Being an Adult With Kids can be magical. Really, it can. Some days, your miniature humans can make any day feel like a weekend, a carefree space full of innocence and fun. You can almost picture playful little unicorns leaping … Continue reading 3+ME: Not all unicorns and rainbows
Ever walked the wrong way on an escalator? I haven’t. (Yet.) Mostly because I don’t want to get in the way of someone else who’s riding the escalator the proper way. But I can’t say I haven’t thought about it. … Continue reading 3+ME: Walk the wrong way on the escalator
Loosen up a little when it comes to rules. Or don’t. “Not intended for sleeping.” That’s what the tag said. I did a double take, holding a pint-sized pair of stretchy, sparkly teal sweatpants, staring at the words printed next … Continue reading 3+ME: Pants not made for sleeping
Don’t outgrow finding the fun in life, and other lessons from the Hundred Acre Wood “Who was your first boyfriend/girlfriend?” As someone who forgets her passwords all the time, I rely on security questions like that one. And my response … Continue reading 3+ME: Tigger and tossed leaves
If I don’t exercise first thing in the morning, I’m not going to at all. To squeeze it in before work, I have to hit the road around 5:30 a.m. And at this point, it’s (mostly) a habit. Even if … Continue reading 3+ME: I need to break my habit of going to the gym
Remember when we were kids, advent calendars (if we had them at all) were simple affairs. Thin cardboard boxes with little pop-out doors hid little pictures inside, or even plastic-molded chocolates, one each day until Christmas. Now, things are a … Continue reading 3+ME: Squeeze Christmas memories into the little things – like advent calendars
“Normal” families see each other every day. But as I wrote last week, blended families … don’t. A lot of things “normal” families take for granted are conspicuously missing in families like mine, where part-time custody means, for a decent … Continue reading 3+Me: Perks of part-time custody (part 2)
