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Hooray! That sounds awesome. Fabulous. ;D
Commented Dec 29, 2011 on Christmas Chaos (No More?) at Mommy Speak
Christmas Chaos (No More?)
I'm a big proponent
Wow, already. *HUGS* Great writing. Best Wishes at finding your new normal slightly on the sooner side?
Safe Journey, regardless. ;-)
Commented Oct 25, 2011 on Already and just now at Undomestic Diva
Already and just now
Some anniversaries aren't meant to be celebrated yet you remember that day so vividly you see it returning in rapid speed and spend it in slow motion, unable to escape the emotion of it. Veterans of broken marriages promised me it would be a year - a full year - until my life regained any sem...
Yep, I've done the snapfish, pickup from Walgreens option.
They came out nicely, including an 8"x10" print!
Commented Oct 13, 2011 on snapfish versus shutterfly versus mpix versus costco at hollywood housewife
snapfish versus shutterfly versus mpix versus costco
I've been meaning to do this experiment forever, since I couldn't help but feel that my default picture printing at Costco was the less-than-desirable route for memory keeping. Then last week so many of you responded to the photo organization element to my frantic nesting. In the next couple o...
Gorgeous ladies. Fabulous post!
Commented Oct 5, 2011 on Come around at Undomestic Diva
Come around
I met her within a few days of her family moving into the house four doors down and across the street. It was socked-in foggy, typical for October in our town, the day I put one sneaker in front of the other and shyly introduced myself with a piqued curiosity at the idea of another girl my ag...
Great post. Rock. On!
Commented Oct 2, 2011 on Cockfighting for kids at Undomestic Diva
Cockfighting for kids
Randomly, as conversations frequently happen with my boys, my 6 year old dropped an interesting oh-by-the-way-this-happened-at-school-two-days-ago bomb on the way to soccer Saturday morning. "My friend was getting beat up by this kid and I asked him if he was getting hurt and he said yes and ...
Groove, baby, groove. ;-)
Commented Oct 2, 2011 on Do a little dance at Undomestic Diva
Do a little dance
Photo by the one & only Lotus Carroll aka SarcasticMomLC It's been awhile, hasn't it? I know. Trust me, I know. It's not like I haven't sat down here in this hard wooden chair, stared at the glaring light of my Macbook a hundred times and let my fingers dance furiously along the keyboard - out...
Hah! ;-)
Commented Oct 2, 2011 on In the Cosmos at Undomestic Diva
In the Cosmos
Go ahead and belly laugh but I'm just being real: I subscribed - not bought an issue, but full-on subscribed - to Cosmopolitan magazine. In my defense, dearest people of the Internet, I honestly believed it would bring me good blog fodder. I mean a "21 Naughty Sex Tips" article? Really, Cos...
That's so awesome that he remembers before he was born... Love it!
Commented Sep 10, 2011 on Do What You're Doing While You're Doing It at Velveteen Mind
Do What You're Doing While You're Doing It
I love these faces. These are the faces of my favorite people and they are all conveying the same message: Turn that thing off and pay attention to me! We all do it. We get so focused on something that the world falls away. Then you look up to see pleading eyes punctuated with a question, "D...
Beautiful. All of it. ;D
Commented Aug 30, 2011 on I just want you to know... at Undomestic Diva
I just want you to know...
To my boys: School is starting and I just want you to know that... I love you. You make me proud. You are the funniest people I know. And the bravest. You are so smart. Your hugs are amazing. Your fist bumps are too. You are great MMA fighters, soccer, baseball and basketball players but...
Wow, Awesome post! I also was surprised hearing about so many private brand parties. My blog is very small, since I only publish a few times a year currently and I've not really promoted it, but some nice folks at the Expo Hall made me actually want to do some reviews!
I'm 34 & not a mom, but I'm friends with a fair few of the fame-ish mom bloggers, and seeing the parade of private parties on twitter was pretty eye-opening!!!
