Burnout

I’ve got mommy burnout — and I’m not talking about being a mommy, but rather about meeting and befriending others of my ilk. I know we’re all sort of in the same boat and it’s great to have women with whom to commiserate, but I just don’t feel the need to increase my “friend” roster. [...]

Bonesetter

My eight-year old wants to break her arm — or her leg. I remember thinking casts looked really cool when I was a kid as well. She’s got a friend with her arm in a sling due to a fracture and another friend who has broken her bones three times. I guess there is the [...]

Movieland

I did not see The Dark Knight over the weekend, as a huge chunk of the US population appears to have done. I saw Space Chimps instead. It wasn’t really my first choice but faced with 2 kids — 8 and 4 respectively — and some free time on a Sunday after being home most [...]

The Mother Lode

Out of some sort of morbid curiosity, I’ve been watching the two new E! reality shows — Living Lohan and Denise Richards: It’s Complicated. Both purport to be about “regular” women trying to raise normal families in today’s world. Dina Lohan has gone so far as to try and pass the show off as being [...]

The Borrower

Please don’t lend me anything. I used to be a fairly organized and responsible person when it came to other people’s stuff. It’s not that I damage or lose things, it’s more that I can’t seem to remember to return anything. I don’t know what the problem is. I guess I could blame it on [...]

Being Carded

Is there anything better than when you walk into a store, try to buy a bottle of wine or beer and get asked for some ID? No, this isn’t great if you’re 18 — you’re kind of out of luck — but when you’re slightly over 40 and have two kids, it’s a true blessing. [...]

Dance-Off

Here I am writing about more TV, but we’re in sweeps week — lots of finales and competitions winding down. Did you happen to catch the finale of “Dancing with the Stars” last night? I didn’t but I do watch it sporadically and know who most of the “stars” are. Apparently it was quite the [...]

Guilty Party

Guilt, guilt, guilt. It’s endless. It’s like a mommy right of passage. I guess I knew when I had kids that I was signing up for a lifetime of worry, but I didn’t realize that a whole load of endless guilt came with the package as well. If I’m with them, I feel guilty for [...]

Sisters-in-Arms

I always wanted a sister. Younger, older, it didn’t matter. I still wish I had one, at times. I know it’s like any sibling relationship — potentially fraught with competition and petty annoyances. But still, I think it would be awfully nice to have that close bond with someone who could be your best friend [...]

Bookish

I, like many of my peers, am a member of a book group. It’s become so de rigueur in recent years. I mean, you’re a woman (check) got kids (check), maybe you work and maybe you don’t but you spend lots of time mulling over your kids’ lives (check) and dealing with your husband’s needs [...]