The Original Drama Mama

Let’s face it – it’s hard to deny that Ikea has some funky-cool sh*t for your house at decent prices…but damn, that store is a b*tch!
LOVE: Cheap glassware, cool poster frames, awesome bookcases & storage solutions, unique kid’s furniture, great bathroom & kitchen gadgets.
HATE: Driving there. Parking there. Attempting [...]

Or so I was informed this afternoon by my daughter, who thought the concept of a house party to be quite ridiculous. Some friends of ours recently bought a house and were having a housewarming party this weekend. So on the way, we stopped at World Market to get some funky wine glasses and wine [...]

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
– Benjamin Franklin
A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong.
– Milton Berle
I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner
Marriage is [...]

That’s kind of what we have in our house – both hubby and I have a habit of collecting things…and it seems to be rubbing off on our daughter whose collection of princess dresses and littlest pet shop toys is awe inspiring. For starters, there’s our Star Wars room: in which we converted our dining [...]

You’ve at least heard of Murphy’s Law, right?
Well, if you have somehow managed to get through life without finding cause to believe this theory is correct, all you have to do is have children. I promise you – you will never doubt the veracity of this adage ever again.
Case in point – some recent examples [...]

Yee-ha! Maybe it’s the whole back to school feeling I can’t escape, despite the fact that I’m no longer student nor teacher, but these past few days I have been on a writing kick and all I can say is, “I Go Girl!” (hmmm…maybe that doesn’t work so well as a power mantra).
This burst of [...]

Does this ever happen to you? Someone asks you a question: “What do you want for your birthday?” “Where do you want to go for dinner?” etc, and you just can’t think of anything at the moment, and end up thinking of lots of great ideas later in the day? Well, this morning the husband [...]

…in the continuing saga of Appliance Hell. In today’s episode, mild-mannered housewife Mimi Johnson is attempting to get dinner together for the family (like a good housewife should) when ZAP! PING! WHOOSH! flames are shooting out of the microwave!!! Our heroine keeps a cool head though, and soaks a towel before shoving it into the [...]

The other day my MIL decided to drop off a bunch of stuff – why? I don’t know, I guess we need more stuff. Anyways, Aishtyn offers to help carry in the boxes, and when she is finished, tells Nana that she owes her, “Ten bucks.” Apparently, there are no free rides in Aishtyn’s town [...]

And all the other things that suck about being a chick. I thought about this as I struggled to wiggle out of a sweaty sports bra the other day. After a 5 mile run, trying to free my chest from the clutches of elastic and cotton/nylon blends of torture can require almost more energy than [...]