I started blogging so I didn't stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork. Let me start over. I started blogging because, as a work-from-home-mom-of-two, I didn't have time to take a crap in private. Dammit. Trying this one more time. I start blogging because I love to write. There it ... » Learn More about Helpful Tips to Becoming a Bloghole
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My Fantasy: MomSteamy
Today is Valentine's Day and I don't care. If today were Valentine's day circa 2005, my handsome fiance and I would be en route to a quaint cabin in the woods, complete with spa treatments, gourmet meals, AND a big picture window for me to watch the deer swing by for a visit. Doesn't get any ... » Learn More about My Fantasy: MomSteamy
Get the Hell Outta Here
You know how you have blogger friends? And work friends? And real life friends who actually have the pleasure of looking at you while you blow your nose? Amanda, the hilarious lady behind Questionable Choices in Parenting, is the all-of-the-above kind of friend to me. And because I do nice things ... » Learn More about Get the Hell Outta Here
Pleased to Meet Ya
Tag! You're it! I remember when that game meant running ragged outside, chasing friends. Tennis-shoed feet pounding the pavement, hearts thumping out of our eardrums. It was fun and it was exercise. Why can't writing make my ass smaller? I do it every day for at least an hour. Do you know ... » Learn More about Pleased to Meet Ya
Project Optimism: Oh, Boy!
What's shakin' party people?! For those of you who are just joining us, each Monday here at WhenCrazyMeetsExhaustion is dedicated to something positive and optimistic because, let's face it, there are too many reasons to hate the beginning of the week. We try to offset the road rage post-weekend ... » Learn More about Project Optimism: Oh, Boy!
I’m Gonna Get Ya Some
It's no secret that more than Happy Hour changes when we become parents. The second we bring home those bundles of poop joy, many of the things we've blissfully taken for granted all those years (hot, uninterrupted showers, solo BMs, etc.) become nothing more than distant memories. Things like a ... » Learn More about I’m Gonna Get Ya Some
I’m in My Pissy Pants. What Are You Wearing?
For the past 2 weeks, I've tried to put my best foot forward and not let on that I'm on the brink of madness. Between two rounds of the flu and the general craziness of life, it has been tense 'round these parts. I wear my heart (and attitude) on my sleeve, so it's no surprise when I'm overwhelmed ... » Learn More about I’m in My Pissy Pants. What Are You Wearing?
Project Optimism: A Little Help from My Friends
My bestest friend in the whole wide world is pregnant with her second, and she's due in THREE DAYS!!!! Almost three years ago to the day, she gave birth to her daughter, and she and her ever-understanding-of-my-craziness husband invited me to join them in the labor and delivery room. I got to be ... » Learn More about Project Optimism: A Little Help from My Friends
Happy Lungleavin Day!
I made a new friend. Her name is Heather. She's a mom, a wife, a WhenCrazyMeetsExhaustion follower, and a cancer survivor. When Heather shared her story with me, I immediately kicked my own ass for being a Debbie Downer. I had been wallowing in self pity because work is busy and I think my son is ... » Learn More about Happy Lungleavin Day!
Caillou Might Be the Worst, but He’s Also Kinda the Best
For those of you not yet familiar with the mind-numbing Sprout television show Caillou, quit bragging you lucky a-holes. My daughter can barely put a sentence together, but she can screech “MORE CAILLOU!” at volume 60 in three different languages. Even though this Canadian toddler is the epitome of ... » Learn More about Caillou Might Be the Worst, but He’s Also Kinda the Best