I'm skipping my therapy appt for the second week in a row. I just don't feel the need for it but I also have something else going on tonight. It's rescheduled for next Tuesday. I just seriously don't think I want to keep going but I feel obligated. My only questions are- how do I know the zoloft is really working, when can I stop taking it and can I take something else because it makes me a bit dizzy and it's giving me very bizarre dreams. Or that could be the Sonata I'm taking at night with it. Which I am starting to hate too- after precisely 5 hours I wake up. I cannot fall back asleep. My dreams are insane and I wake up feeling like I can't breathe. I think I'm done with that but, I'm just so sick of going to the doctor. Sigh. I hate being monitored. My other thoughts are why … [Read more...]

It's Monday, and I have my product of the week to share. This week it's Bobbi Brown's Buffing Grains for your face. Or wherever else you feel you need to slough. I like this product a lot as I feel it really exfoliate my face and makes a difference. It's a bit pricey, about $40 a jar. The drawback with the item is the glass jar. I keep it in my shower on a shelf and mix it with my cetaphil each time. Slippery hands and glass in the shower equals future visit to emergency room for cut foot or some other body part. I envision this each time I use it but I love it so much I risk it. I do love living on the edge. So if you need a good exfoliator give this one a whirl. … [Read more...]

If you're a regular reader you know that recently H. gathered up all the baked crap and fresh as well from our yard and surrounding area and placed it nice and neat on our neighbors front step. We wondered if there would be retaliation- picture me checking the door handles each time I go into the house-but so far nothing has happened. Saturday, I went to a party for our neighbors daughter and the offending couple was there. I felt incredibly awkward and two-faced as I chatted with them about home repairs. At one point I noticed the male side of the couple look puzzled as he sat alone. I wondered to myself- is he thinking- how can she smile and be nice to us after putting crap on our step? Or was he thinking - Who in this room put the crap on our step. I would like to think the latter … [Read more...]

I was in line at the grocery store this morning picking up "sick fuel" for H. He has T.D.'s cold now and needed the usual dayquil and soup run to be made. While waiting I am perusing the magazine headlines when at the very bottom of the rack I see this gem - "Deadly Manfish Terrorizes Beachgoers!" There's this black and white (super-imposed of course) photo of a giant "manfish" coming out of the water as people in swimsuits circa 1950 are running for their lives from the surf. I just wondered who buys this stuff?! I need to just hang out at the Safeway all day and see if anyone actually picks one up. I find it embarrassing when I'm all pmsy and can't resist a US Weekly or In Touch magazine, but that one? Yeesh.... it's the same rag that comes up with the further adventures of Bat Boy every … [Read more...]

Today is June 16th, as noted above. It's also Tupac Shakur's birthday. Some of you out there might know that I'm a crazy Tupac fan. Let's all take a moment of silence shall we and remember that talented man. Ah, that's better. R.I.P. brother. Pour one for your homies. Tell me - can you rest in peace if you've been shot on the Vegas strip and no one knows who did it? I hate to admit this but I DVR'd the Britney Spears interview on Dateline last night. There's so little on T.V. right now it's gotten to this. H. told me last night the sheer fact that I taped MTV's 'The Hills' was grounds enough for divorce. It's exceptionally bad taste like the Britney interview but I need my crack... er crap tv. Anyway, if you caught the interview you'll know what I'm talking about when I say … [Read more...]

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T.D. has a cold. A nasty one. I picked her up from daycare yesterday and she was sound asleep but covered in crusted snot. Just what you wanted to read as you were sipping your morning Nescafe huh? I just know it's that snot-nosed (literally) kid Cooper! That kid has green snot coming out of his nose 24/7. It's disgusting to put it mildly and makes me have to fake smile at him each time he greets me at the door when I pick T.D. up. All I can think of is- WHY? Why do you always have green snot coming out of your nose kid?! Can't they do something about that?!? I remember my days in daycare and we had Jesse- he of the sun yellow Looney Tunes lunchbox. He was the snot-nosed kid in our class. He was also the rampant hugger. You know that kid- the one that latches on to anyone and everything … [Read more...]

What on earth was Jenna Elfman referring to when she asked film director John Roecker, “Have you raped a baby?” The “Keeping the Faith” star reportedly asked the question of Roecker when she saw him wearing a T-shirt mocking her religion, Scientology. “It’s one of the questions Scientologists are asked by Scientology leaders when they’ve misbehaved,” a source familiar with the religion explains.Okaaay.........and why do they ask this question? I need more background here other than just- it's one of the questions leaders ask when members misbehave. What constitutes misbehaving in Scientology anyway? It's not disrespecting other people's furniture or mugging for the camera too much is it? … [Read more...]

Like any good despot T.D. has developed a few new habits and quirks in the last few days and weeks. These are all subject to change with notice to no one. What good is it being a dictator if you don't have absolute power and say whenever you want right? The first thing I noticed is her Napoleonic tendency to stick one hand underneath her carseat strap. She then falls asleep and looks like a cute resting version of the emporer of such short stature. A cleaner one too. Her newest, the latest and so not the greatest is her refusal of her last feeding. H (as my husband will be called for right now) and I spend precious minutes coaxing her to no avail. She flails about swatting at the bottle and then screaming so loud and hard it's like someone is stabbing her. No night time bottle equals … [Read more...]

This bouquet is for Ann Marie, my friend from 29. She hasn't been feeling well at all lately and these are her fave flowers. Hope you are feeling better! I miss you and can't wait until you and Marty and the kitties are living in VA!!! … [Read more...]

I had an idea yesterday, I was applying my new eye cream (with spf 8) and I thought, Hey! I really like this stuff! I should tell other people about it. So, how about if each week or whatever I post something about a new product I've used? I'm kind of a product whore so there's always something new that finds it's way into my bathroom.The product of the week (drumroll please!) is: Dove Energy Glow Brightening Eye cream. It's affordable and available at your friendly neighborhood drugstore. I purchased mine online at Drugstore.com thinking- why not? It arrived in the mail and I love it! It's thick but not too thick and really moisturizes and brightens around my eyes. It also doesn't bother my contacts or feel too heavy. So check it out if you are in the market for an eye cream that has spf. … [Read more...]