How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

This Weeks. . . . . . . . . Confessions From Suburbia

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I was secretly upset when a women I volunteer with proclaimed herself Co-Convener of a charity event I RUN. You are not co-convener when you pick up one job out of twenty. Petty me. I fed my kids pizza for dinner on Saturday night and again on Tuesday. I haven’t returned my “Needy Girlfriends” phone call in three days. I… View Post

Toxic Sinks and Punchy Plumbers

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The stupid sink was plugged. Again. We renovated this stupid kitchen 8 years ago. We put in this stupid sink then. Last night we called the stupid plumber for the third time? Why did we call a plumber for a stupid clog? Well, because the last time we attempted to fix our clogged up stupid sink ourselves we ended up… View Post

I Kicked That Malls Ass!

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By 8am I had my war gear on. Jeans, T-Shirt, Hoodie and comfortable shoes. (yes comfort was needed this time) Dropped the kids at school and had my butt parked in front of my prey. The biggest mall in town. I had my weapons…my list of “must get gifts”, and my VISA. In under 3 hours I plowed through a… View Post

I could never be a Duggar….

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…or Jon and Kate, or a member of that family from Table for 12. There must be way too much noise in those houses, often there is too much noise in mine. I helped to host a wee Christmas Party for my girls Saturday night.Each darling daughter was allowed to invite 4 sweet friends.Count em. That equals 10 partying people…. View Post

Little Irritations in the Suburbs

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I don’t understand…. People that call my house before 8am in the morning. My butt is barely out of bed. I can’t chat now. I’m running around trying to get clothes ready for the kids, breakfast for all and pack lunches. Aren’t you? People who like the “drop in”. I live with 2 girls, a dog, a kitten and oh… View Post

This Explains Everything…

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Men’s priorities are finally explained, courtesy of my inbox. A little known fact…. The first testicular guard “Cup” was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was not used until 1974. It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important. Yep! That pretty much says it all!

Deep Thoughts, People are Rude

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Observed while in the viewing room at a civilized Gymnastics’s Club… Have you ever coughed so hard that you farted? The lady sitting beside me watching her child in the gym did tonight. Sucked for her, all kinds of funny for the rest of us. I need some kind of privacy screen for my blackberry. Nosey girl on the other… View Post

Real Housewives?

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I caught a little of one of those “Real Housewives Shows” last night.You know the Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of the O.C. Yeah right. It was like a car wreck! I could not look away. In what warped world did these women become “Real Housewives”?? Without an ounce of exaggeration I will tell you these poor hard… View Post

ModernMom Goes HollyWood?

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I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of a brand new show premiering on December 7th on TNT!! Yes..Me! I “screened” a TV show. Sure there was no red carpet or celebrities at my screening, but I made popcorn, got dressed up in my best stretchy pants and dimmed the lights. Same diff. Good grief life is good…. View Post