Some of My Favorite Things

November 12, 2011

I don’t think it’s fair for just TV stars to hype their favorite products. The stuff on TV and in the impulse buy magazines are full of ooh and aah ideas, but most of it isn’t affordable. I don’t spend $300 on slippers or $100 on a wedge of cheese shipped from a fancy fromagerie [...]

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Fireside Friends – 5:00 Fridays

November 11, 2011

We’ve had glorious fall weather in North Carolina this week. Sunny days in the upper 60s/low 70s make for gorgeous dog walking weather. There’s a nip in the air in the mornings, but the sun is in full force with blue skies wrapping the day up in a picturesque package. It has been perfect boots [...]

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Penn State – No Words

November 10, 2011

See those sweet faces? Those are my sons. And may God help the person who ever harms them. I am so sick about the events that have unfolded at Penn State. I find myself sitting down to write about it, yet I cannot bring the words from my heart to the page. I tear up [...]

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Melt. – Wordless Wednesday

November 9, 2011

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What I Won’t Miss

November 8, 2011

    I hate those moms who think their children are perfect and are able to overlook the things that make parenting so dang hard. When I meet a mom who never complains about her kids I immediate wonder what drug she’s on or if she’s got vodka in her coffee mug. It’s frankly annoying [...]

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Penn State is in a Shameful State

November 7, 2011

The last time I wrote about child molestation I received a considerable amount of hate mail. I am a mother so the mere thought of someone hurting my sons, especially in such a sick, twisted, violent way, makes my Mama Bear instincts go into a Tasmanian Devil fit. Even if I didn’t have children, the [...]

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To Tell the Truth

November 6, 2011

Today I had some rare alone time with Bird. We hung out and chatted while we ran some errands. Then he whooped me handily at Just Dance. He is the Pump Up the Jam king at our house. I worked up a sweat while he giggled at my immense lack of coordination. Nothing about me [...]

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Head Shot Yay or Nay?

November 5, 2011

I’ve been thinking about getting some head shots done. I have lots of professional photographer friends who could use their talents to magically transform me. Should I look the part of vixen, working girl, chic mom, glam gal, pouty flirt, curious book worm, erudite thinker, carefree pet pal, charming girl next door, sassy pants, serious [...]

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All Dressed Up and Somewhere To Go – 5:00 Fridays

November 4, 2011

Mac Daddy and I have a black tie party to attend tonight. We’re going out like real grown ups with a social life. We even have two more cocktail parties to attend this week. In case you’re bad at math, that’s three parties in one week that require me to stand up straight and suck [...]

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Trash Talking

November 3, 2011

    When I lived in Madison, Wisconsin I got my hair cut at chic downtown salon a few blocks from our apartment near the Capitol. A young black man cut my hair, and he gave me my first stylish short hair cut reminiscent of Hale Berry’s. He wasn’t a hipster with an on fire [...]

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