If you haven’t heard about Time magazine’s cover story on attachment parenting featuring a mother breastfeeding her 3-year-old son, you must be living under a rock. I promise, I try not to judge, but I do find it a little strange. Attachment parenting is not something my husband and I decided to subscribe to. We adopted…
My Mom Kicks Arse and Takes Names
My mom hails from Scotland, so she has a beautiful Scottish accent. She had me when she was 30, which is the equivalent of having a baby at 20 today, but wasn’t so common back in the 70’s. My mom was a stay-at-home mom and just like Texas, don’t mess with my mom. I can’t…
A Royaltastic Wedding
One year ago today, I spent half the night making delicious scones, woke up at 3 a.m., made a pot of tea and sat to watch the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The wedding brought back so many memories of the day in July 1981, when I, a nine-year-old little girl woke at…
Chimpanzee – The Magic of Oscar
We had a bit of a “breakthrough” at our house yesterday. My daughter, who is four years old, refused to go to see a movie in a movie theatre. When she was two-and-a-half, we went to see “Up” with her best friend, also the same age. Both girls sat staring at the screen, wide-eyed, mouths…
Prom?
I just watched the movie “Prom.” I’m a sucker for boy bands and pop music, teenage vampire novels written by Stephanie Meyer, and movies a fourteen year-old girl would love. I’m a teenager at heart, which is why I’m having so much trouble with this 40 thing. Not that I mind being 40, I don’t,…