When the cat’s away…

My husband is briefly out of town, and you know what that means!  Salad for dinner, an episode of NYPD Blue, and going to bed at 8:45 pm!  When the cat's away, this little mouse is going to get her party on.  A salad/NYPD Blue/early bedtime party.  … [Continue reading]

NOT DOCTOR SLOAN!

Well, dammit.  I guess I'm never watching Grey's Anatomy again.  You know, I ALMOST stopped watching after Meredith's near-death experience, and I ALMOST stopped watching when Denny had a recurring post-death role, and I ALMOST stopped watching when … [Continue reading]

SANTA’S COMING (in less than three months)

Yesterday I kept hearing people say "It's only three months until Christmas!" which got me to feeling like this: SANTA'S COMING!  Of course, in three months from today I will be either a) taking down the tree and packing up the decorations because … [Continue reading]

Tony Romo and his huge boner

My husband was watching Sunday NFL Countdown, when I overheard the commentator say "Tony Romo had the biggest boner in NFL history." Who uses the word "boner" interchangeably with "screw up" anymore? Or ever, for that matter? In any case this, for … [Continue reading]

Feeling the love

It seems we all have very strong opinions on skinny jeans!  I do feel that we should have learned lessons from the eighties.  I will say this, my very worst hair decision ever - and this is even worse than my 1985 mullet that my mom had home permed - … [Continue reading]

Lucky Number Seven

It was Jake's seventh birthday yesterday!  For the past week I've been reminiscing about my pregnancy and his birth: how I craved and ate a jar of Cheez Whiz a week, disturbingly enough; how I became a completely crazed hormonal being the day before … [Continue reading]

Batting 500

It all started when I read my friend Swistle's post about behaviours that are "mom-ish" and behaviours that are "old lady-ish".  For example, referring to youth as "young people today", fumbling for change while the grocery store lineup expands … [Continue reading]