Archives: 2008 July

Moms complain incessantly about the sneaky, manipulative and, well, hormonal ways of their teenagers (to put it quaintly).  And I’m sure teens come with a bevy of tricks up their sleeves.  I get that.
What I don’t get, however, is why those same mamas don’t tell you this behavior can start much, much earlier—say, at age two?  Okay, so maybe [...]

I don’t know how you spent your last few minutes of awake time last night, but I’m reasonably certain they weren’t squandered discussing the merits of Gordon Lightfoot.  Me?  Not so lucky. 
Here’s how it happened: Hubby and I are getting ready for bed, and at a decent hour for a change. Not that we’ve been up [...]

Okay, so I realize I’m a little tardy on posting the winner of my Pay it Forward contest, but cut me some slack here—I’ve been super busy hunting up random junk in my house to send her.  Oh, what a lucky lady she is…..
And the winner is….Playful Professional!
As fate would have it, she happens to [...]

Happy 4th of July, from the gang (and the Target dollar bins)!
Skye:  Mom should be banned from Target.

Fergie:  I sure hope this visor’s tasty.  Then again, I eat beer cans.

Peanut:  I’m pretty sure I like visors about as much as I like bunny ears.  Notice my demented look?  Oh wait—I always look like this.

Peanut:  Getting [...]

So, yesterday somebody mentioned they’d like to win home-made cookies.  (And yes, the Pay It Forward contest is still on, so keep leaving those comments!  You have until the 4th of July to enter.  Check out my post on Pay It Forward and Swistle for more details).
I seriously considered adding some fresh yummies into the [...]

So, I was just surfing the blogosphere (okay, call it procrastinating, if you must), and came across Swistle’s site.  Apparently, she’s running a “Pay It Foward” contest.  No, you don’t have to run out and buy anyone a new Mercedes, and hopefully, no small children are going to die in our version.  Alas, there’s no Kevin Spacey [...]