Thirteen Movies I Could (and Do) Watch Again and Again

PDD and Second Son had been watching a scary movie, but ended up watching the inside of their eyelids.

Almost 21 years ago (8 days shy of 21 years ago, to be exact), I became a mother. Of course, I was going to be the best mom ever (weren't we all?!) and my children would listen, do what they were told without argument, understand that I knew what was best for them and thank me for being such a good mom. Yeah - well, one can dream, right? In the years since, I have fucked up just about every way imaginable when it comes to mothering. Big mistakes, little mistakes and all sizes of mistakes in between. And the hell of it is, I'm STILL fucking up on a regular basis. But, I'm ok with my fuck ups, and here's why:

Thirteen Reasons I Write This Blog It’s WAY less expensive than therapy To connect and keep up-to-date those I love who are far away To know myself better To be heard To laugh on a regular basis To remind myself of what’s important in life It’s more fun than folding laundry or doing dishes To make new friends To express myself To practice what I...

I just finished Between the Bridge and the River and let me just say – that book is one I’m now going to BUY and read again. Yeah, it’s like that. It’s the kind of book I imagine myself writing one day. In fact, having read this book, I may well one day actually write my book, now that this one has paved the way. Ok, I know I’m...

The second book that’s due back to the library tomorrow is Between the Bridge and the River, Craig Ferguson’s first novel. It’s very good. Very. Good. You might remember Craig as Mr. Wick on The Drew Carey Show, or might, like I do, watch him on The Late, Late Show. What’s ironic is that I never much liked him as Mr. Wick, but during a...

Ok, so not a real active week for my camera, this week. I did take several pictures at Second Son’s intra-team scrimmage yesterday afternoon, but I’ll spare you all of them (ONLY because you’ll likely be seeing so much of his football team over the coming weeks, I don’t want to wear you out early) except for this one that stood out to me...

Every so often, I get a hankerin’ to read something just for the joy of reading. When I was young, I read so much, I often got told to “put that book down and go outside and play!” Today, it’s a little easier for me what with all the great blogs being written – I don’t have to go to the library or Barnes & Noble to read...

This photo was taken by my camera, yes, but not by me. Second Son went to Ireland, Wales, England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands last summer and this is one of the photos he took in Ireland. So, it’s a photo taken by...

Some of you may have received this a bazillion times via email – I know I have. But each time I receive it, I laugh at the levels of irony represented within, so I’m sharing it here for those of you who haven’t seen it, and for posterity. Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0, and noticed a distinct slowdown in...