Men always get a bad rap when it comes to Valentine’s Day. Stories abound of husbands who presented their wives with vacuum cleaners, boyfriends who gifted lingerie that only a colorblind hooker would envy, (former) fiances who forgot the holiday altogether… But let’s be honest- We women can be just as bad, particularly once we’ve […]
February 12, 2015
If you are of a certain age, you probably remember the tremendous excitement you felt each year in elementary school when the reel-to-reel projector was wheeled into your classroom for the annual viewing of Peter and the Wolf. I saw that Disney movie so many times that the music now provides a sort of mental […]
February 6, 2015
As I approach my 40th birthday, it has started to become painfully clear to me that I will not, in fact, live forever. The evidence of this is beginning to pile up. Small lines have started appearing around my eyes. My metabolism has slowed. The veins on the tops of my hands have popped up from out […]
February 5, 2015
Last night’s Super Bowl winner was undoubtedly Missy Elliott– But her surprise appearance during the halftime show had a whole lot of teenagers scratching their heads. Fortunately, the Moms of America were there to school them. As Mom worked it out in front of the flatscreen, some teens watched in horror. Others made a rare connection with that […]
February 2, 2015
A couple of mornings ago, my husband and I were both getting ready in our bathroom. Without skipping a beat, he casually walked over to my side of the vanity, opened my drawer, and took out my deodorant. It all happened so quickly that I barely had time to react. “Wait, wha–” I said, staring incredulously […]
January 29, 2015
The Disney Princesses… They are the sparkling jewels of the Magic Kingdom. Bright-eyed and innocent, wholesome and pure, they embody all the feminine virtues Walt Disney surely held most dear. OR DO THEY? Behind the (surprisingly thin) walls of Cinderella’s castle, these so-called princesses are living a lie. Rumor has it that many of them are part of an international ring of […]
January 27, 2015
Winter’s not so bad in Nashville, but I hate the dry skin that comes with it. I’ve tried everything to counter it, from ultra-moisturizing lotions to expensive body butters to foul-smelling ointments. And what I’ve learned is that while manufacturers have gotten really good at naming this stuff (Ultra Hydrating Intensive Therapy Drenched in Moisture Lotion! 24 […]
January 24, 2015
Pretty much everywhere I go these days, everyone has one question: “How’s that HOME SCHOOL thing going?” To catch up those of you who are new here, when my daughter was finishing elementary school last spring, I looked very carefully at all of my options for middle school, I looked at private schools such as PVCC, […]
January 23, 2015
A few days before Christmas, I got a phone call. And a Facebook message. And an e-mail. And a Tweet. They were all from a Today Show producer who wanted to talk to me about those clothes I bought from Singapore. I was impressed by her thoroughness in reaching out– as well as a little […]
January 22, 2015
Once upon a time, I got in line for dinner at a blog conference behind a woman named Daphne. Although we’d never met, we both knew of each other through our work with CafeMom, and so we started talking. And then we ended up sitting together so that we could continue the conversation. And then we […]
January 17, 2015