Girlfriends are the best. If you don’t have one, get one. I’m reminded on a daily basis how important my girlfriends are to me. Nothing or no one can replace them. I love, need and adore my husband, my child, my family but it’s not the same. My girls understand the trials and tribulations of [...]
ALERT!! PSA!! PLEASE READ!! Recently I logged onto my computer to pay bills and other boring stuff when I saw a headline on my MSN homepage, “Eight New Denim Trends Worth Trading Your Skinny Jeans For”. That looked like a great way to put off the depressing task of paying bills plus I might learn [...]
Please welcome guest blogger Mary Beth! Smart and creative marketing professional, mother of three, wife of a volunteer super coach, new owner of an old home and just like us, Hardly Getting By! -Kristen It happened to me today. I realized my kids aren't little anymore. It wasn't sassy back-talk or eye-rolling disgust when I say something utterly [...]
Today is Sunday. Many people go to church today but lots of us with children who play sports go to “the field” on Sunday. Therefore, I’ve created the 10 Commandments of Youth Sports that we can follow to at least give us a slight chance to get into heaven. Remember the Sabbath day, to [...]
Let’s talk about our (ok, my) odd behaviors, also (in my case) called neurosis. Most of us have at least a few odd and unexplainable habits. For example: -I have a grandfather clock in my foyer and I hate it when I forget to wind it and it stops completely. It freaks me out a [...]
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I have a confession to make. I’m a hypochondriac (although I really don’t think so). Pretty much every day I think I have a new sort or ailment, syndrome or disease. Today, I think it’s a non-cancerous cyst in my ovary. It must be. My stomach has been a bit bloated (fat?) for the past [...]
What do you get when you put together : 5 days of kids without school, PMS, a husband who is working late 3 days straight, 2 GIANT chin zits, autism and 2 part time jobs while negotiating #3? You get a SHIT STORM. This is a Mommy emergency people! I am a "glass half full" [...]
In honor of Valentine’s Day tomorrow, I’d like to share my initial responses to a handful of the suggestions I read in an article titled “28 Ways to Have a Sexy February.” Send a flirty text ("Psst, hey tiger, my gas from last night is gone) Compliment him (“I love how you picked up your [...]
No, this isn’t a tribute to Britney Spears. Actually, I’m referring to the fact that I have no memory left. This morning I posted a #tbt (throw back Thursday) picture on Instagram. No problem right, except that it’s Friday. I've done it twice in the last month and both times there was no question in [...]
