Hello! My name is Karen and welcome! I’m a mom to two young men – Blake (30) and Brandon (28). I’ve been married to the same wonderful, patient, thoughtful and generous man (Kevin) for 32 years.
I work full time in a healthcare clinic (for now) – it’s my “day” job. I squeeze in family time and blogging in between all of that. (Okay, I really spend the majority of my “down” time watching YouTube videos or searching prompts and writing short stories to post).
We converted a cargo trailer into a camper and I guess we’re campers now! (Since going on cruises seems to be out of the question right now).
I graduated from college with a B.S in Technical Writing – so I’m a wordy know-it-all, as well as a minor in creative writing – so don’t always believe what I write. *wink*
I believe in Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Writing Well. (I also believe in our Constitution – Don’t Tread on my Rights, Yo).
I can be snark-a-licious, but only when provoked or when confronted with ignorant, ill-informed knuckleheads.
I’ve been blogging (on and off, mostly off) for…. how many years…? (I’ve lost track, quite honestly).
I also have a lot to say about nothing.
Brace yourself.
Also follow me on Instagram, because life is more fun with pictures.
Write From Karen 
Miguel just turned three, so we’ve started talking about the potty. The other day, I stood him up in front of the toilet and told him that his pee goes in there. I then asked him if he wanted to try. He stood there for a moment, looked down at his parts, and then looked up at me with a look of confusion on his face. “Mama, it not work.” He’s not quite ready yet, but he’ll be there soon.
@ Jen: It really worked. Now the boys tested me and they had accidents, but they weren’t confused and soon got the hang of it. Good luck with MM!
You have some great tips in here! Some of it, I’d pretty much figured out, but I like your idea about marking the day on the calendar especially.
@killpoke: LOL! Hey man, whatever works! 😀
For my oldest son I came up with the idea “potty pot shots”,
What I did was made tiny little paper boats for my son to ‘sink’. And it worked, in fact he wanted to sink the Navy every five minutes which was good until he went to school or until we visited some other house as the Armada was kinda local to our house. Try explaining how to origami a Schooner and why!