I dropped the girls off today with my mother.As soon as I got in the car I felt like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. A giggle escaped from my lips as I thought about the scene from Home Alone where Kevin first realizes he is alone and yells, "I'm free...." as he runs amok throughout the entire house. The idea that H and I will get our first full nights sleep in over two weeks makes me rub my hands in glee and sweet anticipation. TD has taken to waking up each night with a cough, a hurt leg, an "I don't know..." and we're exhausted. I might even get to cut the hang nails that I've been harboring for the last few weeks, return some emails, have dinner with H with entire conversations sounds like a rockin' good weekend to me. … [Read more...]
A Woman Shouldn’t Have Control of Her Financial Affairs
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Being Suzy Sunshine is Not For Me
"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time." - Edith WhartonWho doesn't like to be happy? We all want to have good days, spectacular times and it would be great to be happy all the time. Right?That isn't possible or realistic now is it? I for one think that there is something to be said for being a bit triste, as the French say.Look around you. What makes you happy? Is it the smell of fall or warm, just baked cookies? Is it a dirty martini, a nice shoe find or time spent out with your loved ones? If you had to classify what constitutes a happy day for you it would probably involve an almost innumerable amount of things. Our quest for happiness is unquenchable and sometimes I think that with all these desires for good times, good moods and moments we are missing the … [Read more...]
The Revolving Door
Lately it seems that things have been a bit off-kilter. If one of us is home the other is out. When another one returns a few others leave. Our home has become a revolving door the last few months and it has begun to take its toll.It's been fun. All those nights out, trips away and time with friends and family. The girls have gone to cities, on trains and seen many sights. H has been loading up on frequent flier and hotel stay miles as well. It is exciting to return but our life has taken on a chaotic air. Each time we are apart it gets just a bit harder to reconnect with one another. Each night away creates a bit more distance in our hearts and it is not hard to see why all those Hollywood types hook up with their co-stars. Absence may make the heart grow fonder but not in every … [Read more...]
I Will Not Be Winning Any Grill-Offs Any Time Soon
Do you smell that? It smells like something is burning. Oh, right! It's my hair!Last night I was making grilled chicken sandwiches for dinner and I did what I always do when I light the grill. Except this time a massive fireball erupted from it and suddenly I was yelling, "Oh! Oh! My hair is on fire!" No one seemed to notice. They were all playing inside with my mother. I grabbed for my hair on the right side of my head and a handful of shriveled, charred hair bits fell off in a clump in my hand. Sick. Heart-breaking, actually. I've been trying for so long to go without highlighting or cutting it. Well, now it certainly needs to be cut but how I don't know. My four inch roots will have to stay. No one is going to highlight or lowlight broken, burnt crispies that used to be hair. … [Read more...]
Discuss Amongst Yourselves
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.- Mark TwainDo I mean any disrespect when I quote Mark Twain. Discuss in the comments. Really. I want to hear your thoughts on our current national situation. … [Read more...]
Win a Dress from Shabby Apple!
off ther shoulder prom dress I know I don't normally do this on ' TMC' but I just love this dress - it makes me happy just to look at it's brilliant blue and retroesque styling. So here goes- WIN IT! "The turquoise Secretary dress aka '90 WPM' ($64) has ruching at the sides to flatter hips and a tie at neck. The dress's puff sleeves have a band that hit just above elbow. The skirt hits just below knee. It is made of poly/rayon/spandex jersey." Enter to win by telling me what your favorite post is on The Mummy Chronicles and don't forget to include your contact email. A winner will be chosen at random on October 16, 2009. Want 10% off Shabby Apple items? Tell them I sent you with this coupon- Mummychronicles10off. Use it fast - It expires Oct 29, 2009. Congratulations to Adrian who … [Read more...]
Traveling my Childhood Fantasties
Oh, if only I could uncover the photograph taken of me from Christmas 1985. You would see a pink-sponge curler topped Vicky in a lilac bathrobe clutching a giant tome of a book about the size of my torso while a face-cracking smile threatens to bust through the photograph.For weeks I would drag my mother to the book store so I could gaze longingly at Robert Ballard's book, The Discovery of the Titanic, in all it's full color glory. Filled with beautiful illustrations, actual photographs from the deep sea wreck as well as those from it's maiden voyage, this book was all I wanted for Christmas. I memorized it before I even owned it. Before it was in print I had watched television specials, read articles and checked out every book about the Titanic from my local library. I was a kid obsessed. … [Read more...]
Mary Poppins Can Bite Me
It was a beautiful fall day. The sun was out, the air crisp. The crackle of new library books was all around. Sounds like bliss, right? I should have been beaming, right?Except I wasn't. As I opened the kitchen windows to let in that gorgeous fall breeze all I could think was, "Today is one of those days I wish I was back in an office." I would rather deal with jackass project managers who can't think for themselves, defense contracts and engineers with yellow teeth and even more yellow fingernails than be in the house with my kids today. Or even out of the house with them.My jaw hurt from gritting my teeth. My shoulders were hunched up to my ears and my upper back was burning from it all. I has missed my morning run due to a sick, teething baby and the whole house looked like a plastic … [Read more...]
A Pearl of Wisdom
Cervical cancer is my ghost.When I was 21 my doctor told me she was "pretty sure" I had it. After much hysteria and testing, it turns out that she was wrong. I'm not even going to go into how insane it was that she diagnosed me like that without hard facts and reams of positive test results. I can't even describe the big sigh of relief I had for weeks on end when the results were negative. However, I've had to spend the last 12 years being extra-vigilant, enduring more tests and in general wondering if this will be my end result.While at Blogher this summer I happened to meet the group behind 'Pearl of Wisdom'. I was lucky enough to meet Michelle Whitlock and learn about her incredible survivor story. I believe, like Michelle, that the more we educate and spread awareness about this … [Read more...]