Giving the kids something to talk about in therapy.
My husband and I take part in a cooking team that makes meals for the Sunday service at our church. We only do it once a month, and it's admittedly a lot of fun. But it's also 4+ hours of hard work prepping, cooking, cleaning, setting up, serving, tearing down, cleaning more... You get the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, my son decided that a good use of his downtime was to take a knife and stab a perfectly good cantaloupe repeatedly. I found it on our counter in the morning. As a result, the Taz got woken up by the wrath of his mom, and all his electronics taken away to show him... Continue Reading →
At the beginning of the year, I wrote a blog article on why I let my daughter move out. She had been hounding me for months, trying to get me to agree that she could move in with her father who lived four hours away. I refused at first. I was the one providing for... Continue Reading →
"It was two lifetimes ago when I left my husband, the father of my children. The next lifetime was spent recovering from the aftermath. But it wasn't until after that first year - when I woke up into my third lifetime – when I realized I could actually survive being a single mother." And so... Continue Reading →
Big news hit this week when Prince William and Duchess Kate appeared with their new bundle of joy for the whole world to see. There was much ado about something – from the excitement over the new heir to the unofficial town crier. But one thing that shouldn’t have made waves among news headlines and... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, I was in a bad place. My mood was totally foul, my patience thin, and everyone was in my way. At the time, I knew that there were several culprits to blame for my negativity. I was feeling pulled in all direction on how to go about marketing my book while... Continue Reading →
Roughly 9 months ago, I was wearing a white wedding dress, and was the smallest size I had ever been in my adult life. I had worked hard to get there, eating healthy foods with no cheating whatsoever, and exercising daily. I was motivated to look my best on my wedding day. Once I set... Continue Reading →
Yet another company is pulling their business from Paula Deen, the Southern celebrity chef with a penchant for fried cooking. The tally is out, and as of right now, Sears, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Smithfield Foods, Caears Entertainment, Food Network, and...I've lost count...are sending back all the Paula Deen cookware, recipe books, and other Deen... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, I loved my mayonnaise. Loved it. I mean, I would actually lick the spoon when I was done adding a ton of it to my tuna. It's not so bad when you're an active kid (sort of), but when you are an adult with slow metabolism, licking the mayo spoon... Continue Reading →
I just found out that tomorrow's family article I write for the newspaper will be the very last one to be in print. This makes me so sad! Thankfully, you can still catch me online at the Press Democrat's family blog at village.blogs.pressdemocrat.com, or here in my personal family blog at winecountrymom.com, where I will... Continue Reading →
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