Finding Yourself Despite Yourself

I think I’ve been infected by the Stepford Wives.. I’ve been dreaming of buying a new mop bucket. It’s a pleasing shade of blue on wheels. Nice and wide mouthed to fit our mop in – no jamming and cussing necessary! Its like $8 but somehow I feel it’s this big splurge.. Im giving more [...]

Yesterday I was cleaning out the cookbook shelf when my almost 3 year old comes running up to me calling “Butt, butt, Mommy. Butt!” She was pointing at something so my interest was piqued to say the least. She then presented me with a raunchy Hallmark card I had intended to give to my father [...]

I had a longish drive today taking my youngest to the get shots. The morning, thick and foggy, called for subdued music. Dido went into the player and as I always do on a long drive, I went into heavy thought mode. A friend was wrestling with the decision to end a long-term friendship, asking [...]

Do you shower at your gym? DH, understandably, refuses to. He says there are always naked men wandering around thrusting forward their wrinkled old winkies in the men’s locker room. He refuses to even pee in there, convinced that some old dude might brush up against him while he’s standing at the urinal. It creeps [...]

My house is filled with the most conflicting odors. My MIL, badge wearing member of Satan’s minions, is another year older. She does not realize how truely unpleasent she is. I feel bad that we didn’t call her for her birthday so i’m baking a cake. It’s a strawberry cake and it smells HEAVENLY!!! Some [...]