I Think I’m Grown

Today’s theme at Girl Talk Thursday is “What did you want to be when you grew up?”

I knew the answer to this question at a very early age, I just ignored it for over thirty years.

Putting that aside for the moment, the first red herring career I decided upon was being a [...]

Ricky Gervais in the Role of Mommy

Life with kids is theater. Sometimes it’s Broadway and sometimes it’s a puppet show in a cardboard box, but there is rarely a dull moment. I can get through most things with humor, and my life often seems like a stand-up comedy routine, complete with two tiny hecklers and a lot of jokes about farts.

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My Latest Harebrained Scheme

Despite being chased by an angry chicken as a young child, I have wanted chickens ever since I saw a rustic chicken house in a design magazine years ago. It might have been in Domino, whose demise I am still mourning. Who’s with me?

What made me swoon about the chicken house was that it [...]

Putting the "Hide" in Hideous

Every woman has a beauty trouble spot. Unless you are Heidi Klum. I love her, but she is a sick, sick freak of nature who should never be used for comparison. My trouble area is my feet. I have great self esteem and am more than satisfied with the rest of the package, but man, [...]