So I don’t blog any more, but when I do blog, it’s to complain. I don’t  mean to not blog; I actually think daily of something I’d love to write about, but then I have to finish up work, and then go pick Simon up and pray that he didn’t maim somebody at school that day, then go home, then go get Declan and spend 30 minutes herding him...

Today I had one of the worst play dates in the history of bored mothers. And it reminded me that really, play dates are not one bit about the kids but 100 percent about the moms. As they should be. But today’s was the  equivalent of a root canal. Combined with food poisoning. In a dumpster. So here’s what happened. The other day, I get a random phone...

So today, my friend Chris posted this article from CNN.com called “Stop Being a Micromanaging Mom,” and commented that she is the “anti-helicopter mom.” After reading the article, I was glad to see that I, too, join her in those ranks, and rather than thinking of myself as lazy, I know consider myself a parenting EXPERT. It’s...

Today was Declan’s Christmas party at school, and I had a HUGE freak out when I (mistakenly) thought that several of his classmates had brought gifts for the other kids. (There was goodie bags and various other holiday accouterments in his backpack, I was in a rush and didn’t look at them, then I filled with rage, etc.) I was wrong, but during the time...

An Open Letter to the fellow patrons of Saturday Open Play at the local bouncy house: Dear Rednecks, Yea, I said it. So what. Sue me. Look, you have every right to be there, and I expect to see you. I expect to see you at the zoo, and the “bad” mall on my side of town and pretty much everywhere else we go. I live in your territory, so I accept your...

About 8 years ago, the newspaper that employed me, The News Leader, decided to give me space in the paper to write a column. I have no idea what they were thinking, but being an attention monger, I was all over it like white on rice. Anyway, one of my favorite columns was my Halloween piece. Mainly because I thought it was hilarious. So every year for the past few,...