Girl oh girl, I hope you have the song “9 to 5” in your head now. Other titles I considered for this blog were: Working for Tuition (“Working for a Living”) and Full Time a-Worker (“Full Time Lover”). So, yeah. I’m working full-time for pay. The full-time part is the hardest part of this gig. […]
Women Who Hate Puppies and the Puppies Who Love Them
This past August, I was forced to get a puppy. A puppy was mandated ( Man Dated!) as an incentive for my daughter to get better. She had to go to the gym and workout daily in order to retrain her heart. It wasn’t easy, but the puppy promise definitely helped and I’m grateful for […]
The Six Words You Should Never Say Out Loud (Unless You Want People to Hate You)
There are many six-word strings that will make you the scourge of the earth in my mind. Some examples: I voted for Donald J. Trump. Republicans have really evolved over time. Cath, fly my cat to England. But, the six words you should NEVER … EVER … NEVER say, unless you want people to think […]
The Reluctant Home Schooler — A Very Long Account of What I Have Been Doing for the Last 10 Weeks
My daughter is home. She attends an online public charter school (wrap your head around that one), sanctioned by the state of Oregon. How did we get here? Well, my daughter’s science teacher was covering evolution and global warming and her school required vaccinations, so I finally said: Enough is enough! Noooooooooooooooo!!!! That is not […]
Listening to This Album Will Help You Lose Weight and Get Rich Quick!
You know how when you REALLY love something — like, say — frozen yogurt, and every time you eat the frozen yogurt, you want to SHARE IT, because it is SO GOOD, even IF the person you are sharing it with does not even LIKE frozen yogurt and will later in life discover s/he is […]
Some Things That I Have Been Meaning to Tell You
HELLO! Are you looking at my blog as a way to judge my writing skills? A#1: Welcome! And B#2: This may not be the blog post you’re looking for. C#3: If you got that Star Wars reference, we might get along. I continue … I use “creative grammar” in my blog. I do this because […]
50 Things I’ve Learned In 50 Years
In no particular order … I don’t have to care what anyone thinks. If someone is mad at me, it’s their job to say so. I don’t have to guess and investigate. If someone is mad at me, I am not a bad person. If your mom is mentally ill, you will learn a lot […]
10 Signs You’re a Shiksa Preparing for Passover
I know … I know. Shiksa doesn’t rhyme with Passover the same wonderful way that Shiksa at a Bat Mitzvah did. Oh well. Here are my 10 Signs You’re a Shiksa Preparing for Passoverka: When writing your shopping list for the Seder, you pull out the Jewish holiday cookbook that your mother-in-law gave you, which contains every recipe […]
The Real World — Swankington
Over the last few Barrington school committee meetings, residents voiced their support — or opposition — to the decision about the later middle/high school start times. The comment that consistently received the most Yeah!s from the crowd was, “Early school start times prepare our kids for the real world.” (And, yes, school committee meetings actually include Yeah!s from the crowd, which I find […]
Birth of the (Almost) Cool
For some reason (having to do with “too many social workers”? Still not exactly sure) my family and I left our home in Vermont and moved to Rhode Island, where the VERY first thing a Providence mom said to me on my son’s first day of preschool was, “Where are you going to send your son […]
Writing Out Loud 