Author: AmyMatayo

Seriously.I have the crappiest life.Every year around this time things are going pretty well. Like, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the scent of yet another school year…

So…this week has been totally bor-ring. Uneventful. Pretty much…blah. So basically, I got nothing to write about. Seriously, I think I just fell asleep typing those sentences. Yep, there’s drool…

I wrote a little poem to reflect my pure joy over beginning yet another week. I’ll share it with you now:Oh, weekend, why do you do this? Come to an…

As of today, we have four weeks left of school. And in my book, that’s about four weeks too long, Especially when the first three-month-long summer we’ve ever had is…

Sometimes you just gotta know when to quit. When to walk away. When to throw in the proverbial towel and never look back. When the voice of God is pretty…

Just as I fell asleep last night—in that fuzzy moment where reality fades and drool-inducing slumber takes over (I like to call this my semi-sorta-drunk phase. Though I have never…

“It is always better to give than to receive…depending on who is doing the gift buying.”I’m not entirely sure this is the exact quote, but whatever. Let me explain.So recently…

So it’s Benchmark time at my children’s schools this week. And I’m not really sure what they’re benching (though at one time I could bench, like, twenty pounds or so.…

Maybe it’s because I have two daughters. Maybe it’s because my interest in football lasts about as long as—oh, look, there’s Blossom on another Old Navy commercial. Whatever happened to…

I’m taking a break from the silly today because I have something I want to say…something that’s been on my mind the last couple of days. And since this is…