Author Archives: Maple Tree House

About Maple Tree House

I'm a twice-divorced, single mom of a vivacious 12-year-old boy I refer to as Rugrat in my blog. I write typically humorous posts about life and juggling time spent working, being a mom, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. I also plan to write and publish some fiction in the future and started my blog in an attempt to hone my writing skills.

No, I am NOT Married

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Maple Tree House

Wow! My page visits exploded overnight and throughout the day. If you read my post last night, you know I was crazy busy yesterday, and consequently, I didn’t post until just after midnight. When I woke up and checked my stats … Continue reading →

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Babies Getting Married

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Maple Tree House

Forgive me, reader, for being off the grid for the past few days. If you will recall, just two short weeks ago, I began this journey of blogging with a post about how I was actually looking forward to the start … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #Sloanestayshome, Adoption, Babies, Family, Holidays, Skipah's Army, Sleep Police, Summer Break, Thanksgiving, Weddings | 1 Comment

Monopoly and Guitars

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Maple Tree House

Ahhhhh, I woke up feeling quite refreshed today after my recharge last night. I made the most of my time today catching up on some things this morning and afternoon before I picked Rugrat up from spending the day with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Luke Bryan, Monopoly, Night Owl, Santa, Sleep Police, Toys r Us, YouTube | 2 Comments

Long, Hot Days and the Sleep Police

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Maple Tree House

Well, my boyfriend Luke didn’t make it down from Cincinnati last night. I’m sure he was just too hot and worn out after his performance in the Paul Brown Stadium to come see me. No worries, though. He will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Balloons, Bass Pro Shop, BB Guns, Farmer's Market, Glow Bracelets, Ice Cream, Luke Bryan, Marathon, McDonalds, Miniature Golf, Open House, Shooting Range, Showing Houses, Sleep Police, Target Practice | Leave a comment

This Isn’t as Hard as I Expected

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Maple Tree House

I took some time off from the blogging arena. I figured for someone who started off thinking she would only post two or three times a week, I could get by with missing a day or two this week. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Checkers, Cracker Barrel, Electronics Fairy, Heat Wave, Luke Bryan, Nintendo 3DS, Ohio Valley, Open House, Showing Houses | Leave a comment

The Electronics Fairy and Zorro the Wonder Cat

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Maple Tree House

Editor’s note: This was intended to be posted last night; however, Zorro the wonder cat crawled up on me to snuggle just after putting my little man to bed. House rule is that if our masked wonder is sitting on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cat, Electronics, Fairy, Play Date, Reading, School Break, Show Houses, Zorro | 4 Comments

Single Dads CAN Be the Better Parents

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Maple Tree House

My first couple of posts have been fairly light and anecdotal, but tonight I feel the need to get on my soapbox for a bit. I have many close friends who are also single parents or who have been for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged child support, coparenting, custody, Divorce, Indiana parenting guidelines, joint custody, parenting guidelines, shared custody, Single dads, Skipahsrealm.com, state law | 8 Comments

How Soon Does School Start Again?

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Maple Tree House

I don’t know about you other local parents, but I can hardly believe that in just two and a half weeks, my baby goes back to school. He starts his last year at elementary school and prepares for his next … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the “Maple” Tree

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Maple Tree House

What is this Maple Tree, and why are you musing about its treehouse, new readers may ask. Well, there are several reasons for the inception of my blog name and tag line. First, since my surname at birth and now … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon Prime, Divorce, Downton Abby, Maple Tree, Maple Tree Homes, Netflix, Online Dating, Single Mom, Treehouse | 2 Comments

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