Remember how I told you about this? My husband made this. It's part of a contest. Most views wins. It'd be awesome if he won. Yes, this is shameless spousal promotion. You want to make something of it? (It's my blog and I'll pimp if I want to.) (Seriously, though: it's a dog. With chips. What's not to love?) (Pass it on.) Continue reading

You know that we went to Disney World last week. You also know that we went - supported by GM Canada - so that I could run the Princess Half-Marathon, to raise awareness of Muscular Dystrophy, the condition that is killing my nephew. And if you know all of this, you probably also know that I failed to run it, and that I am struggling with feeling like I suck, which I know that I don't, but still. And you don't know any of this, well, you can catch up by clicking through the above links. Or you could just... Continue reading

Posted by Anonymous. I found out about a week ago that my husband has been fooling around with a sales rep that he is doing business with. My world has been in a tailspin ever since. I feel such tremendous hurt, embarrassment, shame, and pain that I can barely breathe. Are people able to recover from such things? Can you ever really learn to trust again? I don't know how I am ever going to go on from this... I wish it never happened. Continue reading this post at the Basement... Continue reading

Martha, Martha, Martha... first she came out with the magazine that took the simple and made it complicated in the most beautiful way possible. Then she hosted a television show that animated the unattainable lifestyle from her magazine for those too lazy to read about it. Personally her stuff made me feel worse about myself and my lack of decorating and cooking skills. Then Martha Stewart went to jail and I grew to like her. Amazing how a trip to the big house made her more likeable and easier to relate to ... considering I've never been to prison (yet).... Continue reading

Why pretend that I am not just a little bit overwhelmed by squee at the full (full! longer than ten seconds!) trailer for the new Twilight movie, Eclipse? Why not embrace the shameful truth? Why not just squee loudly and proudly and suffer the scorn that inevitably comes with being a thirty-something mom with a squee-on for love stories involving clinically depressed vampires? WHY NOT, I ASK? BEHOLD: SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Continue reading

Once upon a time, Bad Moms were Bad Durannies who always saved a prayer 'til the morning after. We were teens of the 80's and those pop culture phenomena made us who we are today (RIP Corey Haim). This Bad Mom likes to pretend she's frozen in time and that she isn't old but sometimes reading the interwebz makes that difficult. For instance, did you know that Simon Le Bon's daughter is the latest Pantene model? *sigh* I remember when Amber Le Bon was born and how my friend Stephanie mourned the end of her 'relationship' with her beloved Simon... Continue reading

Okay, so Lindsay Lohan doesn't really hate babies (or at least she hasn't publicly admitted it) but she is suing those gosh darn cute eTrade babies because she thinks they are making fun of her. Bad Moms love those eTrade babies -- especially the tyrannical ones. They're hysterical. Lindsay, obviously, lost her sense of humor sometime after she stopped dating Samantha Ronson. Really, eTrade babies are hilarious. When Gemma was a wee thing we used to make her talk in funny voices like she was our own personal marionette and that sh*t was gold. Oh how we'd laugh (mind you,... Continue reading

Around here, we don't call ourselves Twilight Moms because, you know, that's a little bit too specific, seeing as we are, in addition to being keen appreciators of the Edward form, also fans of Buffy and Spike and Angel, and True Blood (the books more than the show), and the characters from Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld series, and also Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley and basically anything kind of dark and gothy and so we usually refer to ourselves as Goth Playdaters or some such. No plasma in the sippy cups, though. That would be weird. All of this is to... Continue reading

Corey Haim - 80's teen star and latter-day has-been - has, reportedly, died of a drug overdose. The Internets are saying that this wasn't really shocking - he did, after all, have a public struggle with substance abuse - but really, isn't it fair to say that no such celebrity death is shocking? Given that so many celebrities struggle with substance abuse and eating disorders and dependencies upon unsavory characters and other evils and maladies and whatevers associated with selling one's life for public consumption, shouldn't we be surprised that more of them don't die young? And wouldn't this go... Continue reading

Almost every single one trip that I take ends with me whining 'I didn't take enough pictures.' This road trip was no exception. Most of the time my failure to photograph is due to either being too shy / too self-conscious to just dive in and take the photo. I know, I'm a freak. It's why I did well at Disney World, and probably why my kid loves me. Anyway. This trip, I really made an effort to take more photos and while I did marginally better than I have on most of our travels, I still didn't record enough... Continue reading

Yesterday, we arrived backhome from Orlando after completing our Tiarathon roadtrip (courtesy of GM Canada thankyouverymuch). Today, the word 'exhausted' doesn't even cover half of what we are feeling. What is it about taking a vacation with children that makes one declare 'I need a vacation to recover from my vacation'? Oh right, the children. I need a vacation. Anyway. I tweeted while out on the road that the Chevy Traverse we were driving would be better with a coffee maker built into the dashboard because - dear god - there was just never enough decent coffee on this road... Continue reading

