All right, folks, it’s deep dark secrets time up in the Chronicles. I hate house league hockey evaluations. There, I said it. Turns out, I have a hard time with evaluations in general when it comes to my kids. This is not something I struggled with when I was a child, I didn’t get anxious […]
Archives for August 2019
Prepare for Hockey Season: On the Go Dinners
If nothing else remains the same, I know this: I always need to have a list of on the go dinners for the nights when hockey practice is at five o’clock and the boys get off the bus at 4:30. I need the back up plans to my meal plans for when things go sideways. […]
Reasons I Need Caffeine: 12th Edition
Do you feel it? Can you hear it coming? September is coming. That means the reasons I need caffeine are starting to multiply. By the end of the season, my blood type is coffee. I own it. There may come a day where that changes, but today is not that day. This week in particular […]
First Year Goalie Mom Skills
You never stop learning. Honestly, the hockey mom thing wasn’t much of an adjustment. Putting on player gear was far easier than it looked. I can get a kid dressed head to toe and on the ice in five minutes. I mean, I prefer to take our time about it, but if need be, I […]
Prepare for Hockey Season: Rink Lunch
If there is one thing about the school year I dread, it’s making lunches. And the fact that the hockey schedule often requires us to be out of the house during meal times means that I would be best advised to make lunches on weekend mornings as well. This is where I stomp my feet […]