Kindergarten was a fun time, man! Playing, napping, running, making friends, glue, glitter, and very little responsibility. Not only was it a magical and enchanting year of school, but it prepared us for the real world like no other grade could, and with the most basic things you wouldn't really think about. In an ode to kindergarteners everywhere, I give you 10 Things We Were Taught In Kindergarten That Are Still Important Today 10 Things We Were Taught In Kindergarten That Are Still Important Today 1. Take daily naps or rest times. This helps reset your whole system. Quiet time is Keep Reading >>>
I Can Pull My Butt Up Like Panties, And Other Unexpected Joys Of Weight Loss Surgery
I have always been curvy and well endowed gal: a habitual "yo-yo dieter''/fad dieter. I always felt bigger than I was when I was younger. Never a size 6, always around 10...and in school that was huge in my mind. I realize that I was usually the only one that it bothered. If I'd known then that one day I'd be able to pull my butt up like a pair of panties, I'd have probably tried to love myself more. I Can Pull My Butt Up Like Panties, And Other Unexpected Joys Of Weight Loss Surgery I didn't really begin to put some weight on until I was 17 and was put on birth control. This is what I Keep Reading >>>
You Never Really Know Someone Until You Have To Wash Dishes With Them
Our dishwasher broke sometime over the last week, and I didn't know it but my fiance just kept running the dishwasher assuming that eventually the dishes would get clean. Spoiler: they didn't. Our dishwasher is busted. Super busted. And it turns out, you never really know someone until you have to wash dishes with them. You Never Really Know Someone Until You Have To Wash Dishes With Them We're now trying to wash our way through a week's worth of dishes and it's not going well. We have fundamentally different washing styles that do not mix. Me? I'm an efficiency Keep Reading >>>
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! There Is No One Alive Who Is Youer Than You
March second, otherwise known as Read Across America Day, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss’s birthday, has been celebrated by elementary schools across America since 1998. Everyone knows Dr. Seuss … cartoonist, storyteller, and one of my heroes (along with Walt Disney, because that is how I do this adult thing). There isn’t a person who doesn’t have a favorite Dr. Seuss book (and if you don’t, you're dead inside). Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! There Is No One Alive Who Is Youer Than You For me, the first book I remember reading all the way through was Green Eggs and Ham, that silly book about Keep Reading >>>
I Have No Problem With Beating My Kids
You can’t step outside without cringing at the desperate weeping in the streets. I look around and all I see are a bunch of children who can’t believe they’ve lost. They can’t believe the rules were not in their favor. How dare someone beat them at their own game! These kids haven’t learned to be graceful in defeat and it’s driving me up a wall. Also, these kids are nine years old. Also, these kids live on my street. I Have No Problem With Beating My Kids Sometimes I lay awake at nights and tremble at the thought my children may be one of them. If you know me, you know I abhor Keep Reading >>>
