January 2014 – PHOMSITHI'S PLAYGROUND

What I Hope They Remember

This morning I made pancakes. They looked like this. The smoke detector went off, and my husband had to take out the batteries. Again. I sent my five-year-old daughter to open the doors and turn on the fans. Again. And as my twelve-year-old son and his friend ambled out of his bedroom, I thought, This happenedContinue reading “What I Hope They Remember”

Most Likely to Win the Spelling Bee

(With a post title like that, it’s inevitable that I’ll misspell multiple words in this blog entry.) (I just Googled “misspell or mispell” to be certain that my first misspelling wasn’t eleven words in. It wasn’t. I was right.) (I nearly typed, “I was write.”) In high school, I was a lot of things. MostContinue reading “Most Likely to Win the Spelling Bee”

Life Hacks: Real Mom Edition

I can’t look at Pinterest anymore without seeing an avalanche of “life hacks” my friends have pinned. You know the things, right? Tips like “put tea bags in your gym shoes to eliminate odor” and “put sprinkles in the bottom of ice cream cones to slow leaks.” Today I saw one that advised women toContinue reading “Life Hacks: Real Mom Edition”

Oh, Resolutions

I made a lot of resolutions this year. A whole lot. I seldom make resolutions, and this year, I quite possibly made more than I’ve ever made before in all the years of my life added together. Most of them are for other people, though, because I’m helpful like that. I’ve put them into actual,Continue reading “Oh, Resolutions”