I was given this advice today: “Don’t let anyone ruin your day.” OK, so you know that the cynical bitch in me is just *dying* to snap back with some snarky retort. Nice advice in theory, not so easy to implement when it’s one of those days and it seems like every. single. time. I [...]

I’m a walking old wive’s tale lately….wait, that’s not right. Is there such a thing as an old wive’s quip? No, guess not. Whatever, I’m growing tired of my cliche-ish self repeating these phrases over and over in my mind as well as my behavior. Someone stop the ride, I am so ready to get [...]

Eloquent, eh? I got nothing…..after a day that started with filing a police report (we’re all fine….during my walk this morning I found a little girl running in the middle of the street, barefoot, screaming and crying that her baby sister was crying and her mom left); was punctuated with a fried phone and several [...]

“People know you for what you’ve done, not for what you plan to do.” ~Author Unknown Ouch–that touches a nerve. I often joke that my headstone will read ‘she had the best of intentions’. Sometimes I wonder if it’s because I try to do too much….and there just aren’t enough hours in the day to [...]

Bleck. There used to be a love-hate relationship between me and Sunday nights….it’s morphed into a hate-hate relationship. I know I’ve said it before, but by the time Sunday night gets here I’m exhausted. Pooped. Wiped out. Completely and utterly drained. Wishing I had another weekend to make up for the weekend…to push away all [...]

Lots of thinking lately about the concept of ‘good enough’….you know, as in am I a ‘good enough’ person, mom, friend, daughter, sister, worker, companion, citizen…..not just ‘good’, but good enough. And I’m thinking that I’ll never, ever really be good enough. Not by my standards anyway–there will always be something to improve, something to [...]

I’m not a fan. Not to be all negative and glass half empty or anything, but by the time I get to Monday I am wiped out. It’s

with this movie, which I finally watched today: I’ve never watched an episode of Julia Child’s cooking show, nor have I ever seen one of her recipes. But now I want to run out and buy every one of her books. What a great story. Too cool that she went from never even boiling an [...]

You know, I usually really love being a mom. Really, truly I do (and that’s saying more than you know, unless you knew me back in the ‘there’s no way in hell I’d ever have kids’ part of my life). Until days like today. Before anyone gets their panties in a bunch, nothing horrible happened. [...]

Whoa Nelly–haven’t checked stats for a long time but now that I do, I’m a bit freaked out. What’s with all the visits but no feedback? And do all Blackberry hits originate from Canada, or am I a cult favorite there and no one bothered to inform me yet? So I could be totally unoriginal [...]