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Love and sleep will keep us together

Motherhood

This weekend was all about catching up on some much needed rest. By Friday, I had a raging case of PMS combined with sleep deprivation, due to the fact that Caroline likes to call me into her room at all hours of the night to play a game I like to call "Find It". I hear her call over the baby monitor, I stumble into her room in a sleep stupor to make sure she's okay, and discover the only issue Read More

Smells like teen spirit

Motherhood

This morning, I woke up and stumbled into the bathroom to wash my face. As I looked in the mirror, I saw my reflection staring back at me. Braces on my teeth, a huge pimple on the end of my nose impeding my peripheral vision, and hormones raging inside.This is why you never hear anyone say "Man, I wish I could be 13 again". Read More

I’d like to thank myself for making these delicious chocolate chip cookies

Motherhood, T.V. Love

Well, I'm sure it won't surprise most of y'all in the least to know that I had a big, exclusive Oscar viewing party at the house last night. In fact, it was so exclusive that the only person in attendance was me. I was seriously living by the philosophy that I am my own best friend.Such a fancy party obviously requires fancy food and clothes. I put on my best Gap flannel pajama pants and went Read More

The freak show

Motherhood

Since becoming a mama, I have realized that very few things in life can lower your self esteem like being the mother of a toddler. Not only do you have those moments where you wonder if you have anything to talk about other than the horrendous stomach flu we had over the weekend, but you also have a three foot tall person living in your home who feels free to say whatever enters their mind.Most of Read More

A pox on my house

Motherhood

On Friday night, Caroline and I were on our way to eat Mexican food with Mimi and Bops when Mimi mentioned that her best friend, who lives out in California, had just gotten over a really bad stomach flu. And because I am an idiot who likes to spit in the face of fate, I remarked, "You know, I've been amazed that we haven't had the stomach flu this year. So many people around us have had the Read More

It will be like one long continuous day at the spa

Motherhood

Today is the first day of my vacation. One of the benefits of working for the bank is that I've been there long enough to accrue some serious vacation time, so I am officially done for the rest of the year.WHOO HOO!There is no limit to what I might get done in the next week. The house might get clean, some presents may get wrapped and some laundry might get folded. The mind boggles.Please note Read More

For lack of a more creative title…this is what I did Saturday

Doodle, Motherhood

On Saturday, Caroline and I were slightly bored and desperately needed to get out of the house, so because I am crazy I decided that a trip to Target was a good way to spend the afternoon. I had bought Caroline her own little Christmas tree and had been planning on taking her to pick out ornaments...it seemed like a really good idea at the time.I loaded up my little greasy, ranch dressing smelling Read More

Giving thanks for no more trips to H.E.B. this week

Motherhood

It has been a long time since I have discussed the bane of my existence, also known as the Buddy Buck. If y'all weren't reading my blog back then (and chances are good, since I had about 3 readers then compared to about 12 now), you can find past experiences with the Buddy Buck detailed here and here.The thing about having a child is that even though I am not cooking any part of Thanksgiving Read More

The road to crazy is paved with sleeplessness

Motherhood

It was a fairly uneventful weekend around here. Well, I mean other than the fact that I almost had a nervous breakdown on Saturday.It all started last Wednesday night when Caroline decided that sleep is completely overrated and just takes time away from more important activities like driving your mama flat crazy with a new, improved belligerent demeanor.Toddler obstinance and fury...now three Read More

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Melanie ShankleMy name is Melanie and, in some strange twist of fate, I’m also known as Big Mama because I started this blog in July of 2006 when my daughter, Caroline, was not quite three years old and I was in the process of convincing her that BIG girls use the potty and BIG girls don’t have pacifiers, thus she thought BIG was the highest compliment in the land and began referring to me as BIG MAMA.Read More

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