You know, I’m done. Somehow I managed to dig myself into a deep hole of craziness and stress and guilt. Right before Mother’s Day, too. I’m good that way. Today J watched 4 hours of TV because I was desperately …
Thanks to More Cowbell, I found several time-wasting “quizzes” for today. Good thing, too, ’cause I barely have the brain power to do much more this afternoon. We’re on Day Two of “Mother Nature’s PMS Psycho Episode.” It’s now in …
It’s May 1st! I know this because: A) I turned over my calendar. B) I received a lovely May Day basket C) It’s snowing outside. And it was 82 degrees yesterday. If you guessed C, you win! And it has …
Ever have that feeling that no matter how right you are, no matter how the facts lean in your favor, no matter how eloquent your argument is, you’re just screaming into the wind? You know how frustrating that is? This …
Dear Body, We’ve been together 34, almost 35, years now. Well, if you don’t count that 10 month swimming party. Woooo! That was a party, wasn’t it? Didn’t have to do a single thing other than float and kick. Nice, …
There aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I need to do, especially since I seem to hit uber-slow speed when super stressed. Like today. This week has become the perfect storm of stress and there’s no end …
I have had a craptastic 6 hours. I cannot and will not go into any details here, but I’m going to rant and rave a wee bit so I can actually sleep tonight. I am a very loyal person. Once …
Mornings are tough around here. I’m trying to get myself cleaned up, trying to get A focused enough for school (including his listening therapy), and trying to keep J from antagonizing his brother. All without coffee. So today I opened …
Remember summer vacation as a kid? Long, warm, lazy summer days. They were full of trips to the pool and to the library. We had no air conditioning in my house growing up; it was a Chicago Bungalow built in …
Tootsie Farklepants (dang, I love that name) blinged me with the oh-so-excellent: Dude! How cool! Love.It. I’m all about bling. And I’m passing this along to a few excellent blogs as well (unfortunately, can’t send it back to Vintage Thirty, …
