Here’s a rare laugh-out-loud skit from Saturday Night Live that my 16yo made a point of showing me recently.  (and by the way, we laughed the hardest at the “Having a Sarcastic Conversation with the Car in Front of You” bit, since that is totally me) Tweet This Post

Watch what fun ensues when I ask what my kids think about me and about motherhood in general. First posted on the Johnson & Johnson Health Channel on YouTube. Visit the Johnson & Johnson Health Channel on YouTube for more excellent Mother’s Day videos. *Disclosure: I was invited by Johnson & Johnson to submit a [...]

My oldest daughter is a sophomore in high school, and I knew to expect the flood of college brochures and postcards we’d start getting in the mail toward the end of this school year. What I did not expect were the other letters – some of them Very Important with Great News for Your Child [...]

(read the very last line on the box) Tonight my husband helped our son build a birdhouse for a Scout project. They’re thinking of painting “Hame Tweet Hame” on it when they’re done. Tweet This Post

My flight home from San Jose on Monday flew by, in more than the literal sense. I don’t know if it was because I was so ready to come home, or because I plugged myself into my old Workout Playlist on the mp3 and bounced my head and tapped my toes to the confusion of other first [...]

Most people would probably look at this store and – if they’re from the South – recognize it as one of several in a chain of Ingles (as in someone’s last name) grocery stores: However, not being from the South, my husband and I laughed our heads off, because we saw it this way: (inglés [...]

From DustFilms.com’s collection of “Literal Videos” on YouTube (enjoy!): PS: brilliant, right? Check out DustFilms.com for more! Tweet This Post

Tonight my 11yo daughter and I took one of those ill-conceived late-night trips to Walmart.  It all started because were bored at home; my husband and two of the other kids were at a basketball game, my youngest was asleep and my oldest was watching me on our only internet-ready computer like hungry people watch [...]

Was it Benjamin Franklin who said: Don’t put off what blog posts you could write today, because you never know when your laptop is going to be destroyed by a horrible internet virus. Yes, my laptop is totally dead meat.  And I’m at a loss as to what step to take next, considering I have no expertise [...]

Dear Texas State Official driving the white BMW (and I could totally put your license plate number here, because I *did* take it down), Based on my observations during the unfortunate 15 minutes when I had the displeasure of driving behind, near, and around you today, I have some words of wisdom for you.  Perhaps [...]