Triangle of Harmony

Children, alcohol and caffeine -- that is the triangle of harmony.

Welcome to my blog! I believe that raising children today requires a lot of patience, a lot of understanding, and (let's face it) a lot of alcohol. Stay-at-home moms in the 50's took valium. How utterly brilliant. Too bad that went out of fashion with the poodle skirts. Thankfully, we still have wine and spirits in this day and age.

I have no idea what this blog will be about, really. This blog spawned from me and my hubbie making a batch of failed cosmos. I use the word "Cosmo" loosely. We poured in too much triple sec, would have made up for it with more cranberrry juice if we had not run out, so decided the appropriate remedy would be to add more vodka. That required a little bit of orange juice to balance the alcohol taste. We are usually wine drinkers, by the way, so this was a mistake just waiting to happen. So a batch later of who the hell knows what we are drinking, I decided starting a blog was a good if not great idea. I may be wrong. By the way, it is late and the kiddos are already in bed.

By kiddos I mean my two boys, ages two and four. Now you can see why the alcohol is such a necessary parenting tool. Come 5:30 pm or so when they have just "grinded the rail" (slid down the bannister) for the 30th time, or told the 100th joke about a "booty" (no explanation necessary) or had their tenth fight about who gets to hold the square yellow Leggo (despite the fact that there are about a zillion identical ones in the next room), I find a nice glass of wine makes them, how should I say this, cute again. We are talking, "Hell, no, I am not putting another damn Melissa and Doug Puzzle together tonight" versus "Look at your amazing puzzle skills, my brilliant child. Grab another one from your room and let's put it together as a family!" (Exhausted Parent) + (Wine) = HAPPY, GOOD parent!!!

So this seems excessively long for a first post (again, failed cosmos). In conclusion, I think this blog will probably be about my crazy boys, my loving husband, and other stuff in my life as I find it blogworthy ( I am thinking my ongoing house remodel will make an early appearance).

Stay posted!