Single Supermama

because seriously, what the hell will I do if I can’t laugh about it?

random: no describable deterministic pattern

Random Thought #1: Depression sucks This post is a gathering of random thoughts, a la Ts-Quest (who writes her blog posts in this format). Who also, speaking of which, I am sending positive thoughts out into the universe for. I have had two bouts with depression in my life, where I ...

i love my job

Over the long weekend, some friends of mine were chatting at a BBQ. They were discussing the benefits of not having a job that you feel too passionate about. If you love music, for instance... you oughtn't do it for a living because you'll only ruin your love for it. ...

it’s like music

In our offices at Mindfly, Inc., the downstairs desks sit where they face wall-to-ceiling plate glass windows. They all look directly out onto the streets of downtown Bellingham. It's beautiful, really. If you love Bellingham. Which I do. Luckily for my productivity levels, I don't work downstairs - I work upstairs ...

working parents

I recently went out to dinner with some of my oldest and dearest friends. We've been friends since school, and we maintain a tradition of getting together several times a year for our birthdays - come hell or high water, marriages, divorces, deaths, new jobs, babies - we make it ...

dragging derrier

My first day at the new job yesterday was great. It's the best team of people I could hope for - both talented and fun, which you can't beat. But getting all three of us girls ready in the morning and to our respective places for the day - and ...

big changes

For 12 years, I have been self-employed. With the exception of a dot-bomb I worked for briefly, I have supported myself and my family with my computer business since I graduated from college. Even when Joy was young and I was married, my husband was a stay-at-home dad, and I ...

doing it all

The name of my blog, supermama, is meant to be a joke. It's tongue-in-cheek. Because I know that it is actually completely impossible to DO IT ALL when you're a parent, and it's definitely impossible to do it all WELL.This last week or two, my business has been even busier ...

my gangsta rap

Clara has been sick for almost three weeks, but the last 5 days have been the worst. She has ear infections in both ears and doctor says she's never seen anything so bad in a baby so small - she's lost 2 pounds and had fevers over 104 with shaking, ...

the grass across the fence

OK boys and girls (but mostly girls), I have a little theory. I think we're all wasting precious time being jealous of each other. Mrs. Flinger interviewed me on Mamaspod last week, for a show about "The Mommy Wars." It's about the working vs. stay-at-home mom debate. But I think ...

paige data management

You know how they say a painter's house is never painted? Well, my own web site never works. And it is always out of date. But I was up until 10:30 the other night working on it, and at least now the links work! You have to start somewhere, yes? ...

January 20th 2010
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bedtime stories

For several months now, Clara has sat on the couch every night for her bedtime story - smushed directly between Kelley and mommy. But even though she's made sure that Kelley is sitting in his correct spot next to her and that he's positioned properly for cuddling, she has strictly ...
December 15th 2009
Tags: family, hapless One Comment

happy holidays

Well, we've survived half of the holidays so far with four kids between us who have different parentage on either side (his 2 grown-up kids have different moms, mine have different dads) - plus our 3 different sets of parents. Plus mine celebrate 2 religions. Thanksgivings. Check. Hanukkah. Check. Christmases still to come...
November 24th 2009
Tags: family 2 Comments

thankful

I am so thankful I can hardly bear it. I'm thankful for my beautiful girls who I love more than I ever knew I was capable of. I'm thankful for a family unique and different - full of steps and halfs and ex'es and inlaws and outlaws that just feels like plain ...
November 6th 2009
Tags: giving, kidssaythedarndestthings 2 Comments

you have such a caring heart

These are the notes my sweet Joy made this morning to pass out to her friends. I adore that girl.
November 2nd 2009
Tags: family, sleep 3 Comments

tight quarters

I have a full size bed. Which is slightly (and I do mean slightly) larger than a twin bed. For the past couple of years, there have been many mornings when all three of us girls have woken up in my bed together - Joy and I on either edge, and ...

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