The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the… oh nevermind
Mom, I want a new game. You have like 40 new games…you don’t need a new game. Mooooooooom, but the App store says there is a new snail game, I want the new snail game. Wait…the App store? How do you...
View ArticleStand Back
Somewhere between all my doctor’s appointments and procedures…and Valentine’s Day…my daughter seems to have found her voice. It was always there, but only known to us. We had the privilege, nay, the...
View ArticleThe Death of Osama bin Laden
But Mom…how do people get evil? Are they always evil? Do they get born evil or does something turn them evil? Did our soldiers get killed? Why did we kill him? Why did the President have him killed?...
View ArticleThe POUT Face & Why I Must End It…NOW
I really don’t know why I’m surprised. My six-year old daughter was pulling out her full on POUT face (see above) for $99 Prada frames at the eyedoctor…even though her vision was deemed 20/20. That’s...
View ArticleThe Mom Nagging Machine
There was a time when ‘back to school’ meant nothing more than a new backpack and some crayons. Today my daughter and I looked, and bought, some ‘undershirts’ as opposed to ‘training bras’ because she...
View ArticleCONVENT
I know we joke about it from time to time at our house, but recent events are actually making me consider sending my seven-year old to a convent. Stop laughing. Somewhere in Florida my mom is cackling....
View ArticleIt’s Ok to Viciously Attack Women Online, so Long as They Are Liberal
Oh wait, I’m sorry…they call us ‘leftists’ now. Longtime Republican and actress Stacey Dash tweeted her support for Gov. Mitt Romney this week and was, as is sadly typical of the internet, viciously...
View ArticleHi, I’m Erin, And I’m One of THOSE Sports Moms
I had a feeling it was in there. Ready to bubble up to the surface. The yelling. The coaching from the sidelines. The yelling. The ‘reminders’ of what the real coach wants…you know, things like ‘keep...
View ArticleThe Chicken Came Before the Egg
I’ve been spending many days and nights around here researching ways to get this body of mine back into tip-top shape…and I’ve come to only one answer in defeating Lupus: Chickens. Somewhere in Santa...
View ArticleMiss Teen PWN
I am, by nature, a worrier. So imagine what I did when this came in the mail: Do I show her? I know when I got the really horrible, everyone got one, scams in the mail about modeling or...
View ArticleTrouble, Trouble, Trouble… oh Yes TROUBLE
We hit a bit of a milestone today. I had a car filled with 8-year old girls singing their hearts out to Taylor Swift, with my daughter leading the pack. I couldn’t exactly catch the ear piercing...
View ArticleIt’s a SPOOOKY Halloween: I’m VOTING REPUBLICAN
No really. It’s going to happen. And it REALLY does not get any more scary than voting GOP. Here in California’s 25th district we Democrats got the short end of the stick in our new ‘top two’ primary...
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