Author Archives: kristynm6kids

Anxiety, fear, depression.  Is it just me or are we hearing these terms a whole lot more, recently?  The subject is a fascinating one to me–why is it that these ailments seem more prevalent?  Why do more of my family and friends seem afflicted with them?  And why, does it seem that they are creepingContinue reading “Fear, Stress and Worry, Oh My!”

I’ve been thinking about parenting a lot lately.  And by “a lot” I mean like 99% of the time.  The other 1% is filled with Seinfeld quotes and the soundtrack to Guys and Dolls.  (“Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down you’re rockin’ the boat.”  I think that song might be a sub consciousContinue reading “Raising Teenagers: "Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat"”

I’m in a funk.  Not in a clinical depression type of a funk–more like a “yoga pants wearing, chocolate eating, Dateline viewing” type of funk.  The best way I can describe it is that I feel like there is something I am supposed to be doing.  I just can’t figure out what that something is,Continue reading “What's Next? (I wish I knew).”

I like to think that I have become more flexible in the last few years.  Not in the yoga twisting gymnastics contorting way–in fact I’m pretty sure the opposite is true in that sense–but in my views on how to be a “successful” parent.  As I’ve been pondering this windy road of child rearing recentlyContinue reading “3 Surprising Parenting Lessons I've Learned”

Anyone who follows me on instagram or FB knows that I can’t shut up about Walmart and it’s grocery pick up service.  (Seriously, if you have not used this, do it now!  It is glorious!)  Walmart has redeemed itself because I have not been quiet about the fact that prior to this it’s my leastContinue reading “Walmart Encounter”

Today I watched my daughter leave for school.  She’s almost 14 and rolled out of bed 10 minutes before the bus came.  Quickly she threw on a dress, her black combat boots and a jean jacket, pulled her hair up in a ponytail, grabbed her backpack and hot chocolate and headed out the door.  AndContinue reading “Women, You Are Enough”

In what was a serious spur of the moment rebellion against social media perfection, I came up with something called “Keep It Real Friday.”  This literally came about one Friday as I was scrolling thru Instagram and looked around my house and realized that I was about as far from pinterest perfect as I couldContinue reading “Keeping It Real”

Last weekend Dave and I decided to pony up the big bucks and go to the movie theater to see the critically acclaimed “LaLa Land.”  In case you haven’t heard this movie is racking up awards faster than you can count and our son Davis loved it and has been playing the theme song forContinue reading “LaLa Land Mid Life Crisis”

Recently I came across this video on Facebook which I find both hilarious and a perfect analogy of every family picture session we have ever experienced. https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedAnimals/videos/1444061692282488/ I can’t be the only one that absolutely dreads getting family pictures.  Let’s start with the obvious:  you have to come up with something to wear. You know,Continue reading “Family Picture Purgatory”

People are bailing left and right off this ship.  The Facebook ship that is.  Just today I saw multiple friends who said they’re out, they can’t take it anymore.  I get it, I totally do and I wasn’t far behind.  But then I had a thought, what if instead of taking ourselves out of theContinue reading “Thinking Of Jumping Off the FB Ship? Try This Instead”