Mommy stuff – 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 You Had Me at Foo Foo Fest! https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:38:31 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com/?p=8481 I just discovered a gem of a festival here on the Gulf Coast! This truly unique fest happens in Pensacola, Florida. And you guys know we LOVES US a festival. This ones combines a bunch of stuff we love: history, culture and the arts, food, diversity, #saltlife, plus events for adults and events for families and kids! And […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/feed/ 0 8481 The Best Down and Dirty Books about Rock and Roll https://toulouseandtonic.com/best-dirty-books-rock-roll/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/best-dirty-books-rock-roll/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:52:23 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8151 There are a mountain of biographies and memoirs about rock and roll, rockers, musicians, groupies, rock wives and girlfriends. But my friend K (who shall henceforth be called “The Expert”) and I like a certain “class” of these books. We put our heads together and came up with this list of what we think are […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/getting-sick-worst/feed/ 0 8388 How Becoming a Parent Turned Me From An Extrovert Into an Introvert https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-becoming-a-parent-turned-me-from-an-extrovert-into-an-introvert/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-becoming-a-parent-turned-me-from-an-extrovert-into-an-introvert/#respond Thu, 06 Oct 2016 19:04:26 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8356 Before I had kids, there was no one who would describe me as anything other than an extrovert. I went out all the time, I was social as could be, sometimes I even danced on tables if I’d had enough juice. But then becoming a parent turned me from an extrovert into an introvert. The […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-becoming-a-parent-turned-me-from-an-extrovert-into-an-introvert/feed/ 0 8356 More Sexy Halloween Costumes For Moms https://toulouseandtonic.com/more-sexy-halloween-costumes-for-moms/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/more-sexy-halloween-costumes-for-moms/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2016 02:59:02 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8331 We know. You’ve spent all your time getting your little goblins and ghosts ready for Halloween and now you have nothing to wear yourself! And even worse, you’ll have to watch half the other women parade around as Sexy Pandas and Naughty Nurses while you sit in the house with the lights off because you’ve […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/more-sexy-halloween-costumes-for-moms/feed/ 3 8331 I Want To Go Back To College. And I Want To Be 18. https://toulouseandtonic.com/i-want-to-go-back-to-college-and-i-want-to-be-18-is-that-asking-too-much/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/i-want-to-go-back-to-college-and-i-want-to-be-18-is-that-asking-too-much/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:32:46 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8318 I’m having this huge battle with the green-eyed monster lately. Well, I exaggerate. It’s not a huge battle but it’s at least a small one. There may not be guns or I dunno, cannons involved, more like one person has a spoon and the other has a feather duster and they’re just kind of slapping each […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/i-want-to-go-back-to-college-and-i-want-to-be-18-is-that-asking-too-much/feed/ 0 8318 Funniest Moms On The Internet, Volume 6 https://toulouseandtonic.com/funniest-moms-internet-volume/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/funniest-moms-internet-volume/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:26:04 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8260 It’s time for the next edition of my roundup of the funniest moms on the internet. I’ve been scouring the www collecting the most hilarious posts for you and here are the ones that stood out in the unbearable heat of summer. Find a seat in the shade and get to reading, and maybe put on some Depends. It’s gonna […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/funniest-moms-internet-volume/feed/ 0 8260 Wedgie Fit Jeans are a Thing Now. But Why? https://toulouseandtonic.com/wedgie-fit-jeans-thing-now/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/wedgie-fit-jeans-thing-now/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:12:29 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8280 Levi’s now makes  wedgie fit jeans. And that’s not just how people are referring to them because of how they fit – they are made that way ON PURPOSE and even CALLED Wedgie Fit. They come with a high waist, a wedgie and tapered legs. So basically, Mom Jeans are actually in style. I almost […]

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