Was there emphasis on exercise and limiting TV when we were young?
Old-school pic of me and my twin, Emily, from back in the days when we could play outside all afternoon and come home for dinner when Mom rang a bell.I know it’s a different world now than it was when...
View ArticleCrazy cat lady: I can never be a real mom
Ginger, the drugged kitty, has an injured shoulder. My level of freaking out was way past normal. She on the other hand, rests on it.Just a warning: This blog post is ridiculous. And I am a crazy cat...
View ArticleMotherhood is tough
My long, lazy mornings are gone. It doesn’t matter if I worked until 5 a.m. anymore, at 7 a.m., Junie Bea is up to use the bathroom. She’ll fall back to sleep for a little while, but by 9 a.m., she’s...
View ArticleQuarter-life crisis round two: marriage and kids
Here we go again, I tell myself, about round two of a quarter-life crisis. I thought we were over this last time? I have been bombarded for months already with engagements, weddings and babies in the...
View ArticleHave kids?! But sometimes I still am one myself
Sometimes my sister and I still act like children. I have faith she'll grow out of it. The verdict is still out on me.Kids scare me. There, I said it. With the exception of my boyfriend’s 4-year-old...
View ArticlePillow talk: 20-somethings and our need for zzzs
I just wanted my boyfriend to stop breathing. And I mean that in the kindest way possible. At 3 a.m., as I sat there wide awake in bed, I wished he could intake air just a little quieter. I’m sure it’s...
View ArticlePregnant yet? How about now? Or now?
It’s time for me to make babies. I know this not because I’ve found my soul mate, gotten married and settled into a financially stable career. I know this because my insurance company tells me so. Last...
View ArticleI believe in a thing called love (oh, and marriage, too)
Kim Kardashian’s divorce was the icing on the cake. Not because I actually care about what happens to the big-bootied reality TV starlet and her young husband, but because it was yet another divorce I...
View Article‘Boomerang’ kids saving money, but at what cost?
I’m sure if I ever lost my job, my parents would gladly let me move back home. Though that would involve returning to the Scranton area and sleeping on a twin bed in a room that has been converted...
View ArticleWelcome to Twenty & Change
Last year I had what my circle of friends refers to as a “Quarter-Life Crisis.” I realized I didn’t have the career, baby, husband or house with a white picket fence that I imagined for myself before...
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