We are attempting the trendy stay-cation this week, having a vacation at home. So far the result has been mixed. Yesterday we went to the Adventure Landing water park, and Husband and I were pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t a more appalling place to be. The pool water was actually cool and refreshing, considering the Read More
My ex-friend broke up with me about two years ago. She said I was too judgmental and hypercritical. I was shocked. I cried about it to my husband. “I am not judgmental,” I told myself, and everyone who would listen. Now I’ve changed my mind, and I have a confession to make: I’m judgmental. Just Read More
We all have moments or occurrences that have changed our lives. I have five: meeting my husband, meeting each of my children, and having a hysterectomy three years ago. My uterus served me no purpose in life, and I was glad to be rid of it. I dance through the tampon aisles. Whenever I see Read More
The big kids drew brown marker stripes on the baby’s butt and the toilet overflowed and the Pterodactyl tracked poopy water everywhere. We bought two pairs of shoes for the Diva and brought the wrong pair home and while I was driving I had to stop a fight about who had more imaginary lollipops and Read More
One year for my birthday my father gave me a blanket for riding bareback on my horse, and I still think of it as the best childhood present ever. Another year he came home late from a business trip on my birthday and gave me a rubber snake. Which was weird. But it was from Read More
Forgive my lackluster computer skills. You shouldn’t have any more trouble leaving comments after the posts. Sorry about that, girls and boys. I know how y’all like to gab. xo tricia
When I was in kindergarten my parents had a strict rule against riding bikes in the street. One day, while Mom was shopping and my sisters and I were with a babysitter, I broke the rules and was hit by a car. (I learned my lesson, though.) Soon after that, I peed on top of Read More
When I tell people I have three kids — or when they spot me at the pool simultaneously trying to pull my bathing suit top back on, wiping baby snot on the tiles and jerking the Tyrant’s head out of the water — they inevitably comment that I must be very busy. But “busy” is Read More
Are you there, God? It’s me, Tricia. I’m flying down the road right now and I could really use some of that patience that you and Job have made into some sort of virtue. The Pterodactyl has unbuckled his seat belt in order to grab the Tyrant’s lunch box, and there’s no place for me Read More
I like wine. But I can’t drink as much as I used to for a number of reasons. First, my middle-aged metabolism has changed and I seem to get tipsy…okay, drunk…a little more quickly now. I think I used to be cute in a flirty, happy way when I was tipsy/drunk. Now that I have Read More
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