>Well, after a lengthy ultrasound this morning, it looks like my boy-to-be is happy, healthy and… EIGHT POUNDS, NINE OUNCES. Yes. EIGHT POUNDS, NINE OUNCES. And I’m not due for another three weeks. Now, an ultrasound can be off by up to a pound and a half. I know this because I did a lot […]
February 28, 2007
>It was just another day at the zoo. The members of my playgroup sat around a large covered gazebo while our two and three-year-olds tumbled around on an oversized soft mat in front of us. We’ve been to the zoo several times before and the toddler gazebo always provides the perfect opportunity for us to […]
February 27, 2007
> J. Lo was hoping Martin Scorsese would see her and consider her for his upcoming film, If Donna Reed were a Greek Goddess. Meryl Streep trusted that her gigantic necklace would distract viewers from noticing the evidence of her hairstylist’s nervous breakdown. Eva Green shared her styling secrets with E! reporters:1) Don’t wash hair […]
February 26, 2007
>UPDATE: The research paid off… The Nashville Ferriers split votes in the Oscar categories that were too close to call, leaving my 16 and 13-year-old stepdaughters tied for first at the end of the night. I came in second and Hubs came in third. Who could ask for anything more? This is my father-in-law. No, […]
February 24, 2007
>”You know how 16-year-olds can’t drive past 11pm in Tennessee?” my 16-year-old asked me. “Yeah.” “Well, Josh read the law and if you’ve been hunting or fishing, it doesn’t apply. So he just drives around now with a fishing pole in his trunk.” “That doesn’t sound right,” I said slowly. “It’s true though,” 16 said […]
February 23, 2007
> Speaking of hipness, or the lack thereof, we are now the proud owners of a Buick Le Sabre. Just writing that sentence is probably enough to get me fired from the Scene, but whatever. You want honesty, right? Since Hubs totalled our other car in a very minor accident about a month ago (apparently, […]
February 20, 2007
>Some blogging parents are up in arms right now over an article that appeared in Time Magazine a few weeks ago. The author blasts today’s seemingly hipper-than-thou Gen-X parents who write about everything from their kids’ love for the Dead Milkmen to the vintage-looking toddler t-shirts and hand-knitted hats they wear, viewing the whole alternative […]
February 20, 2007
