Jessie Weaver
I am a work-at-home mom with four kids (ages 15, 13, 11, and 7). We live on campus at Baylor School, where my husband teaches. After living in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, Tennessee is home and has been for 19+ years. After years of having babies and preschoolers at home, I sent my youngest to school, and now spend my time working part-time for an online entrepreneur ... and picking up sick kids from school.
The Other Disease Right Now
I didn't mean to forget. It just happened, again.
My 11-year-old daughter was spending the night with her grandparents last week. And although I'd managed to get her medication filled, I hadn't remembered to go...
How to Stretch a Chicken
I don't know about you, but right now I'm having a hard time finding meat. It's harder and harder to get the boneless, skinless variety of meats that we are used to cooking especially....
Coping with Bad Depression Days
From about June to December of 2019, I was in a pretty awful depressive funk.
I've dealt with depression and anxiety and been on medication pretty steadily since I was 20, so you'd think at...
I Must Officially Be Old Because I’m Now on King Triton’s Side
I'm 37-years-old now, but in 1989, I was seven- and eight-years-old. After having a daughter myself who has gone through these years (now 11 and much too mature), I can tell you with great...
My Best Books of 2019
One of my favorite bookish podcasts had a recent episode entitled GoodReads, You're Fired. The main gist of their argument was how bad the GoodReads Best of the Year awards winner lists always are....
I’m Feeling Pretty Grinchy This Christmas
I never feel ready for the Christmas season. Wasn't it just here? Didn't I just do this? As you get older, each year represents a smaller sliver of your life, so perhaps my mind...
What’s it Like to do a Show at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre?
The Weaver family recently went through quite a whirlwind three months, during which my 10-year-old daughter rehearsed for and performed her first real show; she played Matilda in Matilda the Musical at the Chattanooga...
ALDI People Are My People
I feel like my delight over the opening of the Signal Mountain Road ALDI was a little out-of-hand. You should have heard my great enthusiasm and sighs of relief. No longer would I have...
There’s No Such Thing as a Normal Family
I'm not even sure what we were talking about, but during a conversation with my 10-year-old daughter recently, I realized not one of the families we are close to has any type of traditional...
Vacationing with a Big Family
Does the idea of packing for vacation with a vanful of kids in tow make you break out into hives? Are you wondering if the Grand Canyon or Disney World are totally out of...