No, it's not what you think. Not a letter from an old boyfriend, or a tax bill (although I do have those), or a report from a doctor about one of my children. Or, come to think of it, a note from The Principal. This is a letter to myself. Last November I attended an event … [Read more...]
The Chocolate Solution
This was an original post for LA Moms Blog on October 9, 2008. SV Moms Group was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives here on Fridays. It's that time of the month. No, not the day I get the newest issue of Real Simple in the mailbox. It's the hormonal … [Read more...]
Oodles of Noodles
On Sunday mornings after church, sometimes we would go to my grandmother's house on Woodmont Ave. It was a green shingled house, a semi-raised ranch, with beautiful soft green grass under a giant maple tree in the front yard. While I was young she had an in-ground pool dug for … [Read more...]
EWWW. And, Please Help
From Environmental Working Group: "BABIES ARE BORN PRE-POLLUTED WITH 100′s OF TOXIC CHEMICALS. OUR BROKEN TOXICS LAW IS FAILING THEM. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CHANGE THAT. EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 newborn babies and found nearly 300 chemicals, including … [Read more...]
A Good Husband Deserves More Than a Bowl of Butter For His Birthday
At the moment, I am Not Taking Control of Stewart putting the kids to bed. Instead, I am on the other side of the house, trying to ignore all the misbehaving that I hear wafting down the hall. I am being so good about Not Going In There and Intervening. Aren't I? He hardly … [Read more...]