Could it be?Really?This whole time, Ive been wrong?And that maybe this whole beach thing...isnt quite so bad as I thought...if everyone just leaves you the heck alone?Wait, wait, wait!Come back a sec...
Has this ever happened to you? You're standing in your closet, overwhelmed by the mind numblingly boring chore of figuring out just what the heck to wear, and something catches your eye...?Way up hig...
Man and I have been married 15 years today, something to which I can really only credit laziness. Also? vast amounts of alcohol our willingness to listen to each other. To really hear. Hard not to, w...
You know how sometimes, you put on that sweater you just made?That frickin' fabulous-est sweater of all time, and you have just the right outfit, with just the right accessories for it, and it looks ...
You know how there are playdates, and then there are... playdates?Even from an early age, there are those playdates where you are waiting at the window (head OUT the window, even) for the mom to just...
Just when you think it is probable you will never blog again, having decided there are too few brain cells left floating around in there to be coherent after a summer beating your head against the wa...
I will say one thing about my children's obsession with the television: they will volunteer themselves up to do just about anything to get to watch it.Anything:Only a mean mommy would still say no.He...
So. Remember how I told you guys I was having a party? For my turning-40 brother-in-law?Remember? What do you mean you don't remember?! Didn't I just tell you this?! What is wrong with you?! Seriousl...
You know how there's some bloggers out there who go to their local farmers' markets and take all kindsa fancy-schmancy pictures of the produce to post about, and you read them and end up feeling all...
Ay. Some days I despair - despair, I tell you - of ever being able to turn into a good parent. Twelve and a half years at it, and I still stink.The thing is, no matter how hard I try, I always manage...
You know how... 364 days out of the year, you drag your fat butt out of bed at 5:30, run your 5 miles, shower, shave the relevant/showing parts, put on your make up, tame the mop, put on some clothes...
1. I find it unseemly (I LOVE that word. So fancy!) that the pattern book alone costs $17.95 - and doesn't contain anything else in it I will make.2. It is beyond unseemly that, after I quell the ris...
Everyone's familiar with Not Me, right?That guy who arrives unseen in the middle of the night to mess up bedrooms, finish cookies, leave toys in the driveway, and never sticks around for the repercus...
1. Are you a bad person if, caught in a sudden downpour with only one dog poop bag to spare, you leave the poo so you have a plastic (it's biodegradable, don't shoot me!) covering for your newly blow...
Today, dear world, I became a grown up.No, no, I didn't get a real job, or have a baby, or finally achieve a zen-like state of satisfaction with my lot in life. (C'mon, people. That might be asking a...
When Man told me our flight home from Paris had a stopover in Amsterdam, instead of my usual annoyed whining shtick, I was all like, "The Netherlands? I know a blogger there! Let's stay a couple days...
Well, this much is true: those French people really know their wine.How did they know WE were coming, though? And that we would like need such a nice big bottle?!********************** ***************...
Now people, just because you have been married 15 looooooonnnnngggggg years AND are stupid enough to bring your kids to Paris, doesn't mean it can't be romantic.It is, after all, the city for lovers....
Who knew that because you were stupid enough to bring your kids to Paris - seriously, what the hell was I thinking?! you could travel halfway 'round the world and still end up doing many of the same ...
It is a funny thing, this blogging deal.My couple of posts last week notwithstanding, I'm not actually here.I am, if my timing is right and luck is with me, sitting in an Amsterdam cafe sipping a fro...
Sometimes you just know something's gone incredibly wrong with your parenting methods and you are at a complete loss to explain just how you were so outmaneuvered.The other day, I replied to my son's...
...they want their membership back.************************* *****************************T he folks over at humor-blogs don't rely on squirrels to do THEIR window boxes.
Heretofore seen only in captivity, in the controlled habitat of a school classroom, and indeed, thought to be extinct in the wild (if not an entirely mythological creature altogether), A Boy Sitting ...
If you should happen to be a woman of the single persuasion interested in changing your marital or boyfriendal situation, I would recommend NOT doing so! visiting your local Home Depot, where men abo...
So.Last week, faced with the need for three separate batches of cupcakes for different events and something to occupy a certain someone who is already on summer vacation, I thought I had a stroke of ...
Aw.... shucks, guys, you are the BEST. Really.Every comment is like a big fat hug and now I am soooo over the fact that I am old bag who not even the 8-year-old wants to be seen with, and who can't e...
Oh, come ON, now!!!!Seriously!Very helpful. Just one extra minute, is all it would take.And this one musta thought they were being twice as helpful:Happy weekend, everyone! May there be a little less...
I know, I know. I haven't been around much, of late. Not that anyone asked.Oh, sure, I've been busy, but who the heck isn't busy in spring, with baseball, lacrosse, end of school cupcake-making.It's ...
Regularly, someone asks me why I don't write more about my knitting.By "someone" I don't mean to imply I am deluged with emails imploring me to write about knitting. By "someone" I just mean Bells. B...
Things not to say to one's 8-year-old son:"I'm gonna have to see some actual vomit for you to stay home from school today."Just trust me on this one.************************** ************************...
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