Santa and Rosa Parks

This post has been cogitating in my head for quite sometime. I know it will be misinterpreted by many and that I am opening myself up for vilification of the meanest sort. My intention is to provoke serious thought. The event that sparked my own self-examination was MCV and Mood Ring Momma’s [...]

Doctor Love

Do you remember that skull crushing headache I wrote about a few weeks ago? Well, after 3 weeks of it not diminishing, I thought I should go back to my favorite doc-in-the-box and see Dr. Wok. He seemed reasonable, was efficient, and had scaled all or part of Mt. Kilimanjaro so he could [...]

Meet Virginia

I have a friend, a sometime reader and commenter on this blog, who stubbornly refuses to buy into Santa. This is a mistake and I have told her so. Repeatedly. Santa Claus is, to toddlers and children, The Christmas Man. Stockings can be filled with tangerines, toothbrushes, and other toiletries instead of [...]

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,
Please forgive me for not blogging this week. I have just been up to my armpits in alligators. First, there was the return trip to Dr. Wok for Thing 3’s new sinus infection and a new round of antibiotics. Then there was Thing 2’s beginning band concert – he can [...]

50/500 Sore Sight

You might think I am writing the following just to make Mr. Understanding jealous. That is not my sole intention. Feeling neglected and under the influence of skull crushing holiday stress, I sought comfort in a massage parlor, specifically under the capable hands of masseuse #50, a lithe young gentleman with hands [...]

Dirty Linen & The Eco Housewife: Random Thoughts

Intrigued? Do you think I am going to actually air my dirty linen for the world to see? Why, yes! Of course! But first on to Neil Diamond’s. I see on MSN he revealed that Caroline Kennedy was the inspiration for his song “Sweet Caroline.” Maybe [...]

Obstacle Course

December is my personal obstacle course, a gauntlet of shopping, decorating, baking, school activities, parties, birthdays, and social obligations. (I am sure it is no different for you.) Church should be thrown in there but since I have not gotten the hang of raising my hands and swaying in praise, this aspect of [...]