[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] When I was a first grader and would try to dive off the diving board, I would start at the way back. I would put my arms in the diving position (together over my head), and I would run the 7 feet forward and jump into […]
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5 Ways Making Mom Friends Is The Worst
Every mom needs a support network of mom friends. Moms don’t freak out when you tell them about the gross things your kids do. Like when the baby finger-paints the nursery with their feces. Mom friends are more likely to understand, empathize, provide an embarrassing poop anecdote of their own, […]
My Kids are A-Holes. Is it Because I Am Too?
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] While reading Diary of a Domestic Diva’s blog post about her kids being assholes, I found myself nodding my head. Her post scarily hits close to home. So WHY do our kids act like this? Why do they have the ability to make us feel like […]
Online Dating & Other Firsts Following Major Medical Complications
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] When I first started telling people I was thinking of online dating, of course the first thing out of everyone’s mouth was their horror story experience from the daunting realm of the world wide web. If they hadn’t experienced the online disaster themselves, it was their […]
Marriage: Of Clogged Drains and Support Hose
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] My husband Larry and I had a cocktail party to go to on Saturday night. It’s an annual thing at a friend’s house – someone we don’t get to see very often during the year, now that all our kids are older and we spend all […]
4 Reasons to Reconsider That Summer Vacation
If I hadn’t already booked this 7 day cruise to the Caribbean, I’d take all the money and time I’ve put into it and go get drunk at a local park. I’d then use the leftover money for bail. Alas, though, it’s my gift to my son for his graduation […]
Pampered Pink Poodles, or Why QVC is the Devil
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Decisions, decisions… There is a reversible skirt should I “need to go from the office to a gala event.” Or I’m considering the underwater camera should I be “visiting the Caribbean.” My television pals are hosts Pam, Jill and Don*. Pam is pregnant, Jill is engaged, […]
Armpit Hair Is the New Black. The New Smelly Black, That Is.
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] Apparently women’s armpit hair is the new thing. And by that I mean letting it grow out while you light some patchouli and dance around to The Zombies’ Time of the Season baked out of your mind is the new thing. (Or at least that’s what […]