photo credit: fallen princesses “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” We’ve all heard this, usually in trying to justify someone’s love for someone or something that is conventionally not beautiful. The rationale, I suppose, is that if you love something or someone enough then you are blind to their flaws and see their …
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image credit Alanis Morissette may have thought irony was 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife but that is only because the Dallas Cowboy’s new football arena hadn’t been built yet. This $1.2 billion, tax-payer funded, state-of-the-art stadium includes all the amenities. The crowning glory is a 160 x 90 ft HD video …
Today I learned that maternity mags can be every bit as confusing as their sisters-of-a-wider (but thinner!)-audience. Headline #1 courtesy of American Baby: “Fashions That Flatter Your Bump” What exactly does it mean to “flatter your bump”? Is the object to make it appear bigger, thereby indicating greater fertility? Or smaller to show you’re not …
Every evening ’round about 5, this is totally me. Well, minus the nifty apron. But everything else – totally. I’ve discussed, probably to the point of boredom, the things that bother me about lady mags, celeb rags and even health & fitness glossies but there is one thing that never fails to delight me: the …
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He forgot one: “These headphones aren’t on.” “U have a bedazzler?” Turbo Jennie texted me the other day. You know you’re addicted to the shiny stuff when you are the go-to girl for kitchy 90’s era sparklifying gadgets. Regrettably, due to my abhorrence of clutter, I had to text her back in the negative. But …
Mr. Miyagi would be so proud of me. I just caught a mosquito – the Minnesota state bird, woot, woot! – mid flight with only my thumb and forefinger (fingers: like chopsticks but for monkeys). This feat of athletic prowess got me thinking about how far I’ve come. People who read this site and/or only …
This is what happens when you tell me you “have to go number 2” 10 minutes after we passed the last gas station for 100 miles. My Summer Vacationby Charlotte Andersen I learned a lot of things on my summer vacation: 1. Not only do my kids not like audio books, it turns out my …
I complain, but at least it’s not this! As of o-dark thirty, the family and I are off on our bi-annual (That means every two years right? Because semi-annual is twice a year? That has always confused me.) Tour de Relatives. This Olympic worthy sport includes a 3,000 mile round trip through six states with …
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Socks and jellybeans. My two favorite things. If my feet are wrapped in the pelts of Muppets and my belly is full of sour simple sugars then I am a happy girl. Unsurprisingly I have a wide assortment of both but today I’m just going to talk about the socks. I have furry socks, loud …
