My first holiday with H and his family was one I’ll never forget. It was Thanksgiving 2001 and we traveled to Arizona to spend a few days. It’s where I learned that my spouses family is REALLY into games too. True, I had a taste of it on a ski trip we had taken a [...]
Our Deep, Dark and Dank Secret
October 17, 2008 By 4 Comments
Enter the unfinished part of our basement and you will find a colossal mess. It’s a maze of soon to be used baby gear, tools, random household objects and where many things go to die. It’s also the place you can typically find my husband if you cannot find him anywhere else in the house. [...]
Coffee Grinder- You Are My Secret Shame
September 19, 2008 By 3 Comments
It’s not Starbucks. It’s not the actual coffee maker. It’s not the even the lovely and glossy beans themselves per say. It is my coffee grinder. Oh sweet, grinder, that I cannot live without. Your black sleek design and single push button mechanism makes my day. Every day. When I paid the bargain price of [...]
Destined to be Together- Isaac Mizrahi and Me
August 15, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Recession… blah, blah, blah….we all know it’s really here. Gas prices, while declining are still high. We are eating out less. We are all looking for ways to cut corners whether it’s using the new grocery store’s amazing coupons ($20 off $50 or more!!! OH MY!) or cutting back on our latte runs, most of [...]
A Bit of a Bikini Rant
June 20, 2008 By 7 Comments
After I had my suspicious mole last summer I was told by some that the bikini would be no more. At least for me. I balked at this. When the comment was quickly followed by the classic, “Besides you are a Mom now. You don’t want to be one of those Moms who you see [...]
Strawberry Shortcake – The Nudist
May 26, 2008 By 1 Comment
As a kid, I grew up in the Ocean State. Ah, lil’ Rhody with it’s four hundred miles of beaches. Bet you didn’t know that the smallest state in the country could boast so much coastline. We certainly had our pick of the beaches and of all those sandy strips my parents often chose the [...]
Overheards
May 20, 2008 By 3 Comments
Scene: Our kitchen last night. H & I are cleaning up from dinner. Me: Ugh… I don’t know what is wrong with me. It’s maddening. I hit this wall at this time every night (6:14-19 p.m. I swear it is that accurate) and I just feel so awful no matter what I do. H: mumbling [...]
Oh Just a Tad Nervous
May 1, 2008 By 4 Comments
I’m a wee bit nervous today. OK, maybe more like A LOT nervous. Today is the day we get to hear this bean’s heartbeat for the first time and this day always fills me with some fear. I get all excited when we first make the appointment but as the day draws closer I find [...]
What is Pink and Squishy and Family-Friendly? BARBAPAPA!
March 7, 2008 By 10 Comments
Sure you have your Cabbage Patch Kids, The Golden Books, your Strawberry Shortcake, throw in some Winnie the Pooh or Where the Wild Things Are and you have yourself many childhood favorites. All things many of us look back on with happy nostalgia. However, it was while I was visiting Paris during my pregnancy that [...]
How The Washington Post Peed in My Coffee
March 3, 2008 By 7 Comments
There I was, sitting at the kitchen table, not fully awake but trying to read the Sunday paper before all two year old hell broke loose in my house and sipping some coffee when I saw it. By it, I mean, the front page article in The Washington Post’s Outlook section, ‘We Scream, We Swoon, [...]