I'll definitely have to check out more of your site. ;D
Commented Aug 10, 2011 on Can You See Me Now? at Twenty Four At Heart
Can You See Me Now?
A woman named Darryle Pollack read one of her blog posts out loud at the conference last week. I've met Darryle before, and the day after she spoke we spent about an hour together in deep discussion. Darryle's post was about women becoming invisible in our society as they age. I haven't been abl...
Ooof. Great writing. Sorry for the hurt, glad it's getting better.
Commented Jun 23, 2011 on Pen pals at Undomestic Diva
Pen pals
I lost him for a little while. The boy who I suspected would forever sit in my lap, never grow too old to cuddle, always be the lovable, easy-go-lucky thoughtful kid of the bunch - he vanished very suddenly and all that was left was an angry, hateful child who screamed and threw punches and lu...
Awesome. Vibrancy! Rock it on with living out loud. ;-)
Commented Jun 23, 2011 on Risky business down South at Undomestic Diva
Risky business down South
Fancy this: I took a little risk and bought an airplane ticket across the country to chase a job I won't like, I'll love. Did I get it? I don't know. Perhaps it was crazy on my part. Maybe I was a bit tenacious. But I'm not sorry. How does the quote go? "The person who risks nothing, does nothin...
Major hugs. So sorry that the issues couldn't be resolved, and that you're hurting. xo
Commented May 30, 2011 on The end at Undomestic Diva
The end
Six months, four days. It felt never-ending at times. Like an entire lifetime was passing by. Hamsters running, running, running yet going nowhere on a wheel that spins in place. But it only took six months, four days to end fifteen years. I could feel his head turn, his eyes - heavy with sadn...
Yay, good to see & hear from you...great pics, wow, getting so big for sure! *hugs* I hope you get to have less pain & soon, for sure.
Commented May 28, 2011 on Hello, I'm still here at Mommy Speak
Hello, I'm still here
Hellloooo!!! I'm still alive! Things are...well, things mostly just are, that's all. I'm very day-to-day. I overdid Satuday & spent Sunday on pain pills in bed. Last two days have not been stellar; mostly waiting for DaddySpeak to get home so I can take a pain pill. Each day's a bit better than ...
UGH, heartbreaking. *HUGS*
Commented May 4, 2011 on Fifty percent mom at Undomestic Diva
Fifty percent mom
"T, you can go sit with your mom," the teacher whispers to my four year old as I walk in the door, five minutes late to Mother's Day tea at Holy Rollin', having had to hurry back from dropping off my middle guy at his school. "No. I don't want to sit with her." There is a collective chuckle in...
Bwahaha. Fun times.
Commented Apr 24, 2011 on Ladyscaping at Undomestic Diva
Ladyscaping
About the only thing more awkward than getting a down there wax is talking about it so, hello, welcome to my blog, you should know better by now. What? You think it's tacky to discuss ladyscaping in a public forum? Try carrying on a full-blown conversation with your wax girl while she's all up i...
You have awesomeness that radiates. Best Wishes on the path to finding more of that exuberant fabulousness. ;p
Commented Apr 24, 2011 on On being me at Undomestic Diva
On being me
It catches me off-guard when people describe me as ballsy, a go-getter, out-spoken. Perhaps in comparison to some, sure, I guess I am. But compared to who I used to be? The girl who would say whatever she wanted and not care what others thought? The girl who would go against the grain for the me...
So, so beautifully written. Touching. I'm sorry and congratulations, I guess. Here's hoping for the best for you and your family in your new life. xoxo
Commented Mar 25, 2011 on Saying good-bye at Undomestic Diva
Saying good-bye
Today is one of those days - one of many recent and one of many more to come - where life's new twists and turns have me walking out the door of several years of fond memories and unthought of heartache towards a future of Who Knows. It isn't a fancy place, this house. And while smaller than m...
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