We just got back from our GM Canada-sponsored trip to Disney World, where, contrary to expectation, we didn't commune with any princesses. Sure, Cinderella waved at us, and Snow White ambled by with her coterie of dwarfs, but the girls didn't insist upon hanging out with them, which is kind of a good thing, I guess, because seriously, have you seen this? MEAN GIRLS! That's a cautionary tale, people. Consider yourselves mean-girl schooled, Disney-style. Source. Continue reading

Are Disney Princesses all bad? I'm on a mission to examine whether or not I can, in good feminist conscience, let me daughter squee freely over Cinderella and her ilk, so that by the time we get to Disney World, I know whether to stop worrying and love the ballgowns, or try to get Belle to read The Second Sex. Or both. Pocahontas: she's pretty awesome, right? Independent, strong-willed, and - as my daughter says - sings the best songs of all the princesses. Too bad she's stuck in that movie with Mel Gibson. The vehicle that we're traveling in... Continue reading

Top brass in the U.S. are investigating an incident last month in which a young boy stepped in to his father’s shoes and directed air traffic at JKF International Airport. Audiotape recorded the boy directing planes for take-off during a week when New York students were out of school, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is none too pleased. "JetBlue 171 contact departure," the boy – whose identity, along with his dad’s, hasn’t been released – was recorded saying. "Over to departure JetBlue 171, awesome job," the pilot responds. To another pilot, the boy was recorded saying, "MS 4-0-3, contact... Continue reading

This week we (Catherine and me and our kids) are on the road courtesy of GM Canada, making our way from Toronto to Disney World in Florida to participate in the Tiarathon half-marathon to raise awareness about Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy as part of Catherine's mission to do 100 miles For Tanner. Our girls: they are just like us. Which you know, is great and all because it means that there wasn't a mix up at the hospital and we have that wonderful legacy thing. But like us, they are fearless, opinionated, strong willed, and, oh my sweet hell, did I... Continue reading

A new, extra-small condom is set to hit the shelves in Switzerland. Condoms that would be the right size for, say, a twelve-year-old boy. Um, WHAT? The nation’s Federal Commission for Children and Youth discovered kids aged 12-14 were having more sex this decade than last, but weren’t using the proper protection. In response, a condom that would be a better fit for pre-teen boys was created. Nancy Bodmer, the study’s head, said the most shocking aspects centered on sexually active boys aged 12-14. They’re less likely to protect themselves, and don’t have “a very developed sexual knowledge. They do... Continue reading

Things recently took a turn for the crazy in the Jackson household after thirteen-year-old Jafar, one of Jermaine Jackson’s eight children, reportedly bought a stun gun off the Internet. Word on the wire was that he used his cousin Prince Michael, a.k.a. Blanket, as a target. It’s a news story that really brings the WTF’s. Let’s back the train up a bit and explain the situation. Michael Jackson’s three children, Paris, Prince Michael and Blanket, have lived with their grandmother, Katherine, since their father’s sudden death last year. Katherine has custody of Michael’s three children, and Jermaine’s children apparently live... Continue reading

I realize that I'm probably the last person on earth to see the latest Old Spice commercial - you know, the one with the man your man could smell like? - but I saw it for the first time a few days ago, and I haven't stopped laughing since. Up until now I really didn't think that I'd find anything better on the 'net this week, but. But! A painting of Count Von Count punching that sparkly vampire from Twilight in the face is pretty freakin' awesome, too. (Ed. note: 'that sparkly vampire'??? That's EDWARD. Twilight Moms FTW!) (Ed. note:... Continue reading

Have you heard about 'Crying Cody', the three-year-old girl whose mother posted a video of her sobbing over Canadian pop star Justin Bieber on YouTube? The video took off like wildfire - nearly two million people have watched Cody shed many a tear over Justin in less than a month - and even folks who don’t really know (or care) about Justin Bieber (like me!) have got to admit that Cody is pretty freakin’ adorable. It was Jimmy Kimmel, of all people, who made Cody’s wish come true. The talk-show host flew her entire family - her parents and two... Continue reading

Like many other girls who grew up in the 80s, I was a huge Madonna fan. For a long time, whenever my best friend came over, our favourite game to play was Desperately Seeking Susan. We used to raid my mother’s pile of old costume jewelry, clothes and makeup in an attempt to look the way Madonna and Rosanna Arquette did on the cover of my Dress You Up LP. We'd parade around the house, pretending we were in New York City, seeking desperately for Susan. Kids emulate celebrities all the time, but sometimes it goes to far. Sometimes, it... Continue reading

Did anyone catch the Wendy Williams Show the other day? Elmo was a special guest on the show, and if you were watching, you probably saw his totally awesome rendition of the show's theme song, complete with special vocal effects and backup dancers. If you're like me and didn't see the episode, then check this awesomeness out: Elmo. Is. Awesome. [source] Continue reading