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Organizing Tips To Stay (Relatively) Sane During Virtual Learning
We’re two weeks into the fall semester, & this is undoubtedly the weirdest school year EVER. Thanks, corona! We muddled through the fresh hell that was distanced learning this spring, as it was thrust spontaneously upon our families & most others. Trying to work from home while six kids adapted to online classes & not seeing their friends? 0 stars- would not recommend. When it came to deciding what to do about school this fall, however, The Captain & I were torn. Really torn. The elementary school offered a choice: virtual learning or in-school attendance 5 days a week. After much deliberation, we chose virtual learning until late November. For…
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Thank You Cards From Basic Invite Are Anything But Basic!
(This post contains affiliate links.) When you’ve got as many kids as we do, it’s an endless party. No, really. We end up celebrating a birthday just about every single month of the year, which takes a lot of planning. While I’m good about many of the details, one thing I tend to fail at is sending thank you cards. They’re important. I think it’s good etiquette to send them. I was apparently traumatized by having to write 153 thank-you wedding cards (you know, the boring plain white ones with standard wedding photo) & never recovered, which has affected my ability to get on top of sending out thank you…
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I’m Waiting For A Turn With “My” Weighted Blanket
When you hit your 40s, your expectations of a lot of things change. You start to take joy in the little things. They are the things that you never thought you care about, granted, but that’s what being middle-aged is like. And kids don’t get it. At all. Me, to kids: “Wow, the car has been driving so smoothly since I got the tires rotated! I’m so glad I got that done.” 13y.o *long pause*: “Being an adult sounds so sad sometimes.” — Stephanie Ortiz (@Six_Pack_Mom) February 22, 2019 Take birthdays, for example. When you’re young, you’ve got wants. If someone were to ask you for a gift list,…
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10 Funny Memes For The Chronologically-Challenged Christmas Shoppers
Every year. Every year I tell myself I’ll be prepared, & get my Christmas shopping done early. Every year I tell myself that I’ll be less stressed during the holidays, & more in the place to enjoy the meaning of the season rather than rage-shopping. And every year… it turns out that I’m a BIG FAT LIAR. While there are so many meaningful, sentimental aspects to Christmas, when it comes to the shopping, my take on it is: “Bah, humbug!”. Christmas is a few days off, and some of you finished your shopping long ago. You probably have those gifts wrapped, too. And one of you needs to be my…
