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Or… Random Things Overheard the Past Several Days That Have Made Me Lose My Shit ********************************************************************** Thursday Morning at High Holy Days Children’s Services Rabbi about to blow the Shofar (ram’s horn): Hey, kids, I brought the big one this morning. ********************************************************************** Last Night with the Swimmy The Swimmy and I were going to make [...]

I have chronicled my deep, scary, and sometimes public hair challenges. And it has provided hours of laughter and gasps inside and outside my family. Today, however, I beat The Beast back a few yards. Today, I took back my hair. Today, I got my hair relaxed. (Or, straightened, for those white chicks who aren’t [...]

With thanks.

As many of you know, I ended up in Austin as our fleeing destination of choice for The Hurricane That Never Happened here in Houston. While there, I went with several of the other cousins to a terrific needlepoint shop. (All right, YES, I needlepoint. I am “crafty”. The problem is I never have the [...]

Here was an idea I totally stole from Curve Balls (who stole it from Fidget). Take your first name and Google the phrase [Name] needs. It’s amazing what you need. Things you didn’t even know or want people to find out! Go and see. Here is what I need (Because? Here? It’s all about me.) [...]

400 thread count sheets Two bags of Teddy Grahams in 20 minutes Young and the Restless, All My Children, Days of Our Lives and General Hospital Extended lunches with Husband The spontaneous couch nap attack QVC Extensive web research, surfing and blog reading That snack of strawberry ice cream That other spontaneous couch nap Trying [...]

What is with the ability of Grey’s Anatomy to reduce me to a jaunty combination of anxiety attack and sobbing hysterics?! OH. MY. G-D. It’s a good g-damned thing Patrick Dempsey is cute otherwise I’d go straight batshit crazy inside of that hour. If that show wasn’t anchored in terrific sarcasm, some humor and his [...]

The Swimmy goes to a gymnastics class on Saturday mornings. It’s less about learning how to land a round-off, double-back flip and more about getting some exercise and challenging herself to take some risks and feel accomplished. I mean, she’s four. Come on. She’s always enjoyed the class, but has been rather afraid to try [...]

Constantly re-invent words. Your latest? The little calculator that comes built-in to a notepad your great grandmother gave you. Is not a calculator. It’s a REMOMETER [ree-MOM-eter]. You bet it is.

We spent last night at Temple to kick off the High Holy Days in grand style. For those of you who are not Tribe Members, let me describe some typical (and to some extent, standard) sights and sounds: 1. Well-dressed women in their best jewelry, heels and blow dries with impeccable manicures and pedicures. They [...]