Unlike previous Stories from a Small Town editions, this story is more recent. Just a few weeks ago, we dropped Boy #1 off at overnight camp. He did it last year and loved it and has been counting down the days until he went back. Because it’s a bit of a jaunt, and my dad […]
Sportsmanlike Conduct: How to Teach Kids to be Good Sports
You’ve heard of Murphy, yes? I love him and the chaos he brings to my life. It’s inevitable. I often find that just when I think I have planned for all contingencies, something goes pear shaped. Or when life has gone just a little too smoothly for just a little too long, Murphy decides to […]
New Hockey Team Manager? Here’s What You Need to Know
Can you tell I’m going a little stir crazy waiting for hockey season to start up again? My kids are a little irritated with each other, and desperately in need of the routine of school and hockey. Hell, I miss hockey season. Clearly it’s desperate need, people. Kenny Rogers got it right, you let boys […]
How to Break In New Hockey Skates
The countdown is on, people. We are about a month out from starting hockey season around here and you know what that means? Lists. Like any year, we make a list for the school supplies that are needed for the start of the year. But in the House of Hockey, we also make a list […]
Dirty Little Secrets: A Quick Cleaning Schedule for When You Have No Time
Y’all. I like to pretend that I have my ducks in a row and I can fool people into thinking that I’m totally put together and calm. But the ducks, they aren’t in a row. They are scattered every fricking where, creating havoc and mayhem and it’s the middle of the summer when the schedule […]
Stories from A Small Town: The Next Generation
In case it has escaped anyone’s notice, it’s summer time. When I was a kid, that meant hours of driving a tractor in full sun, for hours at a time. As you can imagine, it was not the highlight of my summer. There is one particular instance where I misjudged the strength of the sun and […]
The 5 Stages of Off Season
There was a time, not so long ago where I was thrilled to be done with hockey season. No more driving to rinks on weekends. No more rushing out the door first thing on a Saturday morning. No more tying skates until my hands cramped. Or freezing my butt off in the rink watching yet […]
37 Things About Me
Y’all, today is my birthday and my epically smart squirrels in the audience likely will have deduced that I’m 37 today. This means I’m way closer to 40 than I am to 30 and a lot has changed in the last 7 years. At thirty, I had two boys and would be pregnant with the third […]
Lessons from a Former Farm Girl
My best friend and I have a running joke for things we do that make people look at us weird. #farmgirl. Because there are very few things in this world that prepare you for life the way a childhood on a farm does. I’ve mentioned before how summer haying season goes? Heat doesn’t bother us. […]
How to Prevent Rink Stink
Wowza. You know how I mentioned the whole spring hockey adventure? The rink we go to for hockey is often the site for local tournaments. So while my Initiation level kid isn’t particularly stinky, we do share change rooms with older kids and adults. This week, we arrived at the change room and the minute […]
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