I was checking out my photo album. I realized I have been lying for a long time. I've been telling people forever that my son was potty trained at 3. Lie. Big fat lie. My son was 4. So if your son is 4 and he's not potty trained. Sorry, but it's no big deal. … Continue reading I Will Not Lie About Potty Training
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Snacks of Desperation
It's somewhere between 1 and 4 hours after dinner. I am sitting at the counter, writing. Minding my own business. And then it happens. Absolutely no warning (except for the fact that it happens every night). I'm starving, I know I haven't eaten in days hours, I am so desperate! I need chocolate, or something. … Continue reading Snacks of Desperation
The First Rule of Battle – Don’t Ever Fall Asleep
You think you're safe do you? You're innocently playing a game of battleship with your son, and you're just so darn comfy on the floor there that you start to nod off... I'm sure the pillow didn't help. Then you hear the boy, "Poppy!! Wake up! You're supposed to be playing with me!" So you … Continue reading The First Rule of Battle – Don’t Ever Fall Asleep
Die Fruit Flies, Die
Fruit flies have clearly perfected the science of traveling through worm holes. #insecttimetravel #einsteinfruitflies — Jen Kehl (@jenkehl) July 19, 2013 Stupid fruit flies and their stupid worm holes. Just for once I'd like to smack my hands together and open them to find a squished sucker. — Jen Kehl (@jenkehl) July 29, 2013 … Continue reading Die Fruit Flies, Die
That’s What Women Are For – To Civilize Men
Corn is flying everywhere as my husband shoves a cob all the way into his mouth. me: you know you are literally eating that like a pig? I do not mean the old cliché, you are eating like a pig. I mean literally - like a hog - on a farm. My husband thinks this … Continue reading That’s What Women Are For – To Civilize Men
Old School Blogging
So my friend Dana over at Kiss My List tagged me in the Old School Blogging Lists of Five. I am happily playing along, because it's fun, and I don't want to think of something serious and poignant to write. Funnily enough, I couldn't think of 5 things I'd like to do before I … Continue reading Old School Blogging
I Am Not Getting A Job
Tonight as I was getting the boy ready for bed he told me out of the blue: I'm going to be the kind of person who doesn't work. Oh really, sweetheart? What are you going to do? Well, I'm not going to work. Well, you have to get a job. Everyone needs a job. I … Continue reading I Am Not Getting A Job
Why Read A Parenting Book When You Can Just Watch The Brady’s?
I just got schooled. I guess I had to be here, in this place. This place of banging my head against the wall trying to parent a wacko/pyro 9 almost 10-year-old. I will start with this admission, I am a total hypocrite. I used to preach no TV until the Roosters Came Home and the Cows Went … Continue reading Why Read A Parenting Book When You Can Just Watch The Brady’s?
The Gnomes Under Our Tub
There are gnomes that live under our bathtub. What? You didn't know? Oh, well, now you know. We have a gnome family under our tub. They moved in one day, about - hmmm.... I don't know, when did Isaiah start playing Edmund Fitzgerald? About two years ago? Ok, well that's when they moved in. The … Continue reading The Gnomes Under Our Tub
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Jen Kehl 