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Mom Used To Say Monday: Grown-Ups are Just Kids With a Better Veneer

July 15, 2019 By Vicky Leave a Comment

Mom Used To Say Monday: Grown-Ups are Just Kids With a Better Veneer

I used to believe that once I became a mom, I’d be a full-fledged adult. If I’m in charge of raising other human beings, I should be done growing up myself, right? Wrong. ⠀⠀ Apparently, life-long learning is a thing & some of us are slow learners… meaning we wrestle with the same bullshit over […]

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Filed Under: Life with My Mom, Mom Used to Say Monday, Still growing up myself Tagged With: aging, humor, life lessons, losing a parent, losing your mom, mom, mom advice, Mom Knows Best, Mom Used to Say, Mom Used to Say Monday, Mom Wisdom, motherhood, Still Growing Up Myself, words of wisdom

How to be a Successful Parent Like Me

April 29, 2016 By Vicky 6 Comments

How to be a Successful Parent Like Me

Many literary experts agree there are approximately seven plot lines in existence. Every story, no matter the setting, characters, climax, or resolution, is simply a variation of one of these seven main plots. One could argue this is true in parenting as well. The lessons which teach our children are all variations of a handful […]

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Filed Under: Raising two kids, Still growing up myself Tagged With: funny, humor, Life With Boys, motherhood, parenting, Raising Two Kids, Still Growing Up Myself

Real Life Instagram Filter Names

November 3, 2015 By Vicky 14 Comments

Real Life Instagram Filter Names

I embraced turning 40. I felt stronger, happier, more content in my own skin than I had at any other point in my life. My marriage was strong, my friendships established. I had accepted my flaws and my pants size… Well, maybe not “accepted” my pants size. But I definitely worried about it much less […]

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Filed Under: Just for Laughs, Still growing up myself Tagged With: aging, funny, humor, Still Growing Up Myself, thisis40'ish

Time For Bed: A Monologue

October 1, 2015 By Vicky 8 Comments

Time For Bed: A Monologue

  Time for bed! I said, time for bed! I’m sorry you don’t want to, but it’s time. Please put your shoes and socks where they belong. Both shoes. All the socks. Well, they certainly aren’t mine. Go brush your teeth. Leave your brother alone. Don’t forget toothpaste. Stop touching your brother. Brush your teeth! […]

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Filed Under: Life with boys, Raising two kids Tagged With: boys, humor, motherhood, parenting

How to Parent Without Using Words

March 26, 2015 By Vicky 11 Comments

How to Parent Without Using Words

Men speak approximately 7,000 words per day.* Women speak approximately 20,000 words per day.* Mothers speak 2,846,325 words per day… **   and most of them are the same phrases repeated over and over and over. Put your backpack away pick up your shoes make your bed brush your teeth stop touching your brother don’t […]

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Spike and I have come to a mutually beneficial agreement

May 14, 2013 By Vicky 49 Comments

Spike and I have come to a mutually beneficial agreement

I’m not quite sure if I should be flattered that so many of you have inquired about Spike in recent weeks or slightly affronted that you seem to care more about him than me…? But as the title states, Spike and I have recently come to a mutually beneficial agreement regarding our relationship. Well, he […]

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Filed Under: Life with Spike Tagged With: a dog's life, funny, humor, life with Spike, Spike

Milestones that don’t make The Baby Book

April 25, 2013 By Vicky 32 Comments

Milestones that don’t make The Baby Book

This calendar was great because it made documenting stuff easier. Of course it also made me a total spaz as I wondered why my kid wasn’t doing many of them! (Never mind the fact that he was only 4 weeks old.) Childhood milestones are the highlight of early motherhood.  For me, they were the proverbial pat […]

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Filed Under: Life with boys, Raising two kids Tagged With: boys, humor, Life With Boys, motherhood, Raising Two Kids

My kids are a couple of TALKBLOCKERS!

February 6, 2013 By Vicky 38 Comments

My kids are a couple of TALKBLOCKERS!

There’s a language that exists among mothers that desperately needs to be studied by both linguists and social archaeologists.  I believe it could be the basis of a cultural revolution of epic proportions. Better yet, it is something the military should look into.  Thousands of Special Ops Soldiers could become even more, er, special if […]

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Street Smart vs. Book Smart

November 9, 2012 By Vicky 3 Comments

Street Smart vs. Book Smart

Sometimes I worry about my kids.  I don’t mean “worry” in the traditional sense.  It’s not so much the everyday worries like “There are evil people in the world” or “What if my kid gets sick or injured?”  My worries aren’t based in any sort of fear of the unknown. Simply put my fear stems […]

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