Amy Williamson

Resolutions Already

It may be a little early to think about New Yearâs resolutions, but considering how fast 2008 has flown by, I am guessing I should get a head start. I am not going to yell. Not at my kids, my husband, myself. I am not going to yell when Audrey decides what I have laid out for her to wear in the morning is just not good enough. She needs to wear her High School Musical T-shirt. I am not goi…

Posted 11 mon. ago.

The Christmas Lists

Every year, the grandparents ask for ideas for the girls. And with three sets of grandparents, I try to give them all good gifts the girls would like. And then there is always my mother-in-law, who requests more things than the list I gave her. She wants a new list after she purchases everything off of the original list. The problem? It leaves me with NOTHING.

Posted 11 mon. ago.

Saving A Few For The Holidays

I have heard more than one mom at the bus stop or at a birthday party say that their family has completely downgraded Christmas this year. Either names have been drawn or the decision has been made to bypass gifts for grown-ups. It seems that everywhere people are trying to save some money this holiday season.

Posted 12 mon. ago.

Problems at School

My oldest has had problems in the classroom on and off all year so far. As a kindergartener, she is having problems following the rules and seems to not have an off button for her mouth. She gets in trouble for talking at least a few times a week â and sometimes it is just because she is talking to herself. She likes to talk, a trait she inherited from both my husband and I.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Lice? Ack!

In one of my prior classes, I had to tutor an elementary student. I tutored a fourth grader who lives on my stree. And even though I no longer have to tutor her, she still comes over on Wednesday nights and eats dinner with us. Then I help her with her homework. It gets kind of stressful when Ray isn't around (he works late on Wednesdays), but I make it work. So yesterday, she promptly sits down a…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

A Weekend Away Becomes a Week of Getting It Togeth…

On Thursday, I am leaving for a weekend away with close friends to celebrate a birthday. Shopping, the spa, good food and wine are just what I need after a hectic October. But preparing for this weekend away? It has not been the most delightful thing.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

The Division of Chores

My husband and I have segregated duties. There are certain chores only he does and certain chores only I do. I clean bathrooms and do the girlsâ laundry. My husband mows the lawn and does the bills. If you asked me to turn on a lawnmower, I would have no idea how to do it. I also have no clue where/when/how my husband pays the bils â Online? Mails checks? Who knows? And honestly, I donâ…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

In the middle of viewing the newest installment of the âHigh School Musicalâ series, my 5-year-old leaned over to me and whispered, âI wish I was in the movie.â It was nonstop singing and dancing, with the same great cast as the previous two movies â Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

What I Remembered to Forget: This Birthday

This past Sunday, I celebrated my 33rd birthday. Not a very significant birthday, just another run of the mill day. Birthday cards were received, a cookie cake was purchased, balloons played with by my kids. But the one thing that seems to be sticking with me is what I tend to forget over a course of a day, a week, a month. Slowly, as I get older and the kids get older, I seem to be losing my mem…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Overscheduled and Overworked

I saw the episode description on my Tivo to do list and decided not to watch it. It is my guilty pleasure to watch all the Oprahâs late at night after the kids go to bed as my relaxation technique. But knowing the episode was about a Mom who left her young daughter in her carseat while she went into work (the daughter later died of heat stroke), there was no way I could even begin to watch it…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

about this blog

Amy Williamson

Amy is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.

She lives in Holly Springs with her two daughters, a four-year old aspiring High School Musical character and a two-year old who believes every day should start at 5 a.m. Amy and her husband met while attending Virginia Tech and relocated here two years ago from Virginia to escape the traffic and intermittent snow. Amy works in finance and her husband is a real estate agent. Amy enjoys playing bassoon for the Holly Springs Community Band and can often be found in her garage practicing and scaring off the neighborhood cats.