I read this article someone reposted from an old lifestyle magazine.
Then for laughs I rewrote it. Let me know if there’s any other advice that should be in there. Click link below.
Dear 50’s housewife, it gets better
18 Dec 2016 3 Comments
in Brave New World Tags: balance, Dad, househusband, housewife, humor, Life, love, marriage, Mom, parenting, roles, the 50's, work
Chin up
06 Aug 2014 1 Comment
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: Birthday, Death, Family, loss, love, Mom, Photo
Today is my mother-in-laws birthday. She would have been 63 years old. We lost her suddenly and tragically almost 8 years ago. For a while, all I could think about was the day she died. How she was just there, in front of me dancing, and then not. How I just heard her laughing and yelling at her sisters, and then not. I replayed that day (like all those that loved her) over and over again.
But now I think about that day less and less, and the other days more and more. You know the expression,”life of the party”? She was the definition of that. A firecracker that could be warm and loving one minute, and sharp and witty the next. She was one of the funniest people I have ever known. She was a storyteller too – born with the gift of narrative. Her stories were told with her words and her hands and her eyes.
She lived a tough life, survived single motherhood, raised two amazing kids, worked non-stop, and never showed it. If you met her, you’d think she was the happiest, go-luckiest person around. Because she was. She made the best out of everything. She lived her life, however short, fully. No one will ever say she didn’t have fun.
I know wherever she is now, she’s laughing and making everyone laugh with her.
This Mother
11 May 2014 Leave a comment
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: humor, Life, make-up, Mom, Photo, Skincare
I hope all you moms out there had a great day. I did the following:
Cards and cuddles in bed.
Ate a Sunday breakfast that I didn’t make or go get.
Spent 3 hours making photo prints from the last 10 months.
Spent another 2 hours trying to find a proper photo album (it can’t have “memo” space and I prefer a large, square one that holds both vertical and horizontal pics). No luck. But I had fun trying.
Then came the real fun.
Hair up, pjs on.
A nose strip.
A clay mask.
A steaming hot wash.
A 15 minute derma scrub
A cold compress.
Good times.
Some people like to get tulips and cards. I like to get time to exfoliate.
(And I like tulips and cards)
Happy Mother’s Day!
This ain’t no Oprah’s book club
13 Jul 2013 6 Comments
in I need to tell you about this right now Tags: Book Club, Books, humor, Kosher, Life, lifestyle, Literature, Mom, motherhood, parenting, Philadelphia, Photograph, Reading, Women
Besides working and mothering and wife’ing – I try to have some fun. Just a little bit. Because I’m a frustrated English major deep inside, I’ve been talking to a few of my ‘hood moms about starting a book club. We talked a lot about starting it. For months we talked. But nothing happened. Then one of these marvy women suggested we join a club already in progress. One started and run by a group of responsible women who actually do what they say they want to do. Cool concept right?
So we dove in. Kind of. Work, kid stuff, and personal marital commitments (such as trying to see my husband for 5 minutes every night) got in the way. But I finally made a few meetings. And it was great.
The women who started this group are, ahem, seasoned. They’ve lived through divorce, remarriage, kids in college, retirement and multiple health issues. There’s a mix of life stages – women with young kids, older kids, grandkids and no kids. We rotate houses every month – this is my favorite part about the club, access to new peeks into how people live. If there was a club called just-go-see-how-other-people-live-every-month I’d so join it. I’d be the president of that club. And by the way, I am not interested in judging. I’m just extremely curious. inquisitive. Nosey.
Admittedly, all the books we’ve picked have been a bit morose – but the conversations have been anything but! Here’s a short list of what was covered in the last few meetings:
- A second chance romance and love story by the host of the night that involved the Italian countryside and sangria
- Did you know you can get a tummy tuck paid for by insurance if you partner it with a hysterectomy? True story.
- No matter how Kosher you are, take a xanax if you need to. I don’t know what this means but there was a lot of time spent on it.
- A field trip to a master bath that featured a bidet toilet seat cover combo (heated with a remote control).
- Baby daddies, the Philadelphia public school system and wars started because of false religious beliefs.
We fit in some books too…
Here’s a synopsis of what we thought –
- 10 year olds shouldn’t get married.
- spoiler alert – the pajamas were actually a concentration camp uniform
- you don’t need no stinking man when you have a horse.
Can’t wait for the next meeting!
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