Oh my God, guys. It was just pointed out to me that I haven’t posted a single thing in three weeks. THREE WEEKS. Who brought it to my attention? Bloglovin. Freaking Bloglovin put a little “21d” next to my last post. Like, “Yo. Cotten Tales. Write something.” And then Facebook didn’t want to be outdone, […]
Why Blogging Is Hard | Friday Five
+ I have approximately one hour per day where no one is touching me. Usually this is from 10-11 p.m. after both girls are asleep and I’ve kicked the cat out to the garage. Do I want to go to bed before 11 p.m.? Absolutely. But if I don’t give myself that hour to just […]
Currently…
Oh, hey. Remember all of those fabulous guest bloggers? The ones I hoped would give me enough time to figure out my new routine without having dead air? Yeah. 16 days of radio silence later… here I am. There’s a lot happening in the Cotten house, so I’m going to throw together a nice old […]
Big Sister Gift | #MomFail
So, #MomFail time. I had planned for Baby C2 to “bring” Dorothy a gift to the hospital. Kind of like a, “Hi there! I’m not so bad! Please like me! Don’t freak out, big sister!” thing. And for the last month or so, I’ve pretty much stressed about this. I mean, what do you get a […]
Your Text Here | Call for Guest Bloggers!
Friends, we’re in the final countdown. T-minus THREE WEEKS until Baby C2 enters the world. We’re counting days here, not weeks anymore. DAYS. And, truth be told, I’m slightly freaking out. It’s not that anything else needs done before C2’s arrival, but in my mind I keep adding stuff to the list. Like, I decided last […]
In Summary…
Hi. I fell off the face of the {blogging} planet again. Sorry, not sorry. I didn’t mean to, really. But the Cotten house has been SLIGHTLY busy over the last two weeks. Mr. Cotten and I have been trading off parental duties – as in we have been literally handing off Dorothy to each other […]
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Hi. It’s pretty sad when you have to visit your own blog to remember what you last wrote about. And then it’s really depressing when you notice it’s been a whopping MONTH since you last even logged in to WordPress…. Some of my favorite bloggers take purposeful, announced “summer vacations” from their blogs. I never […]
The Pre-Potty Training Plan | #ConquerBedWetting
This is a sponsored post from Acorn Influencers. Although I was compensated for this post, all opinions expressed are my own. — Toddlers. They’re fun, aren’t they? Toddlers are sticky, destructive, whiny and completely impossible to reason with. They don’t want to eat the meals you lovingly prepare (they would rather eat questionable objects off […]
10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
So, recently I’ve realized that I don’t necessarily know you. Yes, you. You see, my blog followers used to include my mom, a handful of friends, and occasionally my husband. Now, I don’t know who you all are… and that’s an amazing thing. You may have read my horribly outdated About Me page, but today […]
The State of Cotten Tales
I have been doing a lot of thinking about the future direction of this blog. And although I don’t have it completely figured out, I feel a need to write this post. You see, I don’t make resolutions. I don’t have a word or phrase that I want to define my 2015. I do, however, […]