Yesterday was my first Mother’s Day, and it got me thinking about all the moms who’ve paved the way for me, teaching me important life lessons. I’m speaking, of course, of my pop culture moms, the women who helped raise me with their weary one-liners, picture-perfect meatloaves, and iconic hairdos. And I am forever grateful [...]
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.
I collect vintage children’s books. Not just one or two, but entire sets. I have collections full of perfect examples of the child-rearing practice of the time; finger wagging teach-you-a-lesson tales of what can happen when children don’t behave. I showcase these volumes front and center in the kid’s reading room downstairs. They’re fun to [...]
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 [...]
I dread Mondays. Aside from the usual end of the weekend blues, Mondays are the days I have to spend digging my house out of the Sunday MegaWarehouse bulk shopping my husband does.
Walking through the aspirin aisle at the pharmacy recently, I passed the Tylenol shelf. I chuckled bitterly, because Tylenol is one of those drugs that simply do not work for me. It never has. Now, I am not afraid to take my medications. Repeat after me: medication is your friend. There is no award for [...]
Last week I plunked down a cool $27 to see Titantic in 3D. This is a movie that I already own and have seen three times in the theater. And also watched in Spanish on Telemundo. Just in case: it still sinks, and I don’t even speak Spanish. Too soon?
Though it may seem like the end of the world to a teen who flunks his road test, it’s not. It’s a parent’s job to get him back up on that horse, and try again as soon as possible.
The same week my nine year old daughter was excited to get money from the tooth fairy she started asking me serious questions about something I’ve dreaded since the ultrasound tech told me I was having a girl: boobs. Let’s go back a bit here… I grew up a tomboy raised by a single father [...]
When you are newly pregnant for the first time, your OB-GYN will present to you with benevolent open arms, much like the Shroud of Turin, the pregnancy bible What to Expect When You’re Expecting. After receiving this book at our first preggers appointment, I would bet my twenty-five dollar tube of Clinique smokey-kohl eye liner that [...]
Today I realized my kid was bitten by the snack zombie. AHHHH, SNAAAACK! So, I threw some yogurt covered pretzels at her and ran. Ran for my damn life! Because, if I didn’t, she’d be back for more. And more. And, did I mention, more? If I called dinner a snack, she would eat it. [...]
If she had only invested the $1,500 it cost for a Miracle Ear, she’d still be known as Angelina rather than Gam-alina. We now have answers for what we celebrity gossip addicts have been whispering about since Leg-gate at the 2012 Academy Awards.
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