Fun fact: The Salty Mamas are legit besties that talk basically all day long over chat. Because sometimes you just need to have a witness to the crazy that is #momlife. Someone to listen, laugh and commiserate over all the mundane - and insane - stuff that happens on the daily. Or someone to get into a heated debate with over what your Mom Superpower would be. Here is one of those ... Read More about Mom-Style Super Powers
The DaddyQ
This summer, we will all gather for birthday parties, holidays, beach days, pool parties, cookouts and campouts. And at every single one of them, a version of this will occur: A cluster of women will be standing in a circle near a cluster of men. One of the women will bemoan the fact that her husband NEVER cooks. Said husband, from his conveniently adjacent location will hear these words like a ... Read More about The DaddyQ
Happy 4th of July, Kinda
Ah, the Fourth of July. We celebrate our freedom. We eat hot dogs and hamburgers and watch fireworks displays. If we’re lucky, some of us go to the beach or the lake or a pool, and we visit with our friends and family and neighbors, and we soak up what it means to be an American. Unless you’re a certain brand of mother, who lives in a certain kind of neighborhood, who has kids with certain ... Read More about Happy 4th of July, Kinda
Intro to Cheapskating
I’m not totally sure when I jumped the gap between being frugal and being a cheapskate, but here I am, living in the land of pennies and dimes. I count them, I save them, I try to help them grow into strong, confident dollars. I find ways to earn them and work hard not to spend them without long, drawn out conversations with myself and a million lists and plans in my BuJo. But this land of ... Read More about Intro to Cheapskating
Family Breakfast: A Saturday Tradition
Once you’re running around with a herd of kids, some things just don’t happen if you don’t make them a priority. If you don’t give them the sacred status of a “family tradition.” Plans can be cancelled, but you don’t F with tradition. And so it is that every Saturday morning, rain or shine, feeling like it or not, we load up all the kids and head to our local breakfast spot, The Potholder. ... Read More about Family Breakfast: A Saturday Tradition