Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Pissy mussings, Play, Safety on Apr 30th, 2012
Earlier this week we were all outside. The kids were playing basketball. Well, maybe playing isn’t the right word. “Mommmm, she won’t share.” “Little Girl, share.” “No, it’s my turn.”(Scuffling and pushing ensues.) “Girls, stop it. Big Girl, just let her play with it for another two seconds.” (Said dramatically) “No, it’s my ball. Besides, [...]
Posted in exercise, Pissy mussings on Jan 25th, 2012
I snuck out of work this morning, hitting the gym at 9:30 instead of my office chair. My husband is going out tonight. I knew I needed a spin class, but I didn’t want to dump the girls in childcare from 7 until 8 p.m., especially since the little one’s bedtime is 7:15. After dropping [...]
Posted in Pissy mussings on Nov 3rd, 2011
Last night I fell in a hole. Literally. Remember when a tree fell down in my backyard? When the hurricane hit? Well, at the time we removed the portions of the tree that had fallen on my neighbor’s house and my fence, but we were unable to get the giant root ball or the bottom [...]
Posted in Pissy mussings on Sep 30th, 2011
The kids have off from school this Thursday and Friday for the Jewish holidays. I have a long white paper due on Friday. My husband, wanting to help out, brought Little Girl with him to work. There’s an emergency childcare option right in his office. Big Girl went to hang out with Grandma. (Or as [...]
Posted in Environment, Pissy mussings, Toxins on Sep 26th, 2011
We have had a rainy and therefore VERY buggy summer. The mosquitoes are so bad that, only a few weeks ago, I actually took Little Girl to the aftercare center thinking she was having an allergic reaction. I put her into her carseat in my car and drove three miles. By the time I got [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Pissy mussings on Sep 3rd, 2011
Over the past 24 hours I have cried three times while reading Facebook status updates. This is not normal or good. It actually sucks. I won’t bore you with the details, but I am sure you could figure one or two of them out. Okay, I’ll tell you about one: A high school alum just [...]
Posted in babies, Birth, Health, Illness, Pissy mussings, Pregnancy on Aug 31st, 2011
Full disclosure: I had a miscarriage on Monday morning around 3:30 a.m. I was due in March. The baby’s heart stopped beating around the six week, three day point of gestation. I found out on Tuesday, August 16th, but only miscarried this week because I opted to miscarry naturally. I had a miscarriage at home [...]
Posted in Pissy mussings on Aug 30th, 2011
Hurricane Irene hit us this weekend. It was not fun. Actually, it really, really sucked. We’re all safe, but my yard is a mess. One of my favorite shady trees, which was healthy I might add, was just blown over. The wind just pushed it down like it was a thin reed. The storm itself [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Pissy mussings on Aug 23rd, 2011
I have been staying close to home lately. (Long story…) I decided to catch up on scrapbooking. I feel especially guilty about Little Girl’s books — or lack of. Big Girl has about eight completed books including a fairly obsessive pregnancy book with about 30 belly shots. As of last week, Little Girl had one [...]
Posted in parenting, Pissy mussings on Aug 15th, 2011
There are plenty of CEOs out there who also happen to be parents. I wonder which job they think is harder: being a parent or being an executive. I’d be willing to bet it’s most would say being a parent — hands down. As parents, we are in total control. There’s no executive board to [...]