mom life – Tiny Woman Tall World

Dear Elsa, Anna and Olaf

Please accept this letter as your immediate eviction notice. You’ve taken over my house long enough! How does Frozen captivate young children and place them in a catatonic state? I am of course mainly kidding, but Nug’s obsession with the animated feature is REAL. She loves to…

Afraid to leave

posted on : August 12, 2020 0 Comment

You know what sucks? Feeling afraid of every social interaction known to mankind. Covid seems to be everywhere, lurking in the shadows waiting to infect innocent bystanders. Usually summer is filled with pool parties, camping and bbqs. This summer has been filled with our backyard, a kiddie pool, Frozen and…

Target I took you for granted

posted on : April 14, 2020 0 Comment

The glowing red bullseye lights up the night sky and my life. I’m “basic” that way, I love Target. I never realized how much I adored the monstrous retailer until I could no longer frequent it. It has everything one could want … ice cream, clothes, toothpaste, cleaning products (in…

Costco samples …. nothing is truly free

posted on : December 26, 2019 0 Comment

Something happens when humans enter Costco … they lose all sense of common decency and revert to animalistic tendencies. What is about buying in bulk that transforms rational adults into bargain hunting, cart shoving, line cutting monsters? The transformation is never more apparent than when a free sample is on the…

Being a mom means …

posted on : November 16, 2019 1 Comment

Being a mom means giving everything you have to someone else Being a mom means loving someone exponentially more than yourself Being a mom means feeling crazy, tired, exhausted and somehow fulfilled Being a mom means missing texts, calls and time with friends Being a mom means skipping showers and…

Everybody in the club getting tipsy

posted on : July 30, 2019 8 Comments

You can find me in the club? Ahhhhhh no actually you cannot. The clubbing chapter of my life has closed … and not regrettably. I don’t like to metaphorically shut doors and dead bolt them … but I’ve built a mote patrolled by a dragon around this particular gate. Ten…

Work = me time

posted on : July 23, 2019 12 Comments

Well I’ve been back at work for nearly two months and it’s been great. Initially I was nervous to return after being off for nearly 7 months with Nugget. There were numerous fears … missing Nug, balancing working and momming and of course complete/epic failure. However my reservations…

Expectations and your baby …. screw them

posted on : July 12, 2019 4 Comments

Having a baby is completely life changing. Other moms will appropriately alert you to postpartum delights, not sleeping and utter exhaustion. But where are the warnings about other people’s expectations surrounding your birth and baby? When it was time for Nugget to be induced I felt ready! Ready for…

Has anyone seen my friend sleep?

posted on : April 16, 2019 10 Comments

Nugget started sleeping through the night when she was about 2.5 months old and it was glorious. I swear colors actually looked brighter that first morning … I was seeing the world for the first time in HD. The glory of sleep continued until one night about 4 months…

The GD…GD (gestational diabetes)

posted on : April 9, 2019 3 Comments

I’ll never forget my casual, dare I say naive, attitude surrounding the glucose test. The routine screening not only set the tone for the end of my pregnancy but overhauled my relationship with food … specifically carbs. I scheduled my glucose test for the day before my husband…