Sandy beaches or hazardous waste pits?
The first signs of spring are always a welcomed sight to Vermonters. The birds are chirping, the lake is thawing, and the below zero temperatures are just a faint, distant memory. Though I am jumping...
View ArticleThe Raccoons! Beware of the Raccoons!
When I set out to write this blog, I promised myself that I would always be open and honest about how OCD affects my life. I realize now that I haven’t really done that. I truthfully feel like you’d...
View Article25 Things You Don’t Know About Me: OCD Edition
So, by now you may know that I have a slight, ok unhealthy, addiction to gossip magazines. One of my favorites,US Weekly, always has a section where a chosen celebrity lists 25 unknown facts about...
View ArticleDreaming of anything but turkey…
With Thanksgiving two days away, most people’s mouths are watering at the thought of a perfectly cooked, golden brown, turkey with all the fixings. There are commercials galore telling you how to keep...
View ArticleYou might be surprised to know…
That I am kind of a mess. When most people hear that I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, they assume that I suffer from the type that they’ve seen portrayed in movies or on television shows. The type...
View ArticleI Lost It
You are probably thinking, “what? what did she lose?” My shit. I lost my shit. After I said I never would, I did. All kinds of parenting crazy, exhaustion, and frustration, put on full display for all...
View Article“What happened to Toby?”
So, I have a question for all you parents out there. How do you (or did you) talk to your children about death? I hate death. I have a real problem with death. I think a lot of my anxiety and OCD comes...
View ArticleI’ve created a Monster
As much as people say, “Oh, I don’t judge,” they totally do. They are straight, lying to your face, if they say they don’t. It is just human nature. Everyone has their own opinions on how things work,...
View ArticleWhat am I thankful for?
Too many things to count, honestly. I have a wonderful family, amazingly fabulous friends, a husband who is just as handsome, sweet, and annoying…errr… I mean funny, as the day I met him, and of...
View ArticleThe Third Child Debate
I always knew I wanted children, which trust me, surprised everyone in my life, because I have never actually really liked kids. But, that aside, I knew I wanted my own. Now, after two pregnancies...
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