It Must Be Summer Because I’m Freezing
During summer, my family has an exciting and challenging game we play. This game is called “Keeping the House Cool During a Heat Wave While Not Using the Air Conditioner.” I hate this game with a passion equaled only by my love for shoes.
Read More..>>How to Speak Dad
You know, when I was growing up, we had momisms—sayings my mom yelled at us over and over. Of course, Dad was an equal partner in the parenting, so we had dadisms yelled at us as well. So for Father’s Day, I put together a list of my Dad’s Greatest Hits and my rebuttals. Because [...]
Read More..>>The Truth About Men and Women And Vocabulary
Recently a study from Northwestern University revealed that girls have a built-in neurological advantage over boys in that girls have better use of language. I swear, the people conducting the research had to have been a bunch of men raised on a deserted island who have never, ever talked to a female before. Because, frankly, [...]
Read More..>>We’re Experiencing…
Okay, so we’re having some technical difficulties here at Manic Motherhood. And by that I mean, the site host and a bunch of other crap that I don’t understand was switched and now I don’t know what I am doing. Which isn’t all that new–since I never actually knew what I was doing. But be [...]
Read More..>>Revenge of the Porta Potties
I’m going to tell you all right now that I don’t do construction. And by that I mean, I don’t like doing it, I don’t like being around when it’s done and frankly, just thinking about construction pretty much turns me into a big, old cranky-pants.
And that’s why I’ve been a cranky-pants for a while [...]
My Parents Went to Texas and All I Got Was…
I’ll preface this column by saying I love my parents. Unfortunately, Mom and Dad recently retired and apparently, they left behind their brains and common sense to travel the country in their RV. Their plan was to spend the rest of their lives exploring the country. In the summers, the grandkids would join them on [...]
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