Experienced Bad Mom

Not Just a Bad Mom, But an Experienced Bad Mom

Ultimate Blog Party 2013

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Welcome to Experienced Bad Mom! I’m pleased to be participating in the Ultlimate Blog Party 2013 hosted by 5minutesformom.com. My name is Katy and I was first called an “Experienced” Bad Mom by my friend after I’d had my second child. She was kidding, of course, but I loved the unintended meaning.  That’s because no [Read More]

Another Universal Truth of Motherhood

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Last fall I shared some Universal Truths of Motherhood, such as: The toy you secretly gave away to the Goodwill yesterday after no one played with it for a year is the toy they suddenly remember and want to play with today.  This week I noticed yet another Universal Truth of Motherhood: Children will NEVER [Read More]

How to Teach Your Child to Indent

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My 9-year-old brings home his school work once a week. It’s my time to peruse what he’s been up to and see if he’s falling behind/soaring above expectations. Last week’s pile of school work brought home a lovely letter about the Midwest that he’d written. It was kinda cute and I appreciated his eye for [Read More]

Ke$ha, Money, and My Kids

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Those of who have been hanging around my blog for a while know that my 9-year-old son has a long history with money. This is the kid who as a toddler I had to pull out of a fountain at Magic Kingdom because he was picking  the coins out of it. This is the kid [Read More]

Why You Should Watch Finding Bigfoot

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In typical Experienced-Bad-Mom-style, I’m a day late and a dollar short. That’s because this post is about a great family program you may be missing, Finding Bigfoot, and yes, the season finale airs this Sunday at 10pm. So you’ve missed the whole season. (Never fear, though, because Finding Bigfoot re-runs will air into perpetuity!) What is Finding [Read More]

Who Invented The Telegraph?

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We’re chock full of learning around the house these days. Just this week my 9-year-old had to find out who invented the telegraph for his Webelos (Scouts) project. While various dudes worked on bits and pieces of the electric telegraph, it is widely accepted that Samuel Morse, of Morse code fame, invented the practical electric [Read More]

When Kids Name Pets

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My boss has a cat named Papagena. I always thought that was a bit unusual. Plus, I always mixed it up with Patagonia, the clothing company. As my boss and I were chatting the other day, I learned two things about Papagena. First, the name is from a character in the opera The Magic Flute. [Read More]

Good Moms Use Sunscreen

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Look at this picture. Do you know what that is? It’s a machine made specifically to vacuum the odor of burned flesh out of the air. I’m not kidding. I had a visit with this machine last Friday when I got my second basal cell carcinoma burned off my skin. I’m now the proud owner [Read More]

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