When life gets in the way of blogging
August 16, 2011 by Shannon | No Comments
Life happens. And sometimes, it shoves aside all your hopes and good intentions.
That’s what happened to me this summer…
Nine years and counting
August 17, 2011 by Shannon | 2 Comments
It’s been nine years since the day I married my best friend. And you know the things you hear about marriage? That it’s difficult, and a daily test, and requires an enormous amount of compromise?
My baby girl is one!!!
August 2, 2011 by Shannon | 3 Comments
Today, my sweet girl is one year old.
I can’t believe we can be at this milestone already, yet here it is. August 3…
WTH? There’s something in the walls…
July 28, 2011 by Shannon | 3 Comments
Tick. Ticky tick tick. Scrrrritch. Click tick.
As I sit in my living room, that’s the noise I hear coming from the walls and ceiling. It happens at night, it happens in mid-morning…and it is driving me batty. What the hell is it?
In honor of Fox 12
May 20, 2011 by Shannon | 1 Comment
Today marks two years since I left my job at Fox 12 News to become an at-home mom. A lot has changed since then, both for myself and the Fox 12 newsroom. Just last week, it was announced that the Fox network plans to affiliate with another station in our market…
My two year anniversary!
May 18, 2011 by Shannon | 3 Comments
I’m going on two years here. TWO YEARS since I quit my job and started this blog as outlet and place to document my adventures as a newly-minted, at-home mom…
For the love of tape
May 16, 2011 by Shannon | 3 Comments
Tape is such a useful product. It closes things, attaches things, and even helps you make a straight line while painting.
It is also addictive.
A day in the life of a WAHM
May 9, 2011 by Shannon | 5 Comments
I’m lucky. I’m able to work from home and have plenty of time for my kids. But let’s be honest here – it is not easy. There are a number of challenges one must deal with when combining work with motherhood…
My Mothers’ Day gift
May 8, 2011 by Shannon | 2 Comments
Sometimes, I feel a little bogged down by motherhood. I get frustrated. I get annoyed that I have to strategize in order to accomplish the most basic of tasks. Because let’s face it – keeping a household running while you have a baby on your hip and a busy preschooler to corral is not the easiest of tasks…
Clingy baby syndrome
April 20, 2011 by Shannon | 3 Comments
It’s amazing how two kids, from the same two parents, can be so different. Kellan has been a social butterfly since he was an infant. He loved going to daycare, didn’t mind when people he didn’t know wanted to hold him, and generally just loved to be around others.
Then Ella came along.
I’m freakin’ crazy
April 8, 2011 by Shannon | 2 Comments
Ella’s getting a new tooth.
As she fussed during dinnertime this week, I happened to catch sight of her gums. And there it was…
