by Amy | Sep 18, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood
No matter how much you love being a mom, sometimes it’s hard to keep a smile on your face. As rewarding as your “job” is, it’s also frustrating, repetitive and maddeningly illogical. On any given day, one, or maybe all of these annoying things might be happening to...
by Amy | Aug 7, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood
One more post for World Breastfeeding Week. Before having a baby, the only thing I knew about breastfeeding was that your boobs get ginormous. As a former member of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee, I was looking forward to that — and my D-cup milk jugs did not...
by Amy | Aug 4, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
“You look tired” is one of the rudest sentences in the English language. Unless it’s followed up by, “Lie down on this deck chair while I mind your children and straighten up your house,” there is no need to point out the obvious. Of course I look tired – I’m a...
by Amy | Jun 16, 2014 | Couplehood, List, My Family, Our Situation, Wedding Plans
If you’ve been watching me prepare for our nuptials with our 3-year-old in tow, you know that preschoolers make terrible wedding planners. But as I zone in on our BIG DAY (one month away!), I’m realizing some hidden advantages to doing things backwards 1....
by Amy | Mar 30, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood, Vanity
Dear Younger Self, You were so cool. You saw Jane’s Addiction play their first tour. You hennaed your hair and stayed in hostels. You wore combat boots with baby blue thigh-highs. You danced on tables—not for money, just for sport. But you know what? If you could...
by Amy | Feb 19, 2014 | List, My Family, Parenthood
Maybe three was too young. Maybe it wasn’t smart to go on President’s Day Weekend–and during “Jamzilla,” the closure of our main LA freeway. Maybe I should have brought a towel. There was peer pressure, though. For most people, going to Disney is a monumental...
