January 20, 2019
Summer was half a year ago, and I’m sitting here wearing my hygge robe, drinking hot tea. This last summer was a hot one, and the one coming, well who knows. Not to be a Negative Nancy, but I don’t have my hopes up that this one will size up to last year’s, given our climate in Upstate NY! But…
January 7, 2019
Hi, friends! This post is for my local peeps, but if you are simply entertained by my writing (laughing with me or at me??), keep on reading. Visiting libraries is one of our go-to family activities. They’re cheap; free, come to think of it! Well, as long as you are diligent about returning books on time. Our libraries around here…
January 3, 2019
Hi guys! So pumped to share with you that season 2 of my podcast, Short Stories: A Podcast on Mommyhood Matters by The Shortest Tallman, is coming out next week! Monday, January 7th, 2019 to be precise! What can you expect from Season 2? Well, I plan on it being somewhat similar to season 1- so, an extension of my…
November 21, 2018
Self Care is a word that’s being thrown around a lot, especially within mom-media. I think it’s great! You can’t take care of others if your own cup empty. If you can, it’s only because you’re doing it on the surface and eventually it will catch up to you and you’ll explode, or implode. You probably know exactly what I’m…
November 12, 2018
Chores… can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. We’ve tried a few different ways, but we just couldn’t get them to stick. Naturally, as a stay at home mom, the bulk of the cleaning gets done by me, but I had gotten myself into a rut where no one was pitching in in a systematic way, and it’s asking…
September 6, 2018
Last year, I wrote this post about giving a Meet the Teacher gift. For me, I don’t always do it, but if I think about it, I’ll do it. I consider it a pretty low-pressure thing, so if I don’t do it, it’s not something I stress over. I am a big believer in small gestures, so it’s something that…
September 1, 2018
Well, this is a space I thought I’d never find myself in. The space of September approaching, and instead of having the anxiety/excitement pit in my stomach of another year beginning, an emptiness. Or, maybe it’s an oddly misplaced feeling of neutrality. Basically, it feels weird. This is what it feels like for an ex-teacher. Or at least, this ex-teacher.…
May 20, 2018
Hey there, Shorties 🙂 What’s with all this meditation crap, anyway??? I mean… who has the time? Who has the patience? What good does it even do? I know. Even though I’ve been doing this now for almost a year, I still feel this way a little. But like, yeah, it kind of is the ish. Here’s the thing: our…
May 2, 2018
Hey there, Shorties! Allergies… what a phenomenon these days. Seems like more and more kids have food allergies than ever before. I have no idea why, and thank God, my family is food allergy free. However, I do have lots of friends with kids who have allergies, so I have been learning over the years about what it is like…
March 12, 2018
Hi, Shorties! Kids are unique. Everyone’s kids have their own personalities, and I’ve often had the conversation with parents about how fascinating it is how kids can have such unique personalities, even when raised by the same parents in the same house. One thing we all live with is emotions. And tantrums. Gah. Are you shaking your head like me?…