Meghan

About Meghan

Meghan is a born and raised true South Jersey girl. She is married to a handsome devil, who gave her two children that she didn’t have to give birth to upon meeting him and then gave her one child she birthed.

Meghan works in customer service but longs to be stay at home mom. She’s been blogging for five years and loves to write, guess that explains the BA in English. She loves her children to the ends of the Earth and beyond but realizes her sanity rests on some “me” time every now and then. Meghan can also be found at Meghans Mindless Muttering.

Reassurance to Anxiety: A Few Easy Steps

Anxiety is a four letter word. Not something anyone that I know of enjoys. Unfortunately, I am prone to anxiety attacks like a Persian cat is prone to furballs. Recently I haven’t been having them but one attempted purchase at a new vehicle later and game on!

My husband and I are in dire need of a vehicle. We have one minivan that has seen better days and it is showing it’s age in the tires, slipping transmission, engine light that likes to pop up here and there plus a bounty of other symptoms. It’s always a crap shoot as to whether we will make it to our destination without breaking down.

After depositing several children at different activities and relatives homes one lovely Saturday, the husband and I headed over to our local dealer to check out the offerings. We were greeted right away by a very eager, sweet salesman. He asked us our interest, took some information and showed us a used but sweet minivan. I fell in love. The love was lost when the dealership told us the prospective price.

Five hours later we agreed upon a price per month that was outside my comfort level but do-able. We left with the new minivan but with an appointment to come back to sign the final paperwork. [Read more...]

Defiance of the First Kind

My husband and I have three boys. Only one lives with us, the other two live with their mother. Yes, I am the red headed stepmother, which is ironic because I am also a red headed step child.

The boys are 17, 12 and four. While we are experiencing preschool behavioral issues, mouthy preteen moments, we had a new issue pop up this week. Defiance from the 17 year old. This child, known for his easy going personality and his willingness to help out, at least when he’s with me, took a turn this week that left his father and I with our mouths agape.

He lied. Not once, not twice, not three times. Numerous times, to numerous people he counts as parents. Myself, my husband, his mother and her boyfriend. He used some trickery to get what he wanted and he eventually got caught. My husband and his ex-wife laid down the lay and grounded the boy to infinity and beyond with the added stipulation that he never talks to a certain person again.

This all stems from romantic, teen drama. Typical story of boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy tries to win girl back. We are in the very latter of this drama. Part of the punishment is that he not speak to the girl. Being a teen at one point in my life, I remember that just makes you want to talk to the other person even more. Which he did. He was caught, on the phone with her. Thus causing another smack down of epic proportions from his father. [Read more...]

Catching My Breath

Just the other day I was looking at my four-year old son when I caught my breath. At that instant I realized that in a few short months he will turn five and the next month start Kindergarten. Looking at my baby, I realized he isn’t a baby anymore. He’s getting taller, his face albeit round is starting to thin out and he just looks like a little boy.

He’ll always be my baby. Technically he is my one and only, although my husband has two sons from a previous marriage that I consider mine.  My son is starting to look more like his middle brother. Even his mannerisms are similar to his brother. This being the brother he idolizes since birth. If anyone in our family refers to him as the baby, he gets extremely insulted and will tell you “I am not a baby!,” he will then pout until the referer apologizes. [Read more...]

Get a grip

As a 40 year old mom to three boys I have not seen many teen music sensations idolized in my home, as say, a mom to girls would. My oldest is into bands but doesn’t make a big deal about them. The middle boy, at the ripe age of 12, is a staunch Nickelback fan, as I am. My 4 year old thinks the Fresh Beat Band on Nick Jr rocks it. What I don’t get are women my age that have Bieber Fever.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s a cute kid. Kid is the operative word here. When I look at him I see my 12 year old. Same hair cut, same build. So why is it that grown women are gaga over this child. Yes, he’s talented, yes, he’s cute but he’s a teenager. Hearing women go on and on about Justin is like hearing on the news about the latest teacher who had an improper relationship with their student. Weird. [Read more...]

Make Up Your Mind

It’s that time of year. The time when a chill appears in the air, it gets darker sooner rather than later, the color of leaves change and the neighborhood breaks out the Halloween décor.  For me, the later is one of my favorite parts of the season.  I love Halloween and the fun it ensues. For me, I only like cutesy costumes and cutesy décor.  I leave the scary stuff for those that are really into it.

This season seems to bring out schizophrenia in decorating. Plenty of  people usually stick with a theme when decking the outside of their adobe but occasionally some will intertwine the themes.  Take for instance this incident. [Read more...]

Energy Shmenergy

In a matter of days, I will be turning 40.  One month later, my child will be 10% of my age.  Sadly, I only have 10% of the energy he has.  He starts from the minute he wakes up and then talks, talks, talks until he goes to sleep. 

When his feet hit the floor, they hit with force.  He bounds out of bed, runs to the bathroom down the hall.  He will take three steps at a time, if I let him, and then he runs to the kitchen.  Meanwhile I am rubbing my eyes, yawning and wondering where I can get my hands on some Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi since I am not a coffee drinker.

Everywhere he goes, he runs.  He keeps me amused in the van on the way here & there because he talks about everything and anything.  If someone is sitting in the passenger side he will ask them to move over because he can’t see the road.  He longs to race our family race car, I long to sit, at home and watch the Food Network.

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