>Hubs has been in the doghouse the last few days but even he admits he totally deserves it. First off, remember that he is diet obsessed. A few months ago (while I was in my third trimester, damn him), Hubs lost 25 pounds on the Atkins diet and kept it off. Now he’s turned his […]

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June 28, 2007

>Dead Weight

>Can you tell it’s summer ’round here? I feel like I have no time to write all the sudden, what with all the stuff I’ve got going on, not to mention four kids running around the house. And that’s where you come in. I’ve been keeping a list of funny searches that have led people […]

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June 27, 2007

>Weird Searches

>*EDIT: It’s not just me. Check out this USA Today story. And this story from the WSJ calling out United, Northwest and US Airways.And here’s another post with video of people on a recent Delta flight who were stranded on the tarmac for seven hours with no food and crying babies. It looks like United […]

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June 25, 2007

>United Airlines, I’m Calling You Out

>San Francisco is for lovers. That’s what I’ve decided after spending three days there. The weather was perfect, the people were friendly and the food was amazing, all factors that are highly conducive to romance. The only problem was, my husband wasn’t there. And even if he were, it still wouldn’t have been quite right. […]

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June 24, 2007

>A Surprise Trip to San Francisco

This column originally appeared in the Nashville Scene. “I just don’t know if I’m ready to date again yet,” a recently divorced mommy friend of mine sighed not long ago. “I don’t even know where I’d find a man.” “How about Library Pete?” I suggested helpfully. “Or The Professor? I know you’ve been wondering what’s […]

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June 21, 2007

Don’t F$!% with Storytime

>Did you know that an anagram for my full name is “horridly fair nudeness?” And it’s TRUE! I am horridly fair. I used to sunbathe, but kids and skin cancer fear pretty much put an end to that. Could your anagram be your fortune? I wonder… So here are your instructions for today. Head over […]

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June 20, 2007

>A Perfectly Wonderful Waste of Time

>I went to the YMCA pool today with my playgroup and one of my friend’s three-year-old kids got the whistle blown at her by a lifeguard for going backward down the kiddie slide. “Did you hear what the lifeguard said to me?” my friend whispered shortly afterward. “No, what?” I asked. “She said that I’m […]

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June 19, 2007

>Bad Mommy, Part 1

>Susan continues the “Is being a SAHM all that hard?” discussion today over at Parent Dish. Interesting comments ensue.

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June 18, 2007

>If You’re Not Done Yet

>I have a fussy baby. I think. One of the great blessings of giving birth is that ever since delivery day I’ve lived in a perpetual fog, unable to remember even basic information, like what I had for dinner last night. I call it a blessing because it never takes long before the memories of […]

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June 16, 2007

>I Had a Title, But I Don’t Remember What It Was.