by Stephanie | Apr 3, 2014 | blogging, family life
I’m going to do something different today. I’m going to write the kind of post that I haven’t written in a long time. As I look back over the past few months, I see a lot of lighthearted, funny posts. I see some reflective ones, maybe even a few that...
by Stephanie | Mar 30, 2014 | motherhood, parenting
The Brilliant Book Club read All Joy and No Fun by Jennifer Senior this month. I had been so excited to read this book- the subtitle is “The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.” If I could sum up my favorite subject for writing, reflection, and discussion, in a...
by Stephanie | Mar 20, 2014 | family life
I am taking my two daughters on a road trip today- by myself. At the risk of overdramatizing things, it feels like more of a pilgrimage, actually. My parents are moving out of my childhood home; the actual house-selling happened rather quickly, and given that their...
by Stephanie | Mar 13, 2014 | family life, funny
As a nostalgia junkie, there’s just nothing like the 1980s to make me nod my head, smile softly with fondness, and do the slow-clap. There is just so much material there to reminisce about- the amazing music, the hideous humiliating memorable fashion, the TV...
by Stephanie | Mar 12, 2014 | family life, funny, parenting
Time for another ParentZ Bop song parody video! Do you guys know Don from Don of All Trades? He is one of the funniest dad writers out there, and even made it into the Blogger Idol Top HoweverMany! He is hilarious, but don’t let his off-color jokes and swearing...