This is super important, your only plan should be that plans change! I had all sorts of grand designs for my son’s birth and they all went out the window for a variety of reasons. Read more

When I was 14 I went to Florida with some friends and stayed in their grandmother’s mobile home in a big old folk’s mobile home park. The first night, as we were falling asleep, I heard a weird fluttering noise and freaked out. I turned the light on there was a GIANT “palmetto bug” on the wall. I started screaming and… Read more

This sounds like the only Oreo I might actually like, tell me more... Read more

My grandmother also basically raised me. My mother is currently our only source of daycare, watching our 6 month old 4 days a week for 10-12 hours a day. She was SO INTO IT in theory and now that he’s here and I’m back at work you can tell it’s not what she expected it to be. She’s 58, she hasn’t had a job in 20+… Read more

That's a good start, I'm sure it will lead me down a delightful hole. Read more

I need to know more about this, can you point me in any good direction? Read more

I’m not sure how I missed this when it happened but seriously, fuck everyone. Particularly Mike fucking Pence. This poor woman. Read more

Which one said that?! Read more

“Try Jesus don’t try me!” Read more

Have you heard about sweet potato toast though?

Can we redo this wedding with me as a guest? Sounds like a blast. Read more

You’re getting your cheese mixed up! The Lumineers one is they “Hey, Ho” song and the one you reference is Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros. Read more

We did The Honeydrippers “Sea of Love” and also skipped the announcements and most of the “expected” stuff, much less stressful and more fun for everyone.

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While I’m not always the biggest fan, J. Crew swimwear is always an excellent buy in my book. This comes in 8 colors and there are a few other top/bottom options that fit the bill.

I even commute by car so I only have to spend about 9 minutes in this filth. Read more

If it makes you feel any better he only takes 20-25 minute naps during the day and we did nothing specific to encourage the sleeping through the night, it just happened! We just got lucky. Read more

It’s incredibly frustrating. I’m an executive assistant so a ton of my job is talking and setting up meetings, I sometimes wonder if people think there is something wrong with me! Read more

I told my husband he was going to get diabetes if he tried to feed a squirrel a peanut at the park, definitely meant rabies. Still haven’t lived that one down. Read more

Good luck! I keep telling my husband we better just have #2 now because if I somehow get un-stupid I’m going to be pissed when I’m stupid again. Read more

I’m coming up on 5 months postpartum and I still feel like I have a touch of aphasia. I say the wrong words or can’t come up with words quickly enough, it’s incredibly frustrating. I can’t even blame it on sleep deprivation, kid’s been mostly sleeping through the night since about 8 weeks. At the same time I can… Read more