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The Mother’s Holiday Survival Guide
It’s that time of year again, when we engage in the ancient pagan ritual of stuffing ourselves until we vomit, followed by watching sweaty men engage in physical combat in an arena in the name of sport. [What? You think the Pilgrims invented overeating?] So, as we traipse across the country (or the city) to [...]
Happy Mother’s Day?
I have a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day. But mostly it’s hate. Every mom has stories of Mother’s Days that have gone awry. The time the kids tried to do something sweet and cook dinner, and the next day your kitchen looked like the sound stage from Gremlins. After the shoot. Or the breakfast in [...]
Sunday Rehash–Pregnancy Rots Your Brain
The hormones of pregnancy, I discovered, kick in very fast. I know this, because seconds after announcing that I was, indeed, pregnant, I became a complete imbecile. While moments before, I was a smart, competent professional, my husband now knew that I needed him to take care of me. I was unable to make even the smallest decision without his input.
It isn’t really his fault. The testosterone that runs the male brain starts screaming, “protect.” Feminism runs headlong into ten thousand years of social and biological evolution, and loses, every time.
The Blissfully Domestic Valentine’s Post (wherein I prove that I’m not)
There’s this Valentine’s Day meme from Blissfully Domestic, in which you are supposed to write a post about how much you love your family and how much you love to be domestic, etc. I do love my family. Most of the time. But they’re boys, so they aren’t into mushy stuff. I only have one [...]
Whose Snot is it, Anyway?
Way back in the dark ages, the great minds were convinced that you caught cold by being cold. We still have a few people out there who believe that (see: Mothers-in-law). Then folks like Pasteur and Hooke and Jenner and Lister came around and invented the Germ Theory of Disease. It goes like this: your [...]
Pregnancy Rots Your Brain
The hormones of pregnancy, I discovered, kick in very fast. I know this, because seconds after announcing that I was, indeed, pregnant, I became a complete imbecile. While moments before, I was a smart, competent professional, my husband now knew that I needed him to take care of me. I was unable to make even [...]
