Life in the Frustrating Forties

As I just walked down my stairs after taking a quick shower before getting my work day started to find dog poop all over my living room, I was reminded how chaotic life is.  Always something to do.  Always unexpected junk to deal with (like cleaning up dog crap).  How silly of me to think I could take a five minute shower without the dog deciding to do his business in my house.  Life is craziness. When I was in my 20s and my kids were small, I didn’t wish that time away, but always in the back of my...

For the first time in about nine years I am not a football mom....and I miss it.   Our philosophy on sports with our sons (at least our two oldest....we got too old and tired to follow through on this with our youngest) was that they needed to try to play each major sport for at least one season to see if they liked playing.  If they absolutely hated it, we wouldn't make them play the next year.  Our oldest tried football for a couple of seasons and decided it wasn't for him.  Our middle son, Ethan, did not want to...

I had never really paid much notice to plus size clothing before because it didn't directly affect me, but now I'm taking notice.

Follow our new blog -- Life in the Frustrating Forties.  This blog is about my experiences with turning 40 and all of the frustrations (and triumphs) that I have encountered on my journey so far.  This is meant to be an interactive forum, so join in and share your own comments and stories!  I hope you find the content to be relatable and even a little bit funny.