Quick, name this profession: long, slim, toned bodies poured into tight fitting – but adorable! – clothing and jumping around in front of a bevy of overeager photographers, magazine editors, and camera crews. Oh yeah, and there’s a lot of “grunting” involved (oh, the scandal!). Did you say modeling? Actually, it’s tennis. With East European …
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photo credit: Dina Goldstein I’m 31 today. Not 29 for the third time. Not “a woman of a certain age.” And I’m certainly not “the new 20.” I’m 31 and I’m totally okay with that. I was not in a very good place when I was 20. You couldn’t pay me to be 17 or …
aboyn3girls! Not only did they answer my questions, but I also got a free parenting tip (that I don’t know if I’m brave enough to use): “We try to always eat on nice stoneware/china, yep, even the kids. It causes them to behave better and all of us to feel a little more proper at …
Do you like scary movies? Chalk it up to a bad experience with The Changeling (not the Angelina Jolie version but the really old 80’s one) or just an overactive imagination but I normally stay as far away from the scary stuff as possible. The other night however, I found myself parked in front of …
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I got an interesting e-mail about a week ago from “Tammy”. She started off good, telling me how funny I am and how much she loves my blog (flattery will get you everywhere with me) but then took a sharp turn off into Marketing LaLa land. You might recognize this place – land of fabled …
“Country Blue” melamine flatware is what I grew up eating off of. You will excuse my parents for their apparent lack of taste – it was the ’80s so both melamine and country blue were omnipresent and with three little kids they were just being practical. Eventually they moved on and my mother purchased a …
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It’s official: I am half way done with my pregnancy! With 20 weeks under my metaphorical belt – like I could get an actual belt on these days – and perhaps less to go if the universe loves me, I feel pretty excited about this milestone. As I’m looking obviously pregnant now, there are many …
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I am not prone to cursing but this weekend this blog had me all up in 4-letter arms. I sometimes forget that even though I’m surrounded by my warm, cozy, supportive group of about 30 or so regular commenters that tens of thousands of other people read this site. Some of them very strange people …
Nothing says yummy like Tom Selleck’s chest hair! Coffee cake is one of life’s nicest niceties. Not only does it have crunchy brown sugar streusel layered with moist cake and topped with icing but it also evokes images of tea parties and twee hats and gloves and dresses with nipped-in waists and Peter-Pan collars. Fun. …
A woman in step class was wearing a black lace bra. Not underneath anything, as bras are generally meant to be worn. Not even on top of something, Madonna-style (is it just me or is she coming up an awful lot on here lately??) which quite truthfully would have been preferable. Nope, it was black …
