So I was sitting in the pharmacy waiting for my prescription when I got the call from my car leasing agency, informing me that my lease had ended. Last week. This was a surprise, but not the good kind of surprise like when you take out your winter coat and find a twenty in the…

So I was having a pretty good day. My skin was clear, my roots hadn’t started to grow in, and I was damn close to perfecting my new summer cocktail. The planets must have also been in alignment because my kids and my husband were all happy at the same time. I know from experience…

So the other day I was out with my sister and she asked me to stick her baby in his car seat. I immediately realized that she must be pulling a trick on me and was waiting to hear her exclaim, “April Fool!” even though it was still March, but she didn’t. No matter how…

I’d like to start with an apology to my one faithful reader, you know who you are! for my tardy post this week. I spent a lot of time this morning trying to come up with a good excuse, and was even going to make up something really good, but I didn’t know if you…

Well it’s finally happening: winter is ending, and almost like someone flipped a switch, the sun is shining, and I’ve officially come out of hibernation. The Spring Party Season has begun, and with a vengeance, as I can personally attest to. The first one was a doozy, it was Mardi Gras after all, and while…

I’m getting tired of people who think they are so much better than the rest of us. Like Charlie Sheen. Clearly the guy is insane, but he is a celebrity, and I suppose celebrities by definition are usually better than us. But what’s more annoying are those people living in our very own, non-celebrity communities,…

I knew yesterday was going to be a challenge because I woke up with this throbbing feeling on my face. A glance in the mirror revealed a humongous thing that was either a pimple or an alien, considering it was the size of a large grape, that had erupted on my lower jaw, completely distorting…

Did you ever notice that some people are just TOO happy all the time? I mean, I consider myself to be a happy person, no real complaints. That being said, I’m complaining constantly. About everything. Like today, when I braved the supermarket with a low-grade fever because we were down to the bare minimum and…

Hey, Happy Valentines Day. I mean if you are into that sort of thing. It’s not my favorite holiday but I have curtailed my usual disdain of heart-shaped stuff for the occasion, on the off chance that Maverick might buy me a heart-shaped box of dark-chocolate-covered something. But as long as he doesn’t buy me…

Well my tiara is polished, my favorite gown is steamed, and I am ready for the Academy Awards. Not that I’ve been nominated, or even invited, but you never know, a girl has to be ready. If my 98-year-old grandmother can score an invitation (like she did three years ago) not only to the Awards,…