Chocolate Waffles – Gluten Free!
In my unrelenting quest to revamp otherwise unhealthy foods, my children are my lab rats. They are quite vocal about how much they enjoy (or don’t) my creations. On one …
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Kung Pao Chicken
I love Chinese food! I would eat it every day of my life if I didn’t actually hear my arteries slam shut or my pancreas groan in defeat as I …
If That’s Coyote Poo On My Ceiling I’m Moving Out
I live in a world where I’m simultaneously in love with and grossed out by my children. So basically, I’m a typical mother. The background… I went on a …
Crying Into My Egg Salad Sandwich
Me: Hey, girls…tomorrow. Them: What about it? Me: I’m trying to tell you. I’m getting an MRI and then I have a date so I’ll probably go straight there. Charlie: …
The Time I Dated A Minion
Once upon a time, when my girls were totally into minions, I had a date, and my daughter saw a text from him…. Charlie: Who’s Kevin? Me: A guy I met …
The Virus That Is Going To End Me
I’m not a pansy. Let me lay out the foundation here first and say that I’ve had RA for 15 years. I know pain and discomfort and I’ve become really …
Donut Sleep: Hole-In-The-Middle Insomnia
So virtually my entire family has sleeping problems that seem to commence in our early 30s. It happens so often we have a term for it: Donut sleep. Because there’s …
Just Hit Your Sister And Get It Over With Already
One day my girls just Would Not Stop arguing… Delilah: Mom! Tell her to stop! Charlotte: It’s your fault! Delilah: Stop TOUCHING me! Charlotte: You started it! Me: *has had …
Online Dating vs. Root Canals
I’ve never really been good at dating, and it didn’t improve after I had to enter the awesome world of dating after divorce. I’m actually terrible at it. I don’t …
All Barbie Needs Is A Pole
I’m conflicted about Barbie – the real one, not this alpha version that seems to epitomize my personality. I oddly like her, but she needs someone besides the Golden Globe …