My Staycation of Sorts
May 16th, 2012
Today was a FABULOUS day. The kids and I took a field trip with a huge bunch of homeschoolers down to Sandy Hook. I’d never been and although the beach doesn’t hold a CANDLE to the pristine beaches and waters of the Caribbean, it was a wonderful experience for the kids. They learned a lot [...]
Really, The Last Time I’m Discussing Ewok Porn Ever
January 8th, 2012
So the Tech Guru reads the last post, and he’s all like, you’re making a bigger deal of this, when we were talking about Ewoks it wasn’t — I didn’t hear the rest because I just shut him out. Why is he fucking with my world? This is MY WEBSITE. And I will TALK ABOUT [...]
BOO-yah
August 10th, 2010
So I’ve been doing bootcamp for, what, 5 weeks now? With one week off? I’m starting to see some changes, people!! Legs: starting to look more toned. And about an inch or two off the hips. Weight: down 5 pounds, which puts me squarely BACK into the body of my 20s, thank you very much. [...]
SAMHSA’s Depressive Disorders Info
August 10th, 2010
From the website of SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), a blurb on depressive disorders: Depression: Beyond the blues Everybody gets the blues sometimes—but depression is very different from the blues. About 18.8 million Americans experience depressive disorders that affect how they sleep, eat, feel about themselves, and live their lives. Depression has [...]
BlogHer 2010
August 8th, 2010
Well, that was interesting. The thing I hate about these things is that you can feel so lost. Don’t get me wrong, I loved being there and really got some good concrete information out of it. Best of all, I came away feeling renewed energy for writing, and a real desire to get my ass [...]
Bootcamp Slacker
August 5th, 2010
It’s not actually bootcamp where I’m slacking. It’s writing about bootcamp that seems to have fallen by the wayside. Suffice it to say that I finished my first month, I went to every single session, and it was one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life, for my energy level, for my [...]
Bootcamp Day 3
July 5th, 2010
All cardio, all day. Well, okay, not all day, just a whole hour. But still! It felt like all day to me. We did timed miles. I was aiming for an 11-minute mile but I think I farted out a measly 13-minute. Ugh! Can you tell I don’t run anymore? Who IS this person? Still, [...]
Bootcamp Day 2
July 1st, 2010
First off, Dumb Ass – that would be me – remembered to eat something in the morning. That something was a small relatively light protein shake with some oats thrown in for carbs, but the protein powder, which had touted its lack of aspartame and other similar cancer-in-lab-rats fake sugars, was made with stevia. I [...]
Bootcamp Day One
June 28th, 2010
Today was Day 1 of my bootcamp experience, the one that I decided to sign up for when I realized that I had those hips. You know, the ones where it looks as though someone has taken two stuffed pork chops and slapped them on to your hips? At this point you no longer look [...]
My Trip through the AFI’s Top 100 Films of the Past 100 Years
May 30th, 2010
The process only happened in the last 10 minutes and yet, I can’t really tell you how it is that I decided I would try to see all the films on the American Film Institute’s list of the Top 100 Films. I was on Netflix…I know it started there. And I definitely have several classics [...]
