I had a snarky post planned for yesterday about how I was thankful for a comfy couch and Crystal Light lemonade to nurse my food hangover — yes, food hangover…
Getting started early, just in case
Here’s a little secret … when the first holiday commercial popped on TV a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t complain about it being obscenely early for Christmas commercials like…
We’re not going to take it
I’m really digging all the solidarity that’s been shown lately for LGBT kids and adults. I’ve never been very vocal about my own support for my LGBT friends. I’ve made…
Counting my blessings
Today was another rough day at work. A rough day at the end of a rough week in the middle of a rough month in the middle of a challenging…
Above average
I’ve been out of high school for 10 years and college for nearly six, and I’m starting to notice through Facebook that people I knew in high school who got…
Updates here and there
Thanks for all of your comments on Friday’s post, and a big thank you to Noelle who totally placed that quote for me as being from Six Feet Under (that…
When times are tough
Yesterday was a day of bad news. A friend of mine who was in her second trimester found out she’d lost her baby and had to have surgery. My cousin…
Happy long weekend
I’m off, Modern Friends, for a four-day weekend in Memphis where I will participate in the wedding festivities of my 51-year-old uncle (his first marriage). As Modern Roxy mentioned yesterday,…
The ties that bind
Mother’s Day is almost here. Have you been a good modern daughter and son and made plans? Sadly I won’t get to spend Sunday with the Modern Mom, but I…
Hope your Easter doesn’t bite
The Modern Mom is awesome. Exhibit 1, the Easter card she sent me: The interior message says, ‘Hope your Easter doesn’t bite.’ The MM has a talent in selecting greeting…