I am kinda PISSED…
What the Freakin’ Firetruck is wrong with Hollywood?? Is there not an original idea floating around anywhere in La La Land these days!! I just heard that Ridley Scott is planning to revisit and remake...
View Articlelearning to love forty
I have been forty years old for 12 days now. It’s growing on me. Slowly. And so when I saw this in my Facebook feed today I immediately clicked on it. Check out what the ever so wise Andy had to say...
View ArticleWhy 50 Shades is good for you.
I caved. BIG TIME. I had heard about it a few months ago, but didn’t really buy into the hype. I mean, it’s not like I was a stranger to erotic fiction. I was reading The Story of O and Ann Rice’s...
View ArticleThe Virgin Garden
This week I decided it was time to go all the way. I mean, I have waited 40 years, I weighed all the pros and cons and I was pretty sure I was mentally ready to handle the consequences. So I had a long...
View Article18 things that I think about EVERY Day
Since I can’t remember the awesome blog post idea that I had only hour ago is, I am taking a page from @Schmutzie’s playbook today and I am going to give you a list! So here ,in no particular order, is...
View Articledate night
You know what is important when you are married with kids? Date night. Especially after a day with 4 kids under 6. One of these my 4-month old baby nephew, who HAS to be worn at all times. (I think I...
View ArticleThankful for silliness and sinus medication.
I am in a bit of a fog, so please forgive me. I have a head cold, I have already taken the night-time meds, and I may be a bit delirious! And for the past two days, I have also been {finally} finishing...
View ArticleI am the Tony Stark of parenting!
I am a goddamn parenting genius! . . . . OK, fine. Slight exaggeration. Maybe I just exude parental confidence. {While inwardly I am pulling my hair out strand by strand and sitting in a corner holding...
View Articlemisplaced
Have you ever had one of those weeks when at any given time, you have no idea what day it is, what time it is or what or where you are supposed to be? This is happening to me right now. And to be...
View Articlefive reasons to become a parent
There is a pretty hilarious video circulating on the interwebs these days called “The Parent Rap”. Seriously, go watch it here, it is worth a few giggles. What is interesting is the reaction of the...
View ArticleSilver Linings List
I am a couple of days behind for my #40silverlinings posts and so tonight, I give you a small list of things that have made my week have that slight little glow around the edges. #11. A return to...
View Article#40silverlinings: Vet bills, zombies and Taylor swift
Some days the silver linings are harder to see. I haven’t posted anything since last week. We have been busy. The kids had Thursday and Friday off because of teacher’s convention and we had a lot going...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day. No, really….
Yes, here it is. The Mother’s Day post. Now before you roll your eyes and click over to some other link, just hold on…. I will not be bombarding you with sappy stories of motherhood and heavily...
View ArticleMy addiction
This was an assignment I wrote for a writing workshop I took last year. I reread it tonight and it made me laugh… because nothing has changed! I hope you like it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I can feel...
View ArticleFor your viewing pleasure…
Here’s the deal. I had this really deep, insightful post that I was working on earlier today… and then something shiny must have grabbed my attention, because I totally lost my train of thought and...
View ArticleFeminist Fare Friday: Edition #7.
Todays feminist fare is brought to you by boobs. Why? Because God knows that the sight of any part of one gets the whole damn internet/media/complete strangers in a crazy uproar! So without further...
View ArticleFeminist Fare Friday: Edition #9
It’s a short one this week. I am recovering from taking care of everyone else who was recovering from various stages of stomach bug and between washing every towel and bed sheet in the house and wiping...
View Articlea peek inside
Okay, okay, time to do some writing. Now, what am I going to write about today…..??? *Goes off to check Twitter and Facebook. Gets sucked into a vortex of Youtube videos of Jimmy Fallon singing like...
View ArticleSelfie: An Official Word.
In honour of Selfie becoming the official word of the year according to the smarty-pants peeps over at Oxford Dictionaries, I give you 13 of my very own selfies. The good, the bad, the ‘what the hell...
View Articlemisplaced
Have you ever had one of those weeks when at any given time, you have no idea what day it is, what time it is or what or where you are supposed to be? This is happening to me right now. And to be...
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