Sisters, I Ask You

Please go over and give Mrs. Grumpy some warm words. She lost her wonderful husband Leonard last weekend.

Dropping the Deuce

Despite my moaning last week about everyone forcing my kids into potty training, and despite me, progress has been made.
Last night they had stripped bare for their bath when Toddler J suddenly got a panicked look on his face and ran into the bathroom yelling “Mommy, I go potty!”
This is new.
So we ran in, [...]

To F, or not to F? That is the question

Look Left! It is an ad, for which I am expecting huge, fabulous returns so that I might retire early and spend my days watching reruns of “Rock of Love” and eating bon-bons and peeled grapes.
Actually, coffee money alone would be SU-WEET!
Yup, I dove in and joined BlogHer ads. Because I had nothing [...]

Feelin’ It

The feedback yesterday was great. It was just what I needed. I am ready for Friday and whatever happens, new job or no, is what is supposed to happen.
Thanks, times a million.

New Change-Resistant Fabric!!

I have a job interview this Friday. It is a great opportunity to go from being a lowly contractor to a “real” full time employee with better benefits, more vacation and even (gasp!) a pension.
The problem is, I really like my current job and have settled most comfortably into this safe, cozy niche. I have [...]

Weekend Highlights

I assisted in the capture and homicide of a bat.
I spilled a gallon of hot, soapy water all over my kitchen floor.
I went to Nordstrom and Sephora and didn’t buy anything, but did ask for and got free samples of several things I want to try at home but not lay out $$$ for without [...]

Flush OFF!

I have been spared much of the unsolicited public assvice alot of other moms are subject to. Probably because I am a little older, and I tend to give off an air of control even though inside I am a writhing mess of anxiety.
And then the world decided it was time for MY boys to [...]

PC Crap Shoot

(CBS/AP) Officials at an Arizona school suspended a 13-year-old boy for sketching what looked like a gun, saying the action posed a threat to his classmates. “My son is a very good boy [who] doesn’t get into trouble,” the boy’s mother, Paula Mosteller, told CBS affiliate KPHO correspondent Mary Valenzuela. “There was nothing on the [...]

Channeling my Inner Mrs. Cunningham

Does it cheese anyone else off that they just ignored the existence of their oldest son Chuck after the first season?
Sometimes a girl just needs some comfort food, so here is a recipe. It takes like 10 minutes to assemble, then cooks for about an hour while you lounge about eating Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares and [...]

Lady of the House

One of my boys has become quite taken with telling me who is “A Lady” and who is “A Man” and who is “A Baby” and who is “A Big Boy”. I will let you guess which one he thinks he is.
The older I get the more I realize that I should not judge. The [...]