It’s award season! We’re smack in the middle of Golden Globes, SAG Awards, RAZZIES, and Oscars. Dresses that cost more than my car grace the cover of every magazine, and the nominees are the subject of every talk show. I am not an actor (not by any stretch of the farthest imagination). I don’t own …
My little guy, Evan likes to leave me notes. He will go through an entire stack of copy paper in a week if you don’t watch him. He sneaks into my room and tapes things to the back of my bedroom door so that when I close the door his letter to me is in my face. …
Because it’s almost Valentine’s Day… I have the notion… To turn everything around me… PINK. Consider yourself warned. Pink Rice Krispies Treats Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter 4 cups mini marshmallows OR 1 (10 ounce) bag of regular marshmallows *** the mini marshmallows are easier to melt*** 6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal PINK SPRINKLES! (crystals, …
If you didn’t already know, I wander around here with my nose stuck in a book for at least part of most days, and every time I get into the middle of a book I like, I get all personally involved with the characters. I think it’s my girl version of fantasy football or role playing games. …
I am both appalled and amazed at how my children go about mastering the English language. I am ALL FOR expanding vocabulary and learning how to use new words in super cool ways. I am definitely a product of my dad’s famous phrase, “Look it up,” spouted every time he stumped us with his SAT …
My mom gave me a crock pot for Christmas. This thing is amazing. Mom sent me a message asking how I like it? How do I like it???? “Loooove it,” is what I told her. “It is like a magical pot of cooking happiness!!! Why did I never have this insanely awesome invention before now???” …
For a minute I worried that the word “spinach” in the title of this post might deter people from reading it. But then I realized that a picture of toasty warm quesadillas paired with a big spoonful of lowfat sour cream, no matter the green filling, appeals to almost everybody. If you don’t like spinach …
I managed to avoid most of the housework on New Year’s Day, following the superstition that you might inadvertently sweep all the good luck away. Lord knows I need all the luck I can get. But avoiding housework one day means that there is twice as much on the next, so I have been scrubbing …
Can I just mention that this is the first New Year’s Day that I didn’t have to be at work at 5:45 a.m. in YEARS? It’s amazing. I’m just sayin.
I am the MASTER of procrastination. Just ask my mom— she will totally confirm that. My brother Michael and I have made an art form out of putting things off until the very last second and still doing a dang fine job. I think my sister Stephanie mastered this skill in college. We have passed this …