Motherwise Cracks

When the kids were younger, I limited their TV viewing time because I was very mean and wanted them to grow up with at least half a brain. When I did let them watch TV, it wasn’t just anything on the tube, the shows had to be suitable – to me, of course. One of [...]

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My friend’s grandchild came to visit and fell in love with my Gazelle, treadmill and exercise ball. Most kids are drawn to them while I can resist with no problem. The only issue we have had was a lost tooth when one little guy turned on the treadmill and didn’t move fast enough and got [...]

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Signs you are a sentimental slob manifest themselves when your kids are young but become a hindrance to a neat and organized home by the time they are college-aged. Be on the lookout for the following signs you are a sentimental slob: You keep wrappers from gifts (even plastic packaging). The area under your bed [...]

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The sounds coming from my second floor bathroom are pretty common. Lots of bubbling, gurgling, and an occasional squeak. A few years ago that would have been from the kids, but today it is from the fifteen gallons of wine fermenting in my new wine cellar that is upstairs. In the bathroom no less. Yes, [...]

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I might be giving up going upstairs to my kids’ bedrooms or to the closets there forever. Every time I do, I find more junk. Just when I have removed some junk, some new junk magically appears. While the removal of the former junk came with commentary, it must have been deemed unimportant because it [...]

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Here I sit with an additional cat who hates me, while my girls are off on another California adventure. One of them just text me a photo of a huge chocolate bar, and they better be buying it for me if they know what is good for them. How does this happen that I am [...]

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Once when I was in my early 20s, I made some dandelion wine. I didn’t realize that if you don’t “rack it off” and leave some room or a special device on the top for fermentation, it explodes. My father made that perfectly clear when I visited after a month or so after leaving 5 bottles [...]

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It is a major operation for my family to order at drive through windows. Sure, there are five of us, but apparently we are complicated. Or picky. Nothing ordered  is as it is on the menu. We have to hold something or have extra of something. I swear that I can hear the cashiers fighting [...]

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