Confessions of a Serial Swooper

Those who follow me on Facebook already know about my stellar Valentine’s Day gift from Husband.  He swung by the local spa on his way home from work to pick up a gift certificate for a massage.  The spa was closed.  So, I wound up with Twizzlers.  In a handy reusable pencil holder. ‘Cause nothin’ [...]

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Dinner time.   Big and Little Brother take their seats.  Plates in front of them. Mom from kitchen:  Guys?  What would you like to drink — milk or water? Big Brother:  M-I-L-K!     M-I-L-K! Little Brother:   M-I-L-K!   M-I-L-K! Overheard from kitchen, Little Brother quietly to Big Brother: Is M-I-L-K milk?  Or water? [...]

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Last year, on March 1st, I blogged about a stomach bug that had taken over my home.  Well, as CarolAnne once said….”they’re baaaaack”.   And that’s all I’m saying about it because it’s gross.  You’re welcome. ______ As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve got some family division going on with the Pats-Giants Superbowl. [...]

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…that Demi was doing Whip-Its with her daughter before the now infamous seizure episode.  Jesus. Seriously?  Demi Moore’s mid-life crisis is the female equivalent of Charlie Sheen, if you ask me.  At least Charlie’s came and went (winning!) somewhat quickly where Demi has been a slow burn for years now.  Talk about refusing to get [...]

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Little Brother has a lot to say lately.  As in constant chatter.  If he isn’t asking me how to spell some made up word like “Rahtso Motso Hoola Loo” then he wants to take turns singing lines of “Three Little Birds” (“Three Little Birds, Beside My Dorset”).  I’m delighted, and not the least bit surprised, that our [...]

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Facebook friends should forgive that a couple fragments were used as status this week. __________ 1) Murphy’s Law.  If a stay-at-home Mom orders something online that may or may not have been an absolutely necessary purchase, said item will arrive on a day or a time that Husband is home.   Which means SAHM has no chance at opening item, getting item [...]

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One of my very favorite people turned 42 last week.  Her Mom was in town so she decided to have a low-key get together at her home.  She invited a gaggle of lady friends from “boot camp” — an exercise class my friend has been participating in with the same ladies a couple days a [...]

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Turning over a new leaf. Enough is enough. Since my wedding day, I have literally gained the amount of weight equal to the total weight of my now six-year-old son.   As in, his weight today.  Not the day he was born. Gross. So, I’m back in the saddle. Two things need to happen, right? [...]

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Little Brother started at a new pre-school yesterday.  He’s three (four in October) and has actually already been attending a different nursery school for the past two years.  Don’t judge me.  :-)   Anyway, yesterday was his first day at the school from which he will advance to Kindergarten. Being a typical two-year pre-school, however, [...]

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The hammer dropped on Big Brother a few weeks ago. And by “the hammer”, I mean, “family dinner.” Husband and I recently decided that enough was enough with the finicky “I only eat orange mac & cheese, hot dogs and chicken nuggets” attitude.  It was time for the kids to eat what we eat.  When [...]

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