Quote of the day
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008
"Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Give that mom a medal
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
I managed to see just a few of Michael Phelps' races last week, including the record-breaking 400 IM relay. As a mother, I couldn't help be impressed by Debbie Phelps who did a remarkable job of holding her stuff together while her son made sports history.
Jonesin' for school supplies
Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
I just can't get those No. 2 pencils and spiral notebooks out of my mind. What's worse, I've got no little kids around to take full advantage. Anyone have some third graders I can borrow for the day?
Here's what I'm doing today
Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008
This is my garage. Normally, my car would be parked in there. Instead, we now have a flatbed trailer, piled high with the contents of my daughter's former rental house. She's boomeranged back. And there's precious little room in the inn for her paraphernalia.
Is secret spending a form of marital infidelity?
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Do you wait until your husband is out of the house to sneak new purchases into the back of your closet? If so, there are people in the world who think you're cheating - yes, cheating! - on your spouse. It's called "financial infidelity" and many of us (I'm not naming any names) are, apparently, guilty as sin.
There are some things a mom just doesn't want to know about
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Last night, when I called my son in New Zealand, he was having breakfast (it was "tomorrow" morning there) and couldn't talk because he was going on a "canyon swing." Thinking he meant a swing around the canyon - as in a long, leisurely hike - I didn't think much about it. Until his e-mail this morning...
Here's the 51st way to leave your lover
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
I would never dump a lover via voice mail but I can think of a few other applications of Slydial, a new phone service that puts you directly into a person's cell phone mailbox and bypasses the inconvenenient real person.
When chicks flock back to the nest
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
In August, my two chicks are returning to my precious empty nest. I'm not that upset about it, but this piece in the Orange County Register makes me wonder whether I should be charging my little chickadees room and board by formal agreement.
Anything but "Grandma"
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
I don't have any grandkids, that I know of. But when I do, I'll be darned if I'm going to let one of those little rug rats - irresistible though they might be - call me "Grandma." That's why I loved this column in the Contra Costra Times.
A lion never forgets
Friday, July 11, 2008
I received this video from two friends in the past week and thought it high time I share it with BoomerGirl readers. Watch this 2-minute upper and you'll feel good for the rest of the day. I guarantee it.
"I pimped for my 80-year-old father."
Thursday, July 10, 2008
It's not EXACTLY what you think...but close. Bob Morris' new book, "Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad," chronicles his "year of dating dangerously" with his recently-widowed father. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll lock your parents in their rooms until they're 95.
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