Just like Shakira croons about the She Wolf in our closets, I want to give voice to our inner Mama Grizzlies but, lucky for you, I won’t be doing it in song. You know what I mean by Mama Grizzly…she’s the alter-ego of every mommy. She comes to the forefront to protect our kids (or [...]
I am in big trouble with my husband. I made a mistake of what he would consider “monumental proportions.” To me, it was a mistake, not of monumental proportions but I fixed it. This mistake has led us to dredge up everything that has been bothering us for the past 10 years and has turned into a gigantic [...]
I was the woman who was so big at nine months pregnant, that people stopped me in public to let me know just how gargantuan I was, in case I had somehow forgotten. And yes, I was the woman in the maternity ward who people stopped by to see – “the one who delivered the [...]
I work at home so my office tends to get cluttered and messy. I have piles of paper here, stacks of books there, file folders all over. I also share the office with my husband and son so before I sit down to work I have to clear off a Bionicle, some kid scissors, my [...]
Computers were supposed to free us from the paper pile-up. Instead, we print out more than ever, generating huge stacks of files and investing record amounts of money to store our paper. We buy paper, file folders, labels, and file cabinets; and still the paper stacks overwhelm us. Home organizing is big business, and TV [...]
Around 11:40 AM on any given Saturday I start to get antsy. I pace around the house and hover around the back door, hoping to catch a glimpse of his car pulling into the driveway. The dog becomes aware of my sheer excitement and starts to follow me around, tail wagging. The girls sense that [...]
I’ve never been a big fan of women in general. Yes, you read that correctly. Let’s face it – women are usually pretty catty. I do understand that saying that may implicate me to be catty as well. But if I am being honest, in the past I have found that if you get a [...]
I have never been happier for a New Year to usher in. There is nothing like the gift of a fresh start to help you shake off something like viral pneumonia, RSV and Pink Eye in your household over the holidays. Cosmic Perspective? Perhaps…. As you know, I had visions of making Christmas morning the [...]
In light of the ailing economy and a general tendency to overspend on gift giving, I cut back on my Christmas spending this year. Still, my budget mounted to over a grand. Now, for some of you, spending one thousand dollars on Christmas gifts may be totally within the realm of reasonable spending. But for [...]
It’s been rainy and warm here lately, not my favorite combination of weather conditions. I like a rainy day and I like a warm day but not together. I prefer rainy and cool or sunny and warm. But I can’t control the weather any more than I can control my lust for chocolate so I [...]
