As I was driving home from dropping my daughter off at school this morning, I caught myself doing something I’m kind of embarrassed about. I was looking. You know, at guys. Outside. Working. Shirtless. And then there’s that guy that’s always outside with his giant greyhound. The one in the cowboy hat that never wears [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
May 13
Hers, Mine, Ours
Another Mother’s Day is upon us and it seems they come faster and faster now that I have kids of my own. People always say things like that and by God, they sound so old when they do. But now I understand why they say it. It’s true. Something about being a parent causes life [...]
May 11
I Bit the Bullet
I did it. I bit the bullet and went jeans shopping. Why? Because I’m cheap, dammit. Through my employer, I occasionally get these special discount cards for major department stores and if you’re savvy (read: cheap like me) you can really rock the discount and save some big $$$. So, irresistibly drawn to that place [...]
May 01
Silver Linings
“Mother may I?” is the topic of our blog writing exchange this month. For me, these are loaded words. My mother died in a car accident when I was thirteen. I am motherless. I do have other mother figures in my life. I have a stepmother. I have a biological mother. I have a mother-in-law. [...]
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s BlunderMom!
We all know the media exaggerates stuff, especially when it comes to celebrities, but there probably IS a kernel of truth to everything that’s been said about Britney Spears and her less-than-stellar parenting skills. Hell….there’s probably an entire cornfield of truth to all of it. I have to admit, however, after the week I’ve had, [...]