Chaos and Calm

The weather has cooled off.
Fall is just around the corner. Just like that, another summer… gone. Next week I’ll be frantically packing for Denmark - planning out every outfit. I’m a dork like that. And yes, I am SUCH a girl. Hate traveling without bringing all of the necessities, but I’m also a light packer. [...]

Top 5 Single Mom Movies

1. E.T.
How long has it been since you’ve seen E.T.? It had been years for me. I completely forgot that Elliott’s mother is a single mom. Do you remember the scene in the kitchen with Elliott says “Dad would believe me.” Wow.
And Benjamin LOVES this movie. There are flying bikes, the moon, frogs, toys, an [...]

This shit ain’t easy (a bedtime story).

Today sucked. Everything caught up with me.

Working full-time, being a mom, trying to date - mix all of that with a good dose of self-doubt and you’ve got the ingredients for one grumpy mama. I’m also dead tired.
Last night Benjamin kissed me good night and prounced off to my bedroom, jumped into my bed [...]

Stinky sippy cups.

If you’ve ever sniffed a stinky sippy cup and wondered why they sell those things to parents (and rip us off every time)…
Read this.
Written by a single mother, of course! We’re smart like that.

Pulling teeth, my nerves, and the Dane.

Benjamin will probably lose his second front tooth tomorrow.
I’ll have to watch them strap him down, gas him and then pull. All of this after they stick a needle into his gums. And I’ll have to do it alone…again. The first time they replaced his cracked tooth with a cap, the second time they pulled [...]

A smudge in the plans.

There’s a giant smudge on our shots from San Francisco.
It’s staring at me and I’m staring at it - wishing it away. But there it is … smudging up every one of our scenes and interviews.
I’m going to make the video anyway. Smudge be damned. I haven’t screamed at the smudge, I haven’t even looked [...]

A car full of single parents.

How often does this happen? 
Morgan (Modern Single Momma), Jim (Depot Dad) and I are having such an amazing weekend! We’re on our way to downtown San Francisco to interview people about dating and dating a single mom or single dad. We just shot this little video in the car on the way into the city. 

I miss [...]

Why everyone should hire a single mom.

We write hilarious e-mails when we’re running late.
Benjamin woke up three times last night … so we both slept in. When I woke up at 8:20 (an hour later than usual) I stumbled to my computer and sent this e-mail to my co-workers:
Subject Line: Rough Night
Benjamin was up often, slept in a bed so that [...]

Sick Thoughts.

I’m sick. Can’t write much because my brain is going to explode…but I do have some sick thoughts to share, not really sick thoughts, but thoughts I’m having as I sit here - sick.
1. Barack Obama could be the first President of the United States who was raised by a single mother. There are no [...]

My toothless child.

[This post is dedicated to Benjamin's first two front teeth.]

You might remember when Benjamin lost his front tooth on Christmas Day. After he took a big fall, the tooth cracked. Eventually the dentist had to pull it out (there were straps, it was horrible). Lately I’ve noticed his second front tooth greying … fading [...]