It’s the Little Things
This submission comes from my snarky mommy blogger friend, Rachel Kargas, who writes Get Real Mama. Rachel really does put the “snark” in snarky. She even started our “Snarky Mamas Group” at the Mom...
View ArticleCheerless Leader
Remember the whole, “Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten” thing? Well, Janis Meredith of jbm thinks basically applies that to sports. She’s married to a coach and her kids are all...
View ArticleIt’s the Thought that Counts. Hopefully…
If I had a dollar for every time this scenario has played out in our family, well. . . let’s just say the kids wouldn’t need to become professional tennis players. This story comes from D, who, we’re...
View ArticleHoney, Maybe We Need a Spare Key. . .
This is the second visit to World’s Worst Moms for Jules. In this episode, she sets up what she calls, “Yet another opportunity for Dad to be a hero.” I have two kids (9-year-old boy, 7-year-old girl)...
View ArticleBuck Up Little Skier
As we approach the First Anniversary of World’s Worst Moms, I thought it would be fun to throw in one of my own bad mother moments. Enjoy the pain. And if you haven’t entered the Anniversary Giveaway...
View ArticleHow Kaepernick Helped Bring Football — and My Mom — Back Home
There’s a running joke in my family that if you give me the back story on an athlete, you can get me to watch any sporting event. It’s how my husband, Tenzin, got me to watch mixed martial arts. Show...
View ArticleWe’ve So Not Come a Long Way, Baby
So here’s one more reason to lose faith in humanity: the LFL or “Legends Football League” (truly, I regret linking to this and showing you any of it, so I’m just sending you to Wikipedia because I know...
View ArticleBaseball Makes Me Want to Fall Asleep in My Cracker Jacks. But I Still Go...
The other night, we went to a baseball game. Reno has a Triple-A team called the “Aces” (original, right?), and my friend gave us some really good tickets. One of these days, my kids will go to a game...
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