Laughing at Chaos

It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling for some time, trying to sort through everything the universe has thrown at me the last three years or so. While things are a bit calmer now, for awhile there it was one …

NEWS ALERT: Scientists have discovered the Shopping Gene! It’s at the very bottom of the DNA strand, hidden behind the Party Planning Gene and directly adjacent to the Holiday Preparations Gene, in an area now known as the Give A …

I refuse to fall out of NaBloPoMo on day three. No way, no how. So even though it’s 10:30 on a Saturday night, I’m cranking something out. More than a placeholder, far less than a thought-out post. So…three things. 1. …

Superstorm Sandy has been a topic of conversation (and education) around here for the last several days. Tom’s office is based smack-dab in the middle of Manhattan, so we watched a lot of live CNN streaming to keep up with …

I do holidays wrong. Holidays, birthdays…unless it’s a celebration at which paper plates and sitting on the floor in your socks is acceptable, I am Martha Stewart’s worst nightmare. I am the warning that should be slapped up on Pinterest. …

In two (TWO?) days it will be November. And for the fourth I’m off my freaking rocker year I’ve signed up to do NaBloPoMo. Why do I do this to myself? Apparently because I like to see how far I …

  You know how sometimes life catches up to you and gives you a wedgie, even when you’re going commando for the day? That’s been the last several weeks. I am mentally exhausted. So, in the attempt to prime the …

Ohhh…no no no…not what you’re thinking. Though…I will say that a few years ago I wrote an amusing little post on the perils of getting a little “adult” time with small kids in the house. (Note: if you wish to believe that I placed …