The Original Drama Mama

You’ve heard of Slacker Moms, right? Well, this is going to be the title of my book – which will include all sorts of lies it is perfectly justifiable to tell your tots; from the tiny little white lies: “The truck that makes music sells broccoli.” to the whoppers: “Let’s put that on the list [...]

It appears they do exist, and heck, they don’t even need a shrine. After going to appliance Valhalla (aka: Home Depot) and choosing a shiny new fridge (which was delivered on Freyja’s Day, oh Happy Friday!) I am basking in their benevolence (aka: 0% interest). Here’s the kicker – a day after moving the malfunctioning  [...]

If so, I’m building a shrine to him/her/them/it in my garage. It’ll be made from all the broken sh*t that has brought me to my knees, ready to pray to a higher power to come save the life of my (fill in the blank here) furnace, fridge, washer, dryer, etc. Are you there Appliance God? [...]

So, I was pretty upset about the whole gazebo debacle, etc – but yesterday I had a very unexpected surprise when my Dad delivered a brand new gazebo to my back yard – and wouldn’t take no for an answer. I tried to convince him to take it back to the store – that it [...]

Reason #1: Well, apparently the gazebo I was looking forward to enjoying all summer long is the house of sticks. Last Thursday night, the big bad wolf (aka – 80 mph winds) blew through, and by 2am his huffing and puffing left my gazebo in a broken pile on the ground.
Reason #2: I’m a porker. [...]

I admit it, I’m a fool for Celtic stuff: Irish festivals, bagpipe music, highland romance novels…and men in kilts.
I guess that’s why these you-tube commercials are just so, to steal an over-used Paris-ism, HAWT!
This one turns me on.
This one makes me laugh.
This one makes me laugh harder.
This one kinda grosses me out (but the head [...]

Yep, it’s not a blue moon, or even a full one -but the stars have aligned so that both books clubs I belong to chose to meet this week. Which meant while I took a leisurely 10 days to read one, I crammed the other in over the weekend! These two books are nothing alike, [...]