Some, not all women. My first female boss was childless and made it clear that work not family always came first. Second female boss was driven and rising star in the company and I was so scared to tell her I was pregnant. But she was also pregnant and due the same month as me! I had no issues and paid leave for 4…

HR works for management to protect the company. The sooner people realize this, the sooner you will understand the true role of your HR deparment.

In corporate culture, many women feel the need to compete. It’s basically cool girl syndrome for grown ups. They are the roughest, toughest, most savage bitch at the conference table, and don’t you forget it.

Why???

I remember your post about the attack. I'm so happy to see that Nugget is thriving! 

Way to go, Nugget!

They will give us eggs which is the main protein we eat with 3 teens in the house. They also are our composters of all food scraps and give us unbelievable fertilizer for our gardens. We will treat them like queens. My husband doesn’t even know we got more chickens yet😂. He is the lovely one to tolerate the ever…

Thank you for being such a lovely person, I’m so happy the chickens are going to have a happy rest of their lives 

Yay chickens!

Oh please do. His Charlie Parker series is amazing, been reading him since 1999. I always recommend him. 

I also rescued 4 hens today. They were to be destroyed after the truck carrying them was in an accident. I took them without seeing them...and I am so upset! Factory fucking farmers clipping beaks is not ok!

A month ago today, we had our first ever fox attack on our flock. If it weren’t for this badass hen that acted like a rooster and went all chicken ninja on the fox to wake us up and get to our deck(where the fox had her in his mouth), we could have lost so many.

That handwriting is gorgeous. What a thoughtful gift. I will now check out this author.

How’s everyone’s garden doing? It’s been four years, but look! We finally have a tiny pomegranate on our tree!

Hi Jezzies, I had a lovely gift this week. About 3 weeks ago on twitter Good Reads had a subject called name a book that’s helped you through a difficult time. I tweeted that when I was in the homeless hostel I used to escape to the library to reread all of John Connollys Charlie Parker series. I received a tweet off…

Full-time caregiving is a profession (most often unpaid) requiring a specific set of skills and not suited to all personality types. For incredibly obvious reasons, not everyone can be a soldier. Or a mathematician. Or a stage performer. Or a doctor or a lawyer or an accountant or a teacher, etc. It would be absurd to…

I think there was a solid month where I would wake up in a panic around 3 AM thinking my baby was smothered on my side because I’d fall asleep feeding her or forget I’d put her back in the bassinet. I had to start watching TV while nursing just to keep myself awake. Every mother I know has done the same thing, but…

I remember vividly when my son was a few weeks old and waking up every hour to be fed at night and being DEAD EXHAUSTED. My husband tried to help but I was nursing, so he would bring baby to me in bed and then I would put him back in the bassinet next to the bed.

I’m a new first-time mom with serious “baby brain” brought on by hormonal shifts and sleep deprivation. I also have an irregular schedule. I work from home two days a week (with a babysitter) and go into the office three days, but on one day family watches the baby and on the other two he goes to daycare. I’m pretty…