Winter got you down? Have you grown weary of leg wrestling day in and day out? Do you want to have fun but no one wants to Wang Chung? Well, I have just the thing for you: Sumo Wrestling! Recently, my partner and I co-hosted a Sumo Wrestling Cocktail Party. Sumo wrestling and cocktails may…
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An Apple a Day Keeps the Social Worker at Bay
I am an Adult Protection social worker which means that I investigate allegations of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. Many of my clients are elderly people who are being mistreated by their adult children. It’s my job to figure out if the “kids” are freeloading, outright stealing, yelling at and/or hitting their…
Adult Game Night Survival Guide
I don’t like most games. Not the “two-faced stab you in the back” kind or the emotional blackmail bullshit most people universally dislike. Literally the games of chance and skill conjured up by Milton Bradley and his competitors annoy me because I really hate to lose. It seems I get suckered into playing all the…
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
If I knew then what I know now I would have had more fun Showed the others how My smile brought the sun.
How to Beat the Mean Girl Mom Bloggers at Their Game
I’m nice and you’re nice. Okay, so that makes at least two of us. What do you do when the catty mom bloggers come to the cafeteria? Because, let’s face it, we’ve got cliques galore. We’ve got the memoir bloggers (the cool kids) and the coupon bloggers (chip on the ol’ shoulder) and the crafty…
When Things Don’t Seem Right With a Friend
It was 10th grade, the first French class of the year. Sitting behind me were two very aggravating girls. All right, I admit I was a stick in the mud–naïve and eager to please my teachers. But their whispering and laughing had to stop. I turned to shush them and–I’m not sure how it happened–the…
Pick Your Battles or Hide Your Toothbrush
I’ve heard that in successful marriages, there are comprises. Though I have only been married to my current husband for 10 years, collectively I have been married 15, and I believe that good behavior during time served in previous matrimony ought to count for something. I did learn something during those years, such as: Don’t…
The Mombie Survival Guide
The Kid didn’t beg exactly, but she was all: “MOM! Please be a room parent.” Which is the equivalent of planning two parties and being a chaperone for her third grade trip. And as much as I want to be there, this does require me to, gasp, deal with Other Mothers. I live smack dab…
