Have you ever heard of a “mommy makeover”? There is a plastic surgery clinic in Los Angeles that caters to “mommies”. Remember my (strange, non-maternal) aversion to the word “mommy”? It is NOTHING compared with the revulsion I feel at the marketing towards mothers and the supposed dissatisfaction with a child-bearing body. Philosophically, I feel […]
Meme Deflowering
May 2, 2009 by
I was a meme virgin, but I was tagged by Beck (okay, I asked her to tag me). Here we go! 8 Things I’m Looking Forward To 1. Spring – it’s kind of here, many of my plants are starting to poke up. IT’S ABOUT TIME.2. Having a glass of wine tonight. But then, I’m […]
Oink
May 1, 2009 by
Hey, have you heard of this thing called the “swine flu”? No? I am having a strange time with all the coverage of H1N1. On the one hand, I feel like there is a teensy bit of panic and fear mongering going on. The reality is that 300 people die of the flu, the regular […]
Those damn hippies
April 29, 2009 by
My husband likes to blame much of society’s ills on what he calls the “hippie generation”. Every time he does, I giggle a little inside, because the term “hippie generation” makes him sound like he’s an extraordinarily crotchety 75-year-old, and while I did bag myself an older husband, he’s not a senior citizen for goodness’ […]
The sun’ll come out….sometime….
April 27, 2009 by
I don’t write much when I’m sad. I don’t mind writing about being sad, but I don’t like to write when I am currently sad. There is a reason for this. I feel, I really do, that I am an extremely fortunate person and that I have more than most. I mean, I have a […]
All Timmy wanted for Christmas was TIME
April 24, 2009 by
Did you see Grey’s Anatomy last night? If you did, and you are a parent, you probably know what I’m going to talk about, and it’s not the explosion of pregnant TV actresses (what is up with the girls on How I Met Your Mother? Don’t drink the water on THAT set.) Anyway. On Grey’s, […]
The Queen and I
April 21, 2009 by
Queen Elizabeth II and I have something important in common; we share the same birthday, which is today! By writing this, it is clear I am not the type of person who coyly skirts the birthday issue, or likes to keep birthday celebrations to a minimum as my husband does. No, I’m the type of […]
