Big Brother winner and Big Brother All-Stars finalist Will Kirby was on The Young and the Restless as himself on Friday!!! It was très funny! He was his sly old self. I even got the hubby to check it out. Both of us thought it was classic. Here's a video of the whole event (good … [Read more...]

Hallowe'en is approaching, and with it all measure of scary things. Ghosts, goblins, witches: the usual. Things that don't so much get us scared as give us an opportunity to play around with being scared, and give us an opportunity to teach our children how to have a little fun with fear. But what … [Read more...]

This week I have been stuck on Becca's post about accentuating the positive. She had been watching the wonderful, beautiful, amazing Natalie Portman on youtube, and was starting to feel inferior. but, instead of sitting and wallowing in more Natalie perfection, she decided to go a different … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! I just came back from this spectacular event. My girl Erna (no, that is not her given name...) treated the Monkey and I to this fab girls' night out. Anyway, it's late, and I've had a long day and a very late night. So, let's get this show on the road! CHECK IT!!!!!! AMERICA'S NEXT … [Read more...]

Hi Gorgeouses! Omigosh....NOOOOOOO! Is Joey Lawrence SINGING on Dancing With the Stars? NOOOOOO! Say it isn't SOOOOOO! Oh, he's lip-sincing.... NOT attractive. At. All. Who the hell choreographed that. So cheesy I can't take it. Oh...You still there? Sorry, I got carried away. So, as I was saying. … [Read more...]

Be now warned - apparently, technology has advanced so very, very far that it is now possible to get pregnant by sitting in front of your computer screen. Or perhaps there's only a risk if you perch your laptop on your lap. Whatever. The fact remains: YOU CAN GET PREGNANT FROM BLOGGING. How else to … [Read more...]

Before I got pregnant with Isabella, i would get that itch from time to time. you know which one. it didn't take much to set me off. the smell of a baby. the stretch of a newborn. the tiny fingers and toes. the yawns. the first smiles. and first laughs. i would get that baby itch. something fierce. … [Read more...]

over the weekend, i came to the startling realization that i have a full-fledged toddler on my hands. she walks! boy does she ever. she walks and walks and walks. and runs. she's faster than i, and i'm struggling to keep up. when she was crawling, i still had the upper hand. i have this no more. … [Read more...]

Whew! She's finally in bed. Hmph, cheaty little monkey. After three rounds of lullaby, put in crib, "wahhhhhhhh", pick up, she's finally in bed and asleep. Uh oh...wait a sec. "Wahhhhhhhh." Pause. Pause....Okay. Quiet. Cats have been fed, pressing emails answered (I'm so bad … [Read more...]

Thank you all so much for your supportive comments about sleep issues - knowing that I'm not alone in this struggle helps tremendously. And that's really what it comes down to, with this whole mothers-supporting-mothers thing, this thing that we do in 'real life' and out here on the Interweb, … [Read more...]