Welcome Let Me Start By Saying - we’re happy to have you Inside the Blogger’s Studio! This series is a way to get to know other bloggers, while also getting a glimpse into the life of a fellow parent. Who doesn’t love feeling like they aren’t the only ones going crazy?
I believe the name of her blog says it all – she says what we all are thinking! She’s hilarious, true, inappropriate, and a blogger I truly adore. She’s been featured everywhere (The Huffington Post, Mamalode, BlogHer and get this – even The Dr. Oz Show!) so I feel honored to have her here. Add her to your blogroll, you won’t be sorry.
With that said, let the questions begin!
If you had to sum up your blog in two sentences, what would you say?
Being a mom, wife, and writer would be easier if Life would stop chucking things at my head. Like lemons…and poop.
What thing did you do today as a parent you wish you could take back and do over?
Rush through bedtime. We were all so tired and cranky (especially me), so I expedited the hezzle out of it tonight. I even clapped and declared “This bedtime is being expedited!” Not exactly the thing that sweet memories are made of.
What thing did you do today that you are happiest about?
Helped my 6yo daughter learn to hula hoop, as I learned alongside her. Then she escalated to doing 2 hoops at once. It was awesome. Not as awesome as my abs will look tomorrow after all that hula-hoping I did, but still pretty awesome.
What is your least favorite activity to do with your children?
Really really loud birthday party places for their friends’ parties. The flashier the lights, the more I want to throw the gift at the birthday child’s parents’ heads.
What is your most favorite activity to do with your children?
Eating cotton candy at amusement parks. Offspring at the Best Excuse EVER for getting away with stuff like sugar-binging.
When your child drives you absolutely crazy and you want to scream a curse word, which word do you wish you could say?
“Christ on a cracker!” Very wrong on all accounts.
What’s your favorite lie you have ever told your child?
“There’s no Chuck E Cheese’s in New Jersey.” This one worked for YEARS. My mom lives 3 hours away, and we go to the one near her when we visit, so they thought that was the closest one…up until we went to my daughter’s BFF’s party at a Chuck E Cheese in – wait for it! – New Jersey. Dammit.
At what moment did you realize that you really were grown up?
We had a kid to take into account when doing our taxes in 2005. CRAZY. Once the IRS knows you’ve popped a puppy out, there’s no going back.
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