My dream job, to write for Saturday Night Live, was sadly never realized. It probably has something to do with the fact that I've never lived in NYC, applied for the job, nor have any professional comedic writing experience. Let's not dwell, okay? Imagine my sheer surprise when Tina Fey contacted ... » Learn More about Project Optimism: Pennsylvania Dreamin’
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My Crystal Ball
I'm sitting at my computer today, one eye on the screen, the other on my kids, and I can't help but melt over a conversation they are having at the breakfast table: Boy: You should put your milk in the refrigerator if you're done drinking it. Girl: Otay. Boy: You listen very well! I bet mom ... » Learn More about My Crystal Ball
Life Lessons from My Toddlers
As irrational, emotional, and bipolar-esque as they are, kids are twice as loving and affectionate. It's just the way toddlers are built: if they feel it, they share it. I think we could all learn a thing or two from being emotionally spontaneous like them, minus the public tantrums at Target. I ... » Learn More about Life Lessons from My Toddlers
Project Optimism: 40 Days and 40 Nights. I Can Do This.
Lent is a 40-day celebration of giving up sex and good food. Okay, so that's not exactly accurate. Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter that commemorate the time Jesus spent in the desert, lured by Satan's constant temptation. I'm guessing that's why so many Christians give up desserts ... » Learn More about Project Optimism: 40 Days and 40 Nights. I Can Do This.
Helpful Tips to Becoming a Bloghole
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
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