parenting BY dummies

TGIPinterest. Pin This!: Red.

Dumb Mom — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:31:46 +0000

Since love and hearts and all that mooshy type stuff is on the agenda next week, I thought we’d go with RED as the #TGIPinterest theme this week. Okay, I’m totally lying. I decided to go red because I fell in love with this adorable little jacket and wanted an excuse to share it with [...]

Writer’s Workshop. This Was Us Then.

Dumb Mom — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:09:39 +0000

Ten years ago on this day I was sitting in a dingy first floor apartment, crying my face off over my nearly 3 month old baby, who was crying his face over only-God-knows what. I mean, probably. The time is mostly a blur. That I blocked out. And suppressed. But I do know that crying-my-face-off [...]

Wordful Wednesday. Heart Shaped Garland, Moustaches, and Dudes.

Dumb Mom — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:57:26 +0000

I made something for Valentine’s Day. Don’t get over excited, it was just this only-pretty-from-a-distance-thanks-to-Photoshop heart shaped garland. But, it came out relatively cute and it was so easy, even man-hand Dumb Mom could do it. Always willing to disclose my craft-fails, I did forget to paint the back side (which made things, um, difficult [...]

Dumb Mom’s Guide. Gay Porn, Chocolate, & Identity Theft.

Dumb Mom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:38:48 +0000

I had my identity stolen once. Not stolen like someone was walking around impersonating me Nicholas-Cage-in-Face-Off-style. I mean like, someone signed up for an online dating site and bought a gentleman’s collection of gay porn using my ATM card number. It was scary, an infuriating, and super confusing. I was largely pregnant and had stopped [...]

Dude Mom Life. Featuring Tina from Life Without Pink.

Dumb Mom — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:11:21 +0000

I love connecting with other moms. And, I love sharing stories about life in a house filled with Dudes. For whatever reason, it seems like life in a Dude house is just different. The smells are different (have you smelled man feet before?! Then you know what I mean). The sounds are different (fart symphonies [...]

U.S. News’s Picks for Best Cars for Families.

Dumb Mom — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:45:31 +0000

Curious how our car shopping venture is going so far?! Well, don’t be. Not a thing has happened in our journey to locate the perfect vehicle as of yet. Other than a lot of online searching. And a good look at what all of the “Joneses” are driving. Not because we care okay sorta we [...]

TGIPinterest. Pin This!: On the Menu.

Dumb Mom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:07:09 +0000

Lately I’ve fallen behind a bit on my menu planning. That is bad. So, so bad. Which is why I am pumped about seeing all of your Pin This! Challenge links this week for your yummiest edible ideas found on Pinterest. Because when Dumb Mom is uninspired culinaryily (apparently that’s not a word, but I’m [...]

Writer’s Workshop. Laughter is What I’m Made Of.

Dumb Mom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:06:15 +0000

Before you read another word, go RSVP for tonight’s #ConvoThread Twitter chat so you can get in on the Amazon gift carding action! And, proceed… The other day, while sitting on the sidelines of #2’s basketball practice, #3 was completely disobeying my cardinal rule of playing with Mommy’s cell phone while age 4 and standing [...]

Twitter Chat Alert! #ConvoThread on Transgender Children.

Dumb Mom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:48:02 +0000

If you are serious about your blog stalking reading when it comes to checking in on pBd, perhaps you saw this post I wrote last Monday about raising genderless children? It’s cool if you missed, I’ll wait while you go read it now… Back? Sweet. So, it was inspired largely by media events, but also [...]

Wordful Wednesday. Bittersweet Family Memories.

Dumb Mom — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:47:01 +0000

Last week I spent a few days in California with my parents and extended family. The trip was too short, filled with exhaustion (5 hours cross country and a two hour road trip, twice in one week with a newly-minted-4 year old in tow is tough business), and sadness. But, there were good points that [...]