Today, I stood in the middle of a field and bawled my eyes out. It's a good thing I was wearing absorbent mittens. I've been feeling positively lost lately. For the first time in years, I have absolutely no direction. It's just so frustrating because a few short months ago, I seemed to be on such a solid path. Seemed. [...]
That is SO 2014. I hope.
December 30, 2014 – Posted in: Blogging, Complaining, Okay That's Funny, WritingLately, when I've gotten online, I've found myself to be much less tolerant of...well...just about everything. I haven't exactly been my happiest self recently, and when I'm like this, I tend to have decreased patience for people, children, noise, the internet, and my dirty house. It's why I've all but disappeared from Facebook. The whole place makes [...]
Gifts for You and Pickles from JC
December 2, 2014 – Posted in: Bright Side of Life, Children's Books, Holidays, Worst Mom GiveawaysThe holidays are upon us, and I have to share two of my favorite things in the world right now. One is old and one is new. And just to be clear out of the gate, no one's paying me jack to write any of this. First the old. If you haven't gotten this, you're [...]
How I Got a Little Brighter for BlogHer ’14
November 2, 2014 – Posted in: Beauty, Worst Mom GiveawaysSome of you may recall the hellish problems I've had with my teeth over the last 5-plus years. To quickly summarize, I went to a neuromuscular dentist who tried to adjust my bite and fix all the nerve pain I have in my face. It didn't work and I STILL can't get my molars to [...]
Are You a Halloween Candy Scrooge?
October 20, 2014 – Posted in: Holidays, Manners, Mean People, Tammy ThinksI like Halloween. It's true that we tend to go a little overboard at our house, due in part to our somewhat pathologically obsessive neighbor who converts his entire yard and garage into a graveyard and haunted house every year. But if it weren't for us sticking pirate skeletons in the front yard and hanging [...]
Dear Eric Bolling: I’ll Try Not to Let My Boobs Get in the Way When I Smack You in the Head
September 28, 2014 – Posted in: Conservatives are Funny, Mean People, Media, Tammy ThinksI've been avoiding the news lately. In an effort to de-stress a little, I decided it just wasn't in my best interest to follow the midterm elections too closely or see precisely what was on fire (with the exception of the trees burning a few hundred miles from my house and causing the air to [...]
Two Women Made the MasterChef Finale, but We Really Only Care About the Shoes
September 18, 2014 – Posted in: Mean Girls, Media, TV, Women's IssuesThis week, the two finalists from Season 5 of MasterChef competed for the title of America's Best Home Chef. After first being chosen from a pool of thousands, these extremely talented, self-taught women withstood three months of grueling challenges to become the last ones standing. And, incidentally, they joined other women from the international MasterChef shows when they became part of the [...]
How to Just Be in Graeagle
September 13, 2014 – Posted in: Blogging Betties Podcast, Bright Side of Life, Family, Jasper, Logan's Story, Me Time, Memories, Momless, Things To Do with Kids, Travel, VacationAbout a month ago, I hit a bit of a breaking point. The kids were home for the summer, and I'd been running myself ragged, trying to keep up with social media for the Blogging Betties Podcast. Unfortunately, as we all know, there's no such thing as keeping up with social media. It's like the mail. [...]
Suck It Up, Buttercup
September 4, 2014 – Posted in: Blogging, Elfie, Grown-up Friends, Me Time, Memories, Nevada, Newt, Parenting, Reno, Tammy Thinks, TravelYou know that phenomenon where you put off calling a friend or writing an email because it's going to require carving out a chunk of time that you won't have until you're, I don't know, 90 (which is probably still wrong because my 90-year-old aunt is still pretty frickin' busy)? Or like how you'd really like to clean the inside [...]
Sometimes, You Just Need to Cry in a Closet
July 4, 2014 – Posted in: Cancer Sucks, Grief, Momless, Mouths of Babes, Newt, Sappy Tammy, Tammy Thinks"I'm going to keep these dinosaurs. Just because they're the ones from Nan, so they're special to me." My 11-year-old son, Newt, is going through a box of toys, figuring out which ones to give away. When he says this. I actually feel my entire body relax. My mother died five years ago on July [...]
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