This was an original post for Los Angeles Moms Blog on June 29, 2009. LA Moms Blog was acquired by Technorati so I post my archives on Friday. I cross-posted the piece here on House of Prince. You can find the whole thing here at "Seven." Excerpt: A few weeks ago I had … [Read more...]
40 Things I’ve Done
Today is the last day of my 30's. Since my friends have been turning 40 for years, you'd think I'd be prepared for this. Parties and presents and "happy birthday's" are a distraction, and they are wonderful, because when I sit down and think about it, the idea of turning 40 … [Read more...]
The Safest Place
I've always thought of my bed as my sanctuary. It's the place to which I retreat when I am sick, exhausted, sad, or furious. When the children invade my bed in the middle of the night, I grow territorial. This is my bed. I don't care who your mother is. But in the wee … [Read more...]
Lousy Anna
My husband has poison ivy. A horrendous, disgusting, pustulating case of poison ivy. He spent a week in Louisiana helping his mother care for her acres and acres of property and her house that had plumbing and electrical problems that, if we lived nearby, he could take care … [Read more...]
The Jack O’Lantern Project 2010
Halloween parties started last weekend, but we just got our pumpkins yesterday at Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark. Brady chose them, Kyle art directed, and Stewart carved. I hid in the "study" until the mess was cleaned up. And I took pictures. … [Read more...]