I See You.

Being a Mom is hard. Like real hard. I know this is a universal truth because A) All us moms are always talking about it. #MomLife. and B) Ummm I am mom. Duh! Us moms make it no secret we expect our "not quite as good" better half to step up or get out of the way, but then we turn around and act like they aren't trying or aren't qualified.  There are really awesome dads our there, a lot of them actually. I am gonna be honest with you...I have no idea what it is like to be a dad. (I know shocking, right?) But I expect they get a little sick of the whole of society acting like they are the redheaded stepchildren of parenting.

THAT MOM

In middle school and high school, crammed into close quarters, surrounded by the same people year after year, a social pecking order emerged; I was at the bottom of it. But that girl...

Parent Fail 519 - Vacations...Killin' It

Let me start by making a confession...

Raising Nerds! - We are #HouseJones

I am nerd. I have always been a nerd. These days being a nerd is the new black. So I am cool, right?

Parent Fail 518 - A Bug Lie

The world was thawing out after a particularly cold winter. It got down into the teens quite a few times! Ok, so NOT Nebraska cold, but colder than us southerns are accustomed to. They closed the office for snow and ice. TWICE! (That never happens.) It was wonderful spending those two days in my pajamas binge watching Netflix and playing World of Warcraft. But alas, spring had sprung. You could smell it in the air: flowers blooming, the fresh scent of rain. The days were finally becoming longer; it was no longer dark when I got home...