Wine About It

What is today, is not what was 25 years ago, and most definitely is not how it started. While I don’t necessarily want a hard reset on cheerleading, I would like to take it back some years. Back to when cheers were less angry and “shake it” was cutesy and required way less hip mobility to execute the moves. 📣

Join my husband and I as we discuss 15 years of marriage! That’s right, years on years. We’re at the giving advice stage of marriage. The we forgot what it’s like to be single stage of marriage. Clearly the biggest cheers of any episode, and we’re letting you into what the past 15 years has looked like. So here’s to the past 15 and excitement to what the next 15 years has to come. 🥂

I’m sure many moms hold this thought mentally, but few dare to say it out loud; I love my kids…but some days I don’t like my kids. Loving your kids makes you feel bipolar! They’re the cutest, sweetest little monsters you’ll ever know. And once you’re a parent, you’re a parent f-o-r-e-v-e-r! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!…in my best Thriller chiller laugh, lol. So be prepared! 💀

TV and movies have been around for so long, you’re bound to have a remake, or two, or a few! BUT, which ones are worth watching? And which ones just need to be left off? Check out which shows make my watch list and which reboots get the boot! 📺

Y’all know, with kids in the house, I’m usually on the “sharing is caring” train. But parents of school aged kiddos…here’s my exception. Please tell your kids to keep all germ infested hands, pencils, lunch time snacks, and cutesy stickers to themselves. We do not want them and appreciate the compliance. Thanks! ☺️

Have you ever tried to find a needle in a haystack…it’s pretty much near impossible. That’s how I’m sure many people felt from that show Long Lost Family on TLC. What if I told you, I pretty much had my own episode! No, not on the show itself…but I found my own needle in a haystack. It definitely wasn’t easy or quick. But a bit of perseverance and Gods timing lead me to filling in the biggest ques...

Summer has reached its tail end and school is in site! This episode I chat with my favorite rising 3rd grader as she gears up for another exciting school year. Be warned…she is well past her bedtime. 😂

At what point do we let our kids learn and do for themselves? When do we teach that the habits we allow to set in now, be them good or bad, will reflect in their future real world situations? And when should grace be given vs reasonable expectations enforced? They may always be your baby…but ma’am, cut the cord. 👶🏽

It’s been a busy week and my mental is on overload!! Not to mention gearing back up for school, house projects, and the normal never ending to do list taking up mental space. This mom could use a mom-cation. Instead, this pulse check will have to do. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Back to school happens every year…literally every year. Yet we, the people, bum rush the stores as though it was a last minute posting that hit everyone’s phone at the same time. Like one of those emergency broadcast sirens. This leaves “normal” life to duck, dodge, and crawl its way out the stores, SMH. And did I mention tax free weekend is a scam! ⚠️

Since the dawn of ages, pink was representative of girls and blue was representative of boys. Everyone knows this! The labor and delivery floor of hospitals and anyone at a baby shower. Never did you go to a gender reveal looking to see purple or green. The same way these colors are universally known for who they symbolize, is the same way we know the stick figure on the bathroom door with a dress...

Do-rags and bonnets are NOT culture…it’s bedroom wear. Definitely not to be confused with decorum. Where is the self respect when walking out your front door? Where is the positive representation for self, family, and institutions you’re associated with? Believing that your outward presentation stops with just you is selfish.

When does guiding, protecting, and checking up on your kids go to far? Or does it ever? And what can be the consequences of not? How do you balance teaching respect, privacy, and boundaries when they perceive you as over stepping them all? So many questions! Let’s dive in and try to tackle them all.

Oh the joys of potty training. No two kids are ever alike in this area…except for they don’t want to do it! Guess what kids, parents aren’t hype about it either; just the knowledge that one day it will be done…and hopefully sooner vs later. In the meantime…send help! 🚽

With all the crazy things being put on our food, in our food, and things we eat that aren’t even food at all, it’s prompted the inquiry of how to make many of our everyday foods from scratch. They say you are what you eat, and I refuse to accept being genetically modified and bio-engineered. Being aware has me wanting to be Betty Crocker…at least where I have the time. 🥣

Current talk on the town is raising the national minimum wage to $25 per hour. While this may sound great to anyone who’s not there currently, this sounds horrible when thinking about the future of America’s economic state. Sure, you may now meet the minimum three times the rent to have an apartment, but you can also expect to pay an easy $12 for a burger…without fries and a drink. Yes, people nee...

You would think postpartum is the period of realigning mental, emotional, and hormonal changes to their new norm while of course being sleep deprived and constantly needed by another. But the oldest baby is now 3 and I’m still experiencing various issues caused by the shape shifting task of carrying and delivering a whole human. Yes, postpartum problems that never went away and are showing their f...

👔 Happy Father’s Day to all the great male role models out there; today is your day! Tune in as we discuss the ups, downs, fears, and fun moments of fatherhood and parenting in general. Find out what dads really want for Father’s Day. And if you’re an 80’s baby, reminisce over your parents’ hottest tunes of the time.

It has arrived; summer break is here and the kids are home. Sure, this is a great time to make memories with the kiddos; backyard cookouts, catch some sun & sand, chase down the ice cream truck, maybe even map out a road trip. But those of us working from home, this break can easily cause a slight mental breakdown as our temporary co-workers quickly settle into boredom with the expectation of...

Graduations are a time for celebrating, not fighting. A time to walk across the stage with poise, not ratchet activity. To show up in your Sunday’s best and relish in the completion of hard work. I really need those graduating and those in attendance to have some class! 🎓

Is it just me…or are there other moms out there mentally playing the highly unlikely doomsday scenario in there mine for any given situation? Situations where I probably have a higher chance at winning the lotto than what I’m thinking of actually happening. And then taking that improbable possible scenario to make an “informed” decision about something. Thinking maybe I need to layoff the true cri...

Let’s be honest; we’re just about halfway through the year and have dropped the ball on our New Year resolutions. We’re human, it happens. Life be life’in!! But that’s ok…there’s so many motivational sayings to get you going again; * Fall seven times, get up eight * A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn * Although no one can go back and make a brand new st...

Stop trying to run the comedians off the stage! Comedy has always been a point of relief to all the things going on in life. Hence the phrase “comic relief”. All comedians have their go to topics and have their own delivery. And if a particular comedian doesn’t fit your mold…then don’t listen! No one needs to be cancelled, you just need thicker skin. And if you still want to live in sensitivity, t...

Happy Mother’s Day to all those celebrating! This episode is extra special as I share conversation with my first born daughter. Chatting it up with my sweetheart was the best gift this Mommie could ask for. 💐 💗

I was told makeup was to enhance your beauty, not cover it up. So why are girls and women painting on whole new faces to leave the house? Fake hair, fake lashes, fake bodies…guess it goes along with the fake lives being lived on social media. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Whatever the reason, I need this to phase out and natural beauty to make a come back!