A Toast to the RollerCoaster Ride that is Motherhood
Whining Down: Life Particles A few weeks ago, my husband casually mentioned switching up the girls’ beds and moving our oldest to her own room. When I didn’t answer right away, he seemed confused as to why I checked out for, what seemed like hours but amounted to a second. I took a cleansing breath, and gave him just the trailer of the giant Motion PITA he had implanted into my brain … [Read more...]
Whining Down: Le’go of the Gavel and Pick up a Glass My daughters like Legos. My bare feet can’t stand them (wink), my vacuum thinks THEY suck, and my Virgoian tendencies believe they are tiny tiles from the bathrooms of hell. But they keep little fingers busy and little minds creatively moving so I tolerate their infestation. My 8-year-old approaches her creations … [Read more...]
Whining Down Little Wins: And the Momblet goes to…. “Poop and poop and poop and poop…poop and poop and YEEHAW!!!!” That sentence right there is a little ditty that my husband and I made up during potty training. It comes with some clapping and knee slaps, but that’s not really making it sound cooler so I’ll just stop trying. This is just one of the MANY things I never thought … [Read more...]
Whining Down Valentine’s Day Downloaded! Happy Valentine’s Day…or for some: “Oh Crap…this again!” I have to say… I HEART Valentine’s Day; especially now that I am a mom. Watching my girls deliberate over perfect word choice and THE ideal cartoon character for each classmate’s card brings me back to the SAME struggles I had back in the day (except my Valentines weren’t … [Read more...]
Whining Down: A recent wine tasting trip with my husband brought me several surprising gifts (listed in no particular order and not including the very many corks we brought home…and definitely not including the Amy Winehouse bedhead): 1. A fresh perspective on parenting. 2. A reinvigorated marriage. 3. Validation. Let me start with number 1. I’ve always held wine (hee, hee) in … [Read more...]
Whining Down Pinterwhatnow? What is red and white and green all over? My recycling bin of empty wine bottles. December is a month of consumption, and the meat of a season I call, “Wineter”; in which every occasion seems to contain the phrase: “it will go nicely with some wine.” Observe: “I cannot wait for dinner to finish microwaving. It will go nicely with some … [Read more...]
Whining Down: Trim the Fat I have a big ‘but’ relationship with BER months (SeptemBER, OctoBER, NovemBER and DecemBER). I really love this time of year…’but’ I’m often over scheduling and missing out on the important stuff. Back to school is exciting, ‘but’ the kids need to be put back on a schedule. The days leading up to Halloween are always electric, ‘but’ I am anxious … [Read more...]
If a female was elected president, the first thing she’d do is surround herself with strong, decisive, selfless, compassionate, engaging, intelligent, and assertive people called women. And once a month, she’d call a mandatory White Wine House meeting so that the really big issues receive proper communal dissection. Women have been through it all, and when I am seeking empathetic advice or … [Read more...]
Whining Down: Caution: Mombie Crossing Excuse the questionable reference here, but if you’ve watched the movie “Overboard” you’ll remember the scene where Goldie Hawn slouches catatonic on a couch while her ‘son’ throws grapes at her face…and all she can say is “bah, bah, bah, bah”. It’s back to school season, and if you can relate to this cinematic brilliance than … [Read more...]
In honor of National Picnic Month, our sponsor, Bota Box has supplied each of our writers with free boxed wine to take along on the picnic of their choice. Each of our writers will be reporting back to us on their adventures with essays and photos. Visit www.facebook.com/botabox to share your favorite Picnic spot and be entered to win a custom Bota Box Picnic tote. -------------------- A … [Read more...]
