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BadAssMama

Marriage + Full time job + 2 beautiful boys = 1 hectic, beautiful, crazy, amazing life. Just another day in the life of a BadAssMama.
I'm setting my sights a little lower this Christmas.   Let me explain.   Each year as we approach the holidays, or any extended break from school, I enter with delusions of grandeur about the incredible Mary Poppins-like crafts ... Read more...
As a mom, my life is perpetual motion. A typical day goes something like this:   Get up  Dress kids  Dress myself while the kids tear the house apart Beg/prod/cajole/threaten kids to eat breakfast before we’re late ... Read more...
Hey there - remember me? The BadAssMama has been MIA for the past week or so. Things have been a bit hectic with the busy-ness of Thanksgiving, entertaining the kids while they were home from school and dealing with a brutal case of food poisoning (nothing l ... Read more...
I received an unexpected gift from The Hubs this morning.Since he was working close to home, he offered to take the kids to school - sparing me my typical morning of routine of screaming at the boys to hurry-up-we're-already-late, followed by an 11 mile ... Read more...
As we began to return to the semi-normal pace of life this week after the storm(s), I realized that I was WAY behind in my holiday shopping (meaning I hadn't even begun to THINK about it). As I opened the spreadsheet from last year (yes, I do keep a spreadsheet...), ... Read more...
I hear some version of, "I don't know how you do it!" at least 3 times each week. Whether it's from a young, single colleague at work, a full-time working mom in my industry or part-time working mom at the morning drop off, the question comes in various shapes a ... Read more...
Being a good parent is hard. Being a control freak and trying to be a good parent is damn-near impossible.   Let me explain.   The longer I'm in this mommy-business, the more I realize that raising children is an exercise in pat ... Read more...
I love my children, but nothing sets the reset button for me like a business trip.   Let me explain.   Before having kids, I viewed business trips as a necessary evil. Sure, it was nice to have a great meal with clients, vis ... Read more...
It's so easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Laundry, dishes, homework. Meetings, presentations, business trips. Bath, books, bed. Lather, rinse, repeat. We can get so caught up in our to-do list, that we forget what life is really about. ... Read more...
OK, so MAYBE the title is a bit of an over-promise. But, if you follow a few of my handy dandy tips, you can find yourself making it through back-to-school mornings with less yelling, less hair-pulling and even a little more Zen… Read more...
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