You deserve a break today. Snap, crackle pop. Just do it. How many slogans are still dancing around somewhere in the dark recesses of your brain, years after you last heard or read them? Probably more than you’d like to admit, because there’s no denying it- Slogans work. They’re memorable. They stick in your head […]
January 19, 2011
>It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the Golden Globes. And you know I can’t let the big event pass without commenting on the more, um, interesting fashion choices of some of our favorite actresses. Without further ado, here are my picks for the Best of the Worst […]
January 17, 2011
Dear Check Writer, You’ve been a supermarket fixture for as long as I can remember. But unlike New Coke and… Chicken Dinner Candy… You’ve withstood the test of time. Yes, even as the rest of modern society began leaving their checkbooks at home in favor of the quicker and easier check card, you remained a […]
January 12, 2011
“Is everyone ready for our Winter Walk?” At the naturalist’s call, my husband, children and I gathered along with five or six other young families inside our local park’s nature center for a guided walk through the woods. The temperature hovered at around the freezing mark, but the kids were dressed warmly, the sun was […]
January 10, 2011
Television commercials make Family Game Nights out to be a sort of Hallmark Card Experience of cozy togetherness. Little Sterling-the-third shouts out the correct answer just as the buzzer goes off, while his younger sister Baylee cheers him on. Across the table, a perfectly-proportioned Mom and Dad chuckle and then pull comically long faces in […]
January 8, 2011
>”Mommy,” 3-year-old Bruiser said as he came down from the playroom. He had a distinctly worried look on his face. “I just…” he paused for a moment, then turned and quickly shut the playroom door. “Don’t go up dere, ‘kay?” It was a sure sign that something was amiss. “What did you do?” I asked […]
January 7, 2011
>I was in my early twenties when one offhand remark changed everything. Unable to attend a bridesmaid dress fitting for a wedding halfway across the country, I ended up calling in my measurements to the bridal shop’s manager. She wrote them down, then said, “Okay. I’m going to order you a size 14.” I laughed. […]
January 5, 2011
>After The Legendary Pneumonia Christmas of 2008 and The Unforgettable Swine Flu Christmas of 2009, I didn’t take any chances when it came to Christmas 2010. While other kids spent the week before Christmas snorfling up germs in the playpits of fast food restaurants or exchanging sneezes with green-snotted preschoolers at the local Chuck E. […]
January 3, 2011
>It has occurred to me more than once that some of my favorite (and least favorite) moments of 2010 were recorded not on my blog, but on Twitter. Funny things my kids said, for example- or my thoughts on the flood as it happened. Inspirational videos. Hilarious pictures. Heartwarming moments. That’s why I’ve collected here […]
December 31, 2010
