Last night I had the luxury of a women's getaway at my parents' beach house. My friend Shelia flew over from Boise, and we drove down to Rockaway yesterday morning. Two other friends joined us. The weather yesterday was simply SPECTACULAR.

Here's the latest adventure of Kieran. The other day he began a competition with a classmate to see who could best tolerate spicy foods. It began when he took sushi for lunch and his friend, Ceci asked for the wasabi. From there it developed into some kind of a dare. Kieran came home and developed a concoction of jalapeno p

My handsome and talented spouse wrote today about his favorite things (blogs, that is) and mentioned this blog as one of his favorites. Well, he's one of my very favorite things, and I am especially g

Mark my words...the Susan G. Komen Foundation will never be as powerful or successful again. This Planned Parenthood defunding thing (which supposedly has been "reversed,"

I loved being pregnant, but unlike most pregnant women who anticipate ultrasounds with joy (and post photos on Facebook nowadays!), I dreaded them. When I was pregnant with Chris, I had multiple ultrasounds because they were trying to detect why I was bleeding so much. After that, I had many ultrasounds with unfeeling

As most people know, Nancy Brinker started the Susan G. Komen "For the Cure" Foundation in 1980 after her sister died of breast cancer. Susan asked Nancy to promise to work towards finding a cure. So many amazing charities have been founded in loved one's honor; there's no better motivation than the memory of a lo

Not surprised. As Reverend Chuck Currie so eloquently writes in The Huffington Post, Mitt Romney should be. The poor and the working poor are just barely hanging on, and the Republicans in congres

For your reading pleasure, here's what I read in January. It was a month of great reading, and now I realize that most of it was nonfiction. Both of the novels I finished had infant deaths (I believe in warning people about this). Read the full reviews by clicking on the linked title--they will take you to the review on

As suspected and discussed in a previous post, Ron Paul is a racist. The jig is up. A group of "hactivists," Anonymous, has accidentally uncovered documentation of Paul's connections and affiliations with ra

The scene last night (as re

I honestly cannot imagine how any intelligent American could bring him- or herself to vote for either Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich. But I've certainly been surprised before (examples at bottom). Americans have shown time and again that when it comes to voting, they can be downright stupid, like their cand

Have you heard? The liberal media is trying to crucify Newt Gingrich and "rewrite history." Funny...I don't think that anyone has to rewrite history to make Gingrich come across as an unprincipled idiot. His actions and words speak for themselves, throughout history. Video below.

After getting addicted to Downton A

Love it! The Freaker of the Spouse: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episo

I can't wait to see what Jon Stewart has to say about this. When debate moderator John King brought up the elephant in the room (Newtie's ex-wife's claims that he asked her to enter into an open marriage), he fought back angrily: "I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the new

Fifteen years ago this week, a star was born in the lives of our dear

This priceless gem

Kien Lam quit his job, packed his bag and camera, and traveled to 17 countries in 343 days. This is the amazing result. The original music was composed by his brother, William. Stunning!

This is just completely heartbreaking. EricJames Borges, aged 19, was raised in a religiously extremist household (his mother tried to perfo

The official contract signing Mike's agency contract arrived today, and he signed it with great fanfare, with a stack of bestsellers nearby for luck.

I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am to share this new

Remember a few days ago when I wrote about our suspicious sale of the Toyota Camry Wagon? Well, our suspicions turned out to be well founded. Not two days later, it has shown up on craigslist...for $2,400, $1,100 more

I've often posted my opinions about plastic surgery and unrealistic expectations for women's body image. This clever little video (Fotoshop, by Adobe') makes the point while skewering the fashion industry's love for Photoshop.

A friend of ours, Mark--who recently received treatment for a brain tumor--posted this on Facebook: "The Top 12 Cancer-Causing Products in the Average Home." Full disclosure: the article is on a laundry ball's we

As those of you Facebook friends know, last month we decided we needed to replace our faithful, trusty old 1995 Toyota Camry Wagon, which we had owned since 2001. Mike got backed into in the high school parking lot, and as soon as the car left the body shop, the oil light went on. The mechanic gave a terminal

We had a great New Year's celebration this year, as Mike's brother Ed and his family came to visit us for a long weekend. They live in Sydney, Australia, and have been traveling in Europe for the past 6 months--my sister-in-law Shemara working off and on, and Ed and the children seeing the sights. We hadn't seen them for fo

So I'm a little late with my monthly book summary--too much going on! I read fewer books than usual in December, as might be expected. They were all fiction, too. Read the full reviews by clicking the linked titles.

A Facebook friend posted a link to "30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself," and I think it's a brilliant list. Check it out. I realize, when I look at this list, that I'm actually an emotionally healthy person. I don't do m

Goodness knows, we could all use some good news, especially women! Check out these "50 Best Moments for Women in 2011" from the Huffington Post. Some of these I was aware of, whi