Guest posts – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.15 39181224 A Mardi Gras Drinking Game for Parents https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-mardi-gras-drinking-game-for-parents/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-mardi-gras-drinking-game-for-parents/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2017 19:59:39 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8430 Today’s post comes at a perfect time for my Mobile and New Orleans friends – and many others who celebrate Mardi Gras. We’re deep in the “throws” (hehe) of it right now and I can back up everything my friend, Annie, has written below. You just can’t get through the parades without a good drinking […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/a-mardi-gras-drinking-game-for-parents/feed/ 0 8430 Top 10 Signs I Chose the Wrong Baby Daddy https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:29:11 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8232 This is a guest post by a friend of mine named Greta. She’s smart and funny and awesome and just happened to make a very bad choice in a Baby Daddy, so she thought she’d write about it for you. Did any of you choose the wrong baby daddy? *post contains affiliate links. If you […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/feed/ 3 8232 The Lazy Person’s Guide to the 9 Best Inventions of all time. https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-lazy-persons-guide-to-the-9-best-inventions-of-all-time/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-lazy-persons-guide-to-the-9-best-inventions-of-all-time/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:00:31 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7895 I love that in this post Mike was inspired solely by things that encourage laziness. The original title of this piece was just something like “People Who Should Be Drinking Free For The Rest of Their Lives Because They Invented These Things,” which in and of itself is pretty hilarious. But then I noticed that […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-lazy-persons-guide-to-the-9-best-inventions-of-all-time/feed/ 0 7895 New Year’s Eve Before Kids and After Kids https://toulouseandtonic.com/new-years-eve-kids-kids/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/new-years-eve-kids-kids/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:38:00 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6869 Sometimes I miss the old days where my New Year’s celebration ended with my head in the toilet from drinking too much champagne instead of my kid’s head in the toilet because he’s caught yet another stomach virus. Either way there’s vomit involved but at least I had earned it the fun way before kids. […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-everyday-facebook-annoyances/feed/ 5 6286 Ten Things I’ve Learned As My Kids Become Adults https://toulouseandtonic.com/ten-things-ive-learned-kids-become-adults/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/ten-things-ive-learned-kids-become-adults/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:58:52 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6073 Today, I have a surprise for you.  Mike is not all snark.  He has a real, beating heart under there – and some serious smarts when it comes to raising kids.  Since his kids are young adults and mine are still little curtain-climbers, I’m gleaning some wisdom from this post while I laugh.  I bet […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/ten-things-ive-learned-kids-become-adults/feed/ 0 6073 10 Things to Hate About the Holidays https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-to-hate-about-the-holidays/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-to-hate-about-the-holidays/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:58:01 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5774 Oh yes, my friends.  Mike couldn’t let the holidays go by without a little something for you.  And why yes, it IS a middle finger.  Seasons greetings! 10 Holiday Ass Whips What he said, by Mike Planned Celebrations – At work I am a planner, at home I like to just go with the flow.  So, […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-things-ill-never-understand-about-women/feed/ 25 5640 People I’m Prejudiced Against (What He Said, by Mike) https://toulouseandtonic.com/people-im-prejudiced-against-what-he-said-by-mike/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/people-im-prejudiced-against-what-he-said-by-mike/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2013 17:37:04 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5494 It’s time for another What He Said, by Mike.  And this time he’s peeved, by just about everything you’re also pissed off about and some other random things.  Read on for Mike’s list of people he’s prejudiced against. With all the recent fuss with celebrities like Paula Deen spewing racism and prejudices, I thought I’d […]

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