After driving the morning carpool, I feel compelled to re-publish an open letter I wrote last school year. Why, why, why are people so confused by a 4 way stop sign…? Why? Dear Drivers at the 4-way stop on Montecito and Bostonian, I know 4-way stops can be confusing, what with drinking your coffee, […]
Table manners. They’re what’s for breakfast.
This was originally published a year ago… Normally when I republish a funny story, it’s about Grant. However, I am really missing Devin and Conner today. This one is about Conner. *************************** 3/14/11****************** It’s a school morning. I have a cup of coffee and am sitting in the living room, making fun of Meredith Viera’s […]
Today is The Day! (And Mommy likes wine.)
The SoCal Social is today!!! I am so excited! I spent last night with Bev from Flamingo Toes and Holly from 504 Main… we ate a crappy dinner (I’ll deal with you later, Alcatraz Brewery in the Block at Orange) and put the finishing touches on swag bags (while drinking wine out of coffee cups […]
A simple thing. Plate art for $1.50.
This is the last day of re-posts, I promise. It’s what I did before I had a Cricut. It was a pain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~June 3, 2009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been more and more crafty lately. (In a good way…) With Doctor’s orders to slow down, and dump some of the perfectionism/responsibility that I heap onto my own […]
Chip Grease! The better furniture polish!
I am pre-scheduling posts, as I am about to leave on vacation. My kids are making me crazy. Forgive the repost, but they inspired it. This was from July of 2008. The then-16-year-old is now graduated from high school and almost 19. Not. Much. Has. Changed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Originally published July 13, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are almost […]
Back from Austin, with an old story. New stories will be coming soon.
I had an amazing weekend in Austin, TX! It is a fabulous city, and fortunately we had a FABULOUS hostess to show us around and make sure we had an amazing time. Thank you to Becca at The Texas Darlings! L-R Jenny Kate, Impulsive Addict, Seriously Shawn, Me, Jen from Harried Mom of 4 and Becca photo […]
I never thought “Leave your penis alone!” would make my Top 10 list of most used phrases… (2)
I have drafts of 6 different posts in the works.None of them are finished.Thank goodness for my Republishing Crutch… It helps me along when I have a BlogJam. This was originally published on June 23, 2008.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last night I tucked my sweet Grant in at bedtime. We read The Very Quiet Cricket, we chose which […]
Covering his bases.
I’m still working on my last camping posts. They’ll be up soon. In the meantime, thank goodness for Happy to Design’s Sunday Favorites. This post was originally published June 28, 2008.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I sent the boys and a friend to the movies today (keepin’ em busy) and I told them if they followed my directions (basically: […]
My Target has a pharmacy, but needs a bigger booze section. (2)
I am still in the process of putting together my camping post, (does anyone else have several draft posts going at any one time?) and will be posting that soon. In the meantime, I am so grateful for Happy To Design’s Sunday Favorites, which makes it not only OK, but encourages us to repost a […]
February 14: National Oh Crap! I Need To Be Romantic Day. (2)
If I offend anyone who has and loves this piece of jewelry…. Sorry. Kind of. Originally published February 5, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kay Jewelers and actress Jane Seymour have teamed up to sell a line of jewelry. Apparently, besides being a frontier medicine woman (which, I never ever watched, by […]