candle at both ends lately. Spitting into the wind. Taking one step forward and three steps back, minus the one step forward part. I think that’s pretty much the same thing as being a mom, although I don’t think it’s we moms exclusively who fit those GOOD LORD I’M TIRED clichés. It’s…

  • 10 Haikus About Motherhood

    Here’s how I feel today: pfffttttttt. So I wrote haikus. I don’t know why those things go together, but they do. Without further ado, here are: 10 Haikus About Motherhood Got Out of Bed Late Got out of bed late. Big surprise. By which I mean, No surprise at all. Spilled Coffee Spilled coffee on my…

  • In Retrospect…

    In retrospect, taking 6 kids in 100+ degree weather in a non-air-conditioned vehicle for a 7 hour road trip isn’t the smartest thing I’ve ever done. On the bright side, it’s also not the stupidest thing I’ve ever done, and we invented the most fabulous on-the-go, do-it-yourself, totally-Pinterest-worthy air conditioning system while we were at it. Our system is called…