My New Year Resolution is to Stop Brushing My Teeth

Seriously.  It is sooo time consuming.  I feel like I'm standing in front of the sink, in the bathroom all the time.  You want me to do it 3 times a day?  No.  Just no.  And don't even get me started on how much toothpaste I have to buy.  I'll just make my own.  Ergh..that takes a lot of time too.  That's it. I'm done.  Hey, at least I tried. Said no one ever. Yet, that's what I hear....

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What you focus on you will find

Happiest of New Year to ya.  Anyone else still in a little bit of shock it's already January? Maybe it's because my 5 year old is STILL out of school and there's YouTube videos blasting weird voices through my house so loud my nose might bleed. Who's kid is that anyways?  Why don't I have a YouTube channel where I play with toys all day and get paid, I'm not quite sure. By the obsessive amount of time she spends watching them,...

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I used to do that too

Hi there.  Lumpkins is sleeping.  Double yay.  Almost all of me wants to be sleeping too.  But I've decided to write to you instead.  You can thank me later.  Or buy me coffee...after November. That's right, many of you saw my declaration of No Drink November.  And I'm sticking to it.  I drink water, my shakes, coffee from home (I'm not a saint people) and an occasional Zevia...which Husband R says...

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#YouAreEnough

I just dropped, literally dropped my mop to write you this.  And when I pause myself when I'm in that mode...you know it's gotta be good.  This is something, as women, that we need to know.  Deep down.  We need to hear it, learn it, remember it.  And if you're a man reading this, know this about the women in your life, your daughters, your wives, your sisters and your mom.  They need you to know this too. I'm...

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Baby C's birth story

Georgia woman has 8lb baby in hospital bathroom. Where's the go pro when you need it? I have a sneaking suspicion we would've broken the Internet by now. If you're thinking this is one of the craziest birth stories you've ever heard from someone you know, I'm sure you're right.  It's definitely on the top of my list for one of the craziest things that's ever happened to me. But actually, besides the toilet paper in the background,...

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Waiting on Baby

I'm still here. And I'm still pregnant.  A good friend texted me to say "You've been pregnant for roughly 11 years." Not quite.  But for 288 days...I've been pregnant.  I'm starting to think I'm part elephant. And all the things to induce labor safely and naturally have been tried.   But there is still a full grown newborn baby inside of me.  Really. I saw her today.  Her cheeks are so chubby.  She's...

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How to say no to the summer slump

Is it the late..oh so late stage of pregnancy talking or am I the only one that feels like telling my kid to go play quietly in her room while I lay in bed until noon sipping multiple cups of coffee, snacks within in my reach, the A/C kicked up to high gear and the very dark black out curtains drawn tightly closed?  It's summer.  I'm lucky I don't have an alarm clock to wake up to.  Unless you consider kindergarten...

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