Monthly Archives: August 2010

My BlogHer Photos!

I can’t believe these are the only pictures I took at BlogHer 10 but alas, it appears to be true. Excuse any grammatical atrocities in the captions—I really struggled over the whole me vs. I thing since they are captions, not sentences. Blerrrgghhh. Feel free to (gently) correct me. Okay, since I can’t put links [...]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (DVD)

I’m going to keep this short and sweet: I LOVED Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as did my 10 yr old AND the five girls we had over for a slumber party the other night. It’s a hilarious movie that stays very close to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and the young actors [...]

Are You Sure You’re Not High?

So I went to the evil empire the other night, right? No, no, no…not the Scientology headquarters located in lovely downtown Clearwater, a mere 20 minute drive from here (in case you ever want to see the trophy case where they keep John Travolta and Tom Cruise’s REAL brains in those creepy glass jars usually [...]

Moms Should Know When to Just Shut Up and Listen

Soooo…the other day my daughter and  her friend were in her room playing this “Party Truth or Dare” game that she got as a b-day gift. It’s kid version so there’s no “I dare you to give so-and-so a lap dance” kind of stuff going on—well, not that I know of—I mean I didn’t look [...]

The One Where I Eat My Words

A couple years ago, I wrote a post about how I didn’t want my daughter to get involved in cheerleading even though all her friends were doing it. I listed a variety of reasons why I thought sports would be a better choice and how all the cheerleading I’d observed involved a lot of inappropriate [...]