I got a few speeding tickets back in the day of my misspent youth. Not too many but enough. And in my complete narcissistic irresponsibility, when I figured nothing bad could truly happen to ME…I paid those fines. Quickly. Just in case. As I grew older and more mature, I was driving 45 in a [...]
Archive for March, 2010
It’s Completely Obvious That I Am NOT The Alpha (Fe)Male
March 30th, 2010 
admin Meet our new dog Oscar. Oscar is a Silky Terrier that we bought at a…gasp…mall pet store. He had just been marked down because, for whatever reason, no one had bought him for the two months that he sat and pooped behind that display glass. So we, the pet suckers, saw him, held him and [...]
My Obligatory Birthday Post. Happy Birthday To Me.
March 29th, 2010 admin It’s my birthday. I’m not in the least bit excited about it. Not just because it’s also Passover so I get screwed from a birthday cake. No, I don’t resent sharing my birthday with Elijah, Moses and 10 plagues, not at all. OK, maybe kinda, sorta. I’m not happy to have another year just whisked [...]
Mommies Are People Too. Well, We Are!!
March 27th, 2010 admin Last night I indulged in a GNO with a couple of my friends. Overnight. In a beautiful hotel. Sans kids and smelly, poker playing hubbies. We were belatedly celebrating my friends 40th birthday. Dinner and gambling in Greektown, along with people- watching(Seriously, it was like the People of Wal-Mart had a convention in Greektown.) and [...]
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Tags: being a woman, mommies are women too, moms, parenting, taking time for ourselves 
12 Comments »From My Brain To Yours. You’re Welcome.
March 25th, 2010 admin You wanna know a little pet peeve of mine? Yeah…you know you do. OK. It drives me insane when women lose their own identity when driving in the car of life with their husband. It’s all fine and dandy that the generic your husband is successful. It’s so awesome that you have charge cards and [...]
Posted in my life Tags: bithcy women, blah blah blah, complaining, ford flex, husbands, random posts 5 Comments »A Mother’s Curse Has Come To Fruition
March 24th, 2010 admin She knew about and was completely dreading this writing assignment in her AP 8th grade English class for weeks. A ten paragraph persuasive essay about the pros and cons of trying minors as adults. Sounds easy enough. We pestered. She reassured. We nagged. She promised. Her class supposedly worked on a bit of the assignment [...]
Posted in my life Tags: kids, kids who are just like their parents, moms, school, step daughter 7 Comments »Basie and Paisley Book Review And Giveaway.
March 23rd, 2010 admin I’m so behind on my posting. And don’t even get me started on my laundry. It’s crazy around here. But, I had to stop my studying and kvetching to tell you about my friend Jim Millers childrens book AND to give them away to one lucky person!! Let’s talk about Basie and Paisley. Basie has [...]
