House Cleaning Jams Playlist, Part 2
These are songs that “spark joy” for me. They help make cleaning up around the house doable. This is super important because when you have children
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The 10 Friends You Need at Each Duty Station
Maybe you can relate. Here are a few of my favorite kinds of friends. Which one are you? Which one am I for you? I think I’m different ones for different people, depending on their circumstances.
» Read moreThere is no normal. Just ask Rosie.
This house must be cleaned and decorated so that we can fool people into thinking we have our acts together!! Ahem. I mean so we can make our guests comfortable, yes,
» Read moreCoping with the Move Part II: Less Solitaire
Two weeks ago I blogged about how I cope with the move, most of it in the form of counterproductive coping mechanisms. I was playing Solitaire and Jeopardy all day, in between chores and meal serving. The kids are still home all day for the summer, so obviously I was also doing my share of microwaving corndogs and settling petty disputes. I vowed to do better. More healthy coping strategies! I will talk it out, blog, and not hide away […]
» Read morePoppySeed Chicken Recipe: My Most Requested Dish
If I get an email or Facebook message from a friend I haven’t seen in 5 or 10 years, odds are high they need my poppyseed chicken recipe again. I have had SO MANY phone calls over this one recipe. I’m not promising this is a healthy dish, but it is filling and delicious. Shout out to my college roommate, Nikki, who taught me this one. I’m pretty sure it was the first chicken recipe I ever learned besides “put […]
» Read moreWhat Coping Mechanisms Work for You?
Sadness got to me a little bit this week. Moving can be mentally hard. I can say that today without feeling too embarrassed about it because I feel like we turned things around by Thursday or Friday, and we had a good weekend. There’s an unhealthy, or as goodtherapy.org put it “maladaptive”, behavior I engaged in far too much this week: playing hours of Tri-Peaks Solitaire and the World Tour Jeopardy app on my phone. These are coping mechanisms I […]
» Read moreHow to Start Your Day off With Positivity
It is so important to start your day off with positivity! The news, your Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, those things are all iffy. Let’s talk about a better way to start your day. Every morning I wake up, and I do the same first few things. In the summer, I sleep a little later, and I still kind of zombie-walk down to the kitchen, pour my coffee, and plop myself down on a sofa. Sometimes, on my way to the sofa, […]
» Read moreHow do you think positively 2 weeks after moving?
Positive thinking is the OPPOSITE of unrealistic expectations, which are perhaps the biggest enemy of my lifetime. Unrealistic, idealistic expectations–ugh-
» Read moreSo this is the problem with blogging..
It turned out my life as a mom was actually the reason I loved writing. Mostly, I just love being a mom. Thanks to our current sky-high cultural expectations, I’m constantly feeling inferior because I am a house-keeping mom instead of a working mom, and I tried to find ways
» Read moreOur Favorite Red Velvet and Pound Cake Recipes
I don’t know about you, but at Christmas, I do a TON of baking….mostly because I don’t have enough money to buy people things they want, but by golly I can BAKE things people want. Right? We are so lucky in our family because we have all these delicious recipes handed down from generation to generation. Maybe it’s the French heritage in my mother’s side, or the fact that they were so gifted in the kitchen no one would ever […]
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