BOWLING BALLERS
After surviving the craziest few weeks that I can recall in our 11+ years together, plus faced with many fabulous events that collectively threatened to blaze through our weekend with the blink of an eye, a theme song entered my head and had me searching for an alley to hang out in Friday night. We dangled…
THE CLUTTER CONUNDRUM
For the past few weeks, leading up through this week, school report deadlines loomed over both my kids’ heads. Plus this week piled tournaments for my daughter’s softball team, my son’s mid-week baseball game, and I’m waiting anxiously to hear anything about whether or not my temporary position might convert to a permanent job! While…
BEST MOTHER’S (OR OTHER) DAY GIFT
In our house the kids get excited about holidays – especially those involving gifts. We like to put thought into gift giving when we have the luxury of time, and they enjoy planning for me just as much. They start planning what they’re going to give me early on but considering they don’t have an…
BACK TO THE FUTURE – NOVEL WAY TO CAPTURE HISTORY
The other day my daughter and I drove down the street when this caused me to do a nearly- illegal u-turn in the street. We admired every detail as my mind started racing thinking of the increments of time covered in these Back to the Future films. The ability to go back, reliving or rewriting…
12. HAVE A RAINBOW MEAL
Today being Cinco de Mayo, we threw a family fiesta! Trying to figure out a Mexican menu that both kids would eat challenged me. One kid eats quesadillas, the other hates melted cheese. One loves spicy food, the other gets easily burned. I settled on Chicken Fajitas. I immediately thought how colorful and beautiful it…
SON KEPT LOSING THINGS SO MOMMY LOST IT
My son lost or forgot things 5 out of 7 days in the past weeks. My son is smart, too! I forgave him at first diagnosing him with “absent-minded professor” syndrome that can’t fit mundane tasks in the idea-filled brain. I instilled mindless habits like a “Boy Scout drawer” or “Putting cleats in your bag…
WEEKLY PHOTO CONTEST: TOGETHER
I’ve always wanted kitties that love to snuggle and hang out together! Don’t get me wrong, Blinky (16 years – the groomee) and Moonshine (2 years – the groomer) wrestle with fur flying at least once a day, but then the young’n helps the old’n. Of course, I can’t have this post without some cute…
PANIC ROOM!
I’ve noticed a trend of men in my life disappearing. They, including my son, float around aimlessly until you ask them to do something. Then they disappear for extended periods until I send Search and Rescue! Fortunately with the size apartment I occupy right now, it’s a short mission and more often than not, he’s…
PULLED MOM RANK TO SEE DISNEY NATURE CHIMPANZEE
Somewhere along the way, my kids became jaded before their time. When I wanted to see Disney Nature Chimpanzee and my kids refused, while regularly quoting Zombieland or pointing out when real artifacts resembling those in games, something had gone awry. From the moment I bawled during the trailer, I knew I’d make my family see…
WTF: WAIT THERE’S FIRE!
We mindlessly wander through our routines, hopefully paying attention to what you’re doing, but hopping from place to place. Every so often, life throws a stick in your spokes and knocks you off course. Yesterday I flew so far I landed disoriented, quickly feeling for a familiar path. Wait, a signpost up ahead – next…
OUT OF THE FRY BASKET AND INTO THE FRYER!
Ever since working 5 minutes in the pool snack bar 30 years ago, I couldn’t wait to do it again. With the heat turned up thanks to the increased responsibility of an oil fryer and nacho cheese, I was nervous that I’d wind up ruining someone’s mouthwatering vision for their fries or taco boat. As…