Tag Archives: parenting

You’d Think We’d Know More

Posted on August 3, 2015 by joey

But we don’t. In a few days, the boy one will be returning to Indy to begin an internship. He’s planning to stay at The Palace of Rules because they have a lot more space over there. I dunno how long … Continue reading →

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Fix It

Posted on July 26, 2015 by joey

I’m sure a year’s worth of blogs could be written about life with a two-year-old, but I won’t be writing it. If you don’t have much experience with two-year-olds, the primer is that everything is theirs, especially what isn’t. They … Continue reading →

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Shady Ass School Supply Lists

Posted on July 21, 2015 by joey

The other day, the girls and I encountered the first of the back-to-school supply displays. Sassy said she wondered when she’d get her list. I said “Middle school is different, you won’t get a list. We’ll send you with the … Continue reading →

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The Quiet Room

Posted on July 20, 2015 by joey

As all parents know, children are born to remove quiet from the world. Instinctively, people under the age of twelve know it’s dangerous to let their parents read, or heaven forbid, hear themselves think. It is essential that all children interrupt all … Continue reading →

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The Trauma of Upcoming Fun

Posted on June 27, 2015 by joey

Shopping and gathering, done. Phew! Tiny cross body purse so no one can make me carry a goddamn thing So help me God, if The Mister hands me a single receipt, I will imagine shoving it down his throat and I will be ripping … Continue reading →

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One-Liner Wednesday — On Vacation

Posted on June 24, 2015 by joey

My mother said it’s really important to her that I have a great vacation and I told her I really wanna have a great vacation, too, but I have kids. One-Liner Wednesday is brought to you by LindaGHill

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How The Mister Learned to Lie

Posted on June 11, 2015 by joey

Following the prank The Mister and Sassy pulled on me earlier this week, this is The Mister’s story of how his father taught him to lie. Your Joey is merely the typist. During a taffy-selling fundraiser for my school my kindergarten year, I walked around the … Continue reading →

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She’s a Daredevil, Not a Mechanic

Posted on June 10, 2015 by joey

Shortly after we moved here, we noticed Moo’s knees were nearing her handlebars, so The Mister took her bike shopping. She picked out a large green retro Schwinn. She rides it all the time. She even asks to, thinks she can, ride … Continue reading →

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Nonsense

Posted on May 29, 2015 by joey

My mother had this way of speaking with me at home: “Guess what I drew today?” “I don’t know, what did you drawded?” If that hurts your ears, stop here. We went heels after our toes and we minded our … Continue reading →

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The Wheels on the Bus Come and Go

Posted on May 22, 2015 by joey

I like yellow things, except yellow jackets. And maybe school buses. Over the years, I have put many a kid on many a school bus, morning after morning. Before August of 2013, I never, in the history of my mommyhood, had … Continue reading →

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