“Will I ever get a good night’s rest again? ” I was seriously beginning to doubt it! I’d decided our pillow-top mattress was not only old but perhaps not soft enough for my side-sleeping tendencies. We bought a softer mattress. I decided it was too soft. We bought a firmer mattress. I decided it was too firm. I called to find out our options for another exchange and the guy basically told me I had none. I was bummed. There I was, 3 mattresses later and still unable to sleep throughout the night Continue Reading
A Book?
My 4-year-old was making a list of the things she wants Santa to bring her for Christmas 2018. (Yes, in January, she’s planning for December. I find this both impressive and concerning.) She asked her sister “What do you want?” The 7-year-old said she wanted two books, Rags and Riches and A Christmas Carol. She goes on to explain that she needs these two books because she realized in a conversation with her Papa earlier that day that she needs to “review these books again to get better at Continue Reading
The Nickel and The Passage
My 4-year-old swallowed a nickel. Yes, a nickel. (kids!) My first mind was to get back under the dryer and finish my hair. Before you judge me, just know that I was sincerely convinced it would eventually come out the other end. Then, all the “what ifs” flowed through my mind, mainly “what if it gets lodged in her intestines and causes some sort of obstruction?” Next thing you know, the two of us are on the way to urgent care (wet, kinky hair and all!). I thought the doctor would Continue Reading