[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] By Brook of Stay Home Mama 1. Sort laundry. 2. Set “helpful” toddler on the couch and sort again. 3. Give up on sorting and throw everything into the laundry basket. 4. Put the basket by the door. 5. Start looking for your kids’ shoes. 6. Tell […]
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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 […]
10 Things All Parents Want Non-Parents to Know
We’ve all been there. You see a child throwing a tantrum in the supermarket or at a restaurant and think: “When I have kids, I will NEVER let them act like that.” Comedian Louis C.K. has a great bit on how becoming a parent changes our perspective: “I never never […]
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, […]
Inappropriate Endings to 5 Awful Kid Shows
By Nicole Johnson of Suburban Sh*t Show: Tales from the Tree-Lined Trenches The television season has recently come to an end and some great shows have said their final goodbyes. There are five kids’ shows I would love to see end forever. Here is how I envision their finales. 1. Calliou. […]
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 […]