Last Friday dawned and it was a nice day outside if memory serves me correctly. How could it not be a nice day I was out of the freakin' hell hole that perversely is my job. I spent an inordinate amount of time at the gym relishing each burning squat and sweat bead. I quietly ran some errands and headed home. We packed. We headed out of our town and into the treacherous driving that was Ernesto. High winds rocked the Pathfinder, rain slicked the windows as tree and other assorted nature debris blew around us. I was chilled to the bone after one too many excursions out of the warm car. This is summer's last hurrah? How sad. T.D. was content the whole time to snooze in full on dictator mode. Her little hands in balled fists. Her mouth protruding out in a puckered fashion that … [Read more...]

H and I are taking a little trip this weekend. H's friend is getting married in the great ol' city of Baltimore. Not my fave city by far, especially with thunderstorms forcasted for the weekend, but it will be nice to be some place I haven't been in oh years. T.D. is packed and ready to head to her grandparents and we get to sleep in for two whole days! I will miss the little bugger but we'll pick her up on Sunday. Her parents need the chance to throw out some bad dance moves and throw back a few. Her dictatorship has been in high spirits all week and lets hope that continues on her little visit to "the county". Hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. Cheers!P.S. I'll fill you in on some of my dastardly co-workers plots next week. Let's just say that I'm officially on call 24 … [Read more...]

I nominated Diane's Rantings August 29 post a 'A Myriad of Sentiments' a Perfect Post Award. Good job Diane! Check out Suburban Turmoil to see more winners! … [Read more...]

How freakin' creepy is this? I know it was the 80's but I can't help but think that he would do it all again if given the opportunity and a few homeless Char Pei's. It's like some twisted nightmare. … [Read more...]

It's Tuesday so that means it's time for the Product of the Week! I've added a new section to my site this week. It's a better link to Amazon.com where you can find most of the products, books, movies and music I may talk about but also a store I've created where many of the Products of the Week can be found. Check it out when you can.Now for the product. I got my hair did on Saturday and while I'm not loving the length (again). I did find some fun new products. Bumble & Bumble makes a great hair powder. It comes in four shades-Blondeish, Brownish, Redish and Whiteish. I am using the Blondeish and while it's a tad darker, it is great in a pinch when the roots begin to show, you can't or don't want to wash your hair that day and/or need volume to your limp little locks. For me … [Read more...]

But H this is for you. After seeing 'Little Miss Sunshine' this weekend H asked if little pageant girls really look that way. His description was this: Holy crap! They looked like creepy little dolls that would come out and kill you at night! Do they really look like that? Yes, H they really do exist. They are out there and if you don't believe me just look at what Lucinda from Suburban Turmoil posted on her site on Aug.25th, Friday. Scary doesn't even begin to describe these ads. Sad? yes. Disturbing? Totally! I personally think that T.D. will end up looking very Olive-like and that's just fine with us. I think Olive is a cutie. I just don't understand the parents who quite frankly often look the very opposite of their uber-made up walking and talking scary-nightmare doll … [Read more...]

Friday was Date night, with a capital D. I was a bit nervous about leaving T.D. with a new person, as was H, but it worked out quite well. In the end. I did have a moment of panic at the end of the night but more on that later.I just have to say that EVERY parent needs to find a sitter. This whole "my child is too precious" to leave with anyone bullshit is just that. Seriously. Mommy and Daddy need a break and need some Mommy and Daddy time or they start referring to themselves as Mommy and Daddy. Yeesh! We didn't do anything big. Just dinner and a movie. It made a huge difference though. At one point the hostess was seating us at our table and said, "Oh, I'll put you here away from the baby." At first I was a bit put off thinking, "Well, that's not nice, I would feel awful if she … [Read more...]

H and I have a date tonight. I almost feel like capitalizing the word date. Elevating it with the importance it deserves. Date. There that's better. We have no special occasion or event going on. We are just heading out to dinner and a movie. A quick dinner and it's all local. No trip into the city or anywhere else but it will be just us. I love T.D. and all but geez, sometimes I want to eat a meal without getting up nine times to hand her a toy, wipe up vomit, change a diaper, the list goes on. Same goes for H. I'm a firm believer in going out and getting what you want. What I wanted was a baby sitter. Writer, Lucinda of Suburban Turmoil, recently wrote an article for the 'Nashville Scene' about how a mother's sitter is confidential. You can't get a mother to give up that … [Read more...]

Mr. Stephen Colbert. Just a little. Who doesn't love this guy? Watching the 'Colbert Report' never fails to make me smile if not spit something out of my mouth in a sputtering mess. Thankfully H likes him too. It's a great combo Comedy Central has going with Jon Stewart up first and then snarky Stephen. I'm just waiting for the day he does the 1st or 2nd district of lil' Rhody and interviews one of RI's finest politicians. If you haven't heard there's a good article (link above) about how Colbert is trying to spread himself all over the internet like a virus. The guy is even trying to get a European bridge named after himself. His fans know no bounds clearly since he's the lead name in the bridge-naming contest. Check out www.youtube.com as well to see him at his best, playing with … [Read more...]

I'm going to be upfront right now and say that sometimes, ok almost all the time, H and I have kind of a sick sense of humor. It's what got us dubbed as the 'The Means' and 'The Evils' to begin with. But last night even I was surprised as to the levels that we can go. And then almost pee our pants laughing at. Scene: T.D. has just had a bath. She's all sweet smelling and cuddly while H is drying her off on the changing table. I'm bustling around the room putting things away and whatnot. Suddenly I am tuned in to what H is saying to T.D. in a sing song voice perfect for singing nursery rhymes. G-rated nursery rhymes. "Put the lotion in the basket or it gets the hose." "It puts the lotion in the basket or it gets the hose...." All this while he is putting baby lotion on T.D. T.D. … [Read more...]