Spring is here. The sun is coming out and the winter coats are being put away. Your BFF is asking you to come along on a spring time shopping spree because when temperatures get higher, shirt sleeves and pants legs get shorter. Being the awesome friend that you are, you go with her to the [...]
Most women I know have dieted, are dieting, or plan to diet. I mean, I can’t be the only one that has to lose twenty-five pounds by this Saturday.
You have a superpower. You were born with it. Using it is effortless, or it least it should be. That power is kindness. And it blows away every other superpower out there. Well, except for flying. Or x-ray vision. Anyway. Why is kindness a superpower? Because kindness multiplies. Because kindness can beat the crap out [...]
Structure, routine, expectations, follow through. All buzz words for how we are supposed to put our kids to bed at night. Because, no, you just don’t throw them in a darkened room and shut the door. And if you do, shhhhh.
A few years ago, I really didn’t understand internet dating. I suppose I felt superior picking both my husbands the old fashioned way–drunk, at a bar. I had difficulty understanding the process of scrolling through bios and glamour shots, starting conversations, and moving to the next level. It all seemed so contrived. I did not believe [...]
There are a number of blogs out there–over half a million in fact. Many of these blogs are started with the naive intent to become rich and famous. Let’s famous it, we’d all love to get paid 6 figures (or even 3 figures) to play on the computer all day. After all, isn’t playing on [...]
The other day my kid and I passed the Speedo guy as we were driving to the playground. “Is that the guy who wears the Speedo?” I said. My daughter started to laugh. “Hheh, yeah mom. Eww.” “Mr Creeps,” I said, “that’s what we should call him.” Mr. Creeps is, well, creepy. He clears the [...]
This is definitely a TMI post. If you are a man, run away now. I’m seriously tempted to get pregnant JUST to stop the craziness that is the moody spectacular of what I’ve come to call Shark Week. I think I’ve driven my husband just crazy enough to agree to it. Desperate times, desperate measures [...]
If you are any kind of thinking person, you will make strides in your life to be better. A better friend. A better daughter. A better mother. A better person. You will also try to master certain activities like writing, playing the cello or a three-point shot. As you do these things, you will aim [...]
We all start our “careers” in motherhood one way or another. Some prepare, plan, read lots of books and think they are going to have it all mapped out and controlled. Ha, you kids kill me. Others fall into it accidentally because they are stupid or irresponsible, like me. The point is, regardless of how you came to be a [...]
There are some things in life that are unavoidable, like death, taxes and the fact that no matter how you spin it, gravity will eventually catch up to you. Sure, you can use Botox or Restylane, nip this, tuck that, suck these and lift those. With the help of technology, many of us can live [...]
Rivals since their first class together at Landscaping Academy fifteen years ago, Mack and Kenny often find themselves in our subdivision working side by side on neighboring homes.
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