Day Dreaming at the Gym: Betcha Don't Know What I'm Thinking
on Nov 19, 2009 in elderly dreams gym diet calories diet aged Family dieting tv meany bitch kharma Ah, the gym.My home away from home of late.The camaraderie and smiles of recognition of becoming a regular.The achievement of becoming part of a community.A family.And just like family members?Freaking annoying.Case in point, a sweaty, graying lady t...

Blog Silence: Turning a New Leaf
on Nov 9, 2009 in resolution motherhood leaves health wife The Game of Life mommy brain mommy autumn exercise stress fall children healthy mother I am still here.I am recovered from hosting two Halloween parties of 20+ guests in two days.And yet, I was absent here.My usual blogging time was gobbled up by the turn of a new leaf.I am so sick of the way I feel.The fat arms. The thighs rubbing to...

Thank You-Schmank You: Let's Ban the Thank You Card
on Oct 29, 2009 in mother-in-law waste basket charity sanity global warming insanity wedding thank you birthday bad mother ettiquette in laws Thanksgiving environment common sense Never was good with thank you cards. Never.It wasn't something my mom really pushed when I was a kid.My mother-in-law? She's old-school.She ceaselessly hounded us for weeks to finish our wedding thank yous when in those same weeks I had a newborn,...

Toe-Gazing: Top Ten Belated Blog Anniversary
on Oct 27, 2009 in readership mommy blogger drunk blogging comments military blogging mommy brain pta I've been blogging since December 2006...well with a few teensy breaks here and there for sanity.You've heard of navel gazing?Well this blog takes it a mighty little bit further.I blog the inane and insane so I think it's more appropriate to call it...

Cross to Bare or Bear Crossing
on Oct 26, 2009 in husband dirty jokes hairy cg humor funny Constructing an email for yet another carpool drama, I ask my husband is it cross to "bear" or cross to "bare."He laughs at me and says "bear" because "bare" would be this...He raises his shirt to exposes his chest and midriff thinking he's funny.PB...

Lord, Help Us Now
on Oct 23, 2009 in elderly teens diet year round swimming eldest swimming teenager exercise puberty teenage food I gave birth to a beast.My 13 year old is 5'9" and growing fast.Fast.He is also a swimmer. Two hours a day, every day. Even Sunday. Even Thanksgiving. Even New Years' Eve and yes, Virginia, 4th of July too.Consequence?We ate teriyaki last night im...

Circular Logic & Exposed: I'm on to Me!
on Oct 22, 2009 in fatty liver disease excuses swimming cg endometrial ablation health uterus volunteering career dreams law school diet uterine ablation class party mom naked Period oatmeal Remember I needed to make that ablation/hysterectomy decision months ago?I've decided I am going to take baby steps.Ablation it is.Hysterectomy seemed so final and I worried about no more big "O's." Not that my period puts me in the mood that much a...

Nostalgic: Still Love This Speech
on Oct 21, 2009 in dreams nostalgia future career Makes more sense and has more meaning the more years I live.Nostalgic!Spurs me to start thinking of my dreams I had at college graduation.Law school. Career. Healthy body. Healthy College Funds for Kids.It also reminds me of what I have to be gratefu...

Age-Appropriateness, Personal Beliefs, & Birthday Parties
on Oct 20, 2009 in video movies moral compass friendship r rated friends religious freedom tweens personal responsibility We don't do age-appropriate in this family.We just don't.We do maturity-appropriate.I make decision based on my knowledge of my children, not some arbitrary number some ratings board has decided.I let my kids see R-rated movies. They don't scare the...

Peace
on Oct 16, 2009 in grieving dog Grendel Family sleep melanoma skin cancer Love cancer Then on a cool autumn's morning,in a warm glowing kitchen,wrapped in soft baby blankets,with low murmurs of our best golden girl memoriesof soggy rawhides stolen and wiggling rumps,stroked ears, and tearful kisses raining down on her auburn fur,now i...