Category Archives: Family and Relationships

In Which I Wonder Whether I Should Even Bother Trying to Leave the House with Twin Toddlers Ever Again

I am what one might call a sociable introvert. I do like people and I do enjoy having friends and going out and doing things, but I’d be happiest if I could limit all interaction to email, text message, and Facebook, with the occasional phone call. Then I wouldn’t have to worry about things like tone of voice, pace of… Read more »

Mommy’s Friday Fun with Health Insurance Claims

I am so grateful that I have an awesome job with awesome benefits. I would be even more grateful, however, if any provider I ever saw actually knew how to bill my insurance for ANYTHING. Since that seems beyond anyone’s grasp, I often have phone calls like the one I just finished. Me: Hello there. I just got a collection… Read more »

Are We Too Busy to Improve?

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Are we too busy to improve? That’s the subject line of an email I got at work today. It had nothing to do with parenting, but everything to do with everything if you ask me. The focus was on continuously improving business operations amid keeping the lights on and how hard that is. It didn’t even really apply to me…. Read more »

Losing My Sanity to the Tune of Disney Classics

It’s been a long week for the Family-in-Training. The boys haven’t been sleeping well thanks to all of us basically being sick since we moved here, so Daddy-in-Training and I are also exhausted. Add to that a crazy-busy work week for both of us, and we’re all a little cranky. Last night, though, during a much-needed Facebook break for some… Read more »

…And Then He Crammed a Shoe in My Bra

Emmett and my boobs have a love-hate relationship these days. He was still breastfeeding pretty well in December, but somewhere between moving into our new place and learning how to walk and, thus, run away from me because it’s funny, he seems to have forgotten now to nurse. That would be no problem if he didn’t still WANT to nurse…. Read more »