Month: May 2012
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
Growing up I was sure that everything that was fun and cool happened after midnight. The reason I was so certain of this was because my curfew was 11:30. No matter how hard I tried to negotiate a later curfew my dad would […]
No Shopping? Shocking!
A friend and fellow blogger at the Oakland Press, Rebecca Kohler, is doing the unthinkable.When she told me about it I was in shock. I actually gasp out loud during our meeting. She is going where I have never gone before. She […]
Fluent In Retail
I finally found a second language that my son can speak fluently….Retail! Of course this fluency comes with a hefty price tag but it is like music to my ears. We were both born to shop and as his mother it is […]
Karma Is A Bitch If You Are
My daughter has high expectations for how people should act. She has been raised right, but she is quickly learning that not everyone has been. She has begun her summer job as a cashier and she has already had to face the […]
Gambling Soccer Mom
Lauri Caruso, 39, while working as an accounts bookkeeper at International Door in Canton embezzled 650,000.00 and gambled it all away. This seemingly ordinary mom went from a casual gambler to a high roller betting and losing up to 10,000.00 a day. […]
Gingerbread Mom
Bombarding the news lately is the story of the mom that “allegedly” put her little red haired girl in the tanning bed with her. Just to prove what a great mom she is she spent the weekend after she was arrested turning her […]
In the genetic lottery of my family there is one area that I have been declared the biggest loser. I am the only one with straight, fine hair. Everyone in my family, immediate and extended, has thick curly hair. I on the […]