This should have been my Monday motherhood post but I’m still experiencing a tremendous case of not-getting-things-done-because-I-don’t-care syndrome. It’s something different every day. Mom’s birthday was last Friday. I cleaned up the desk a few days ago and came across the last card she wrote to Miss T in November. Harry the cat has disappeared. As Roseanne Roseannadanna would say, “It’s always something.” I’ve told friends it’s like experiencing the aftershocks that came with the 1994 … [Read more...]
Thursdays in the kitchen with Joe (the Trader): chili-lime chicken burgers
When I look at my phone periodically throughout the day, the screen is undoubtedly on Instagram. Bun Bun and Miss T don’t have phones but want desperately to know the latest and greatest about their friends, so they use mine. This morning, the message I saw was from a soccer friend telling her followers that she was off to camp for a month and would be out of touch. Damn those Jews! I thought. I am so envious of them - friends who themselves spent their summers at camp making lifelong … [Read more...]
The 2nd day of Christmas…coffee
Day two. Oh, all right. On the second day of Christmas…coffee, my true love gave to me, TWO mugs of Wintry Blend – If you live more than an hour from the nearest Trader Joe’s, it’s time to move. I know real estate right now is a little tricky, but I guarantee that the value of your home, and its staying power, is in direct proportion to how close the property is to a TJs. Our neighborhood, like many in Los Angeles, was crazy three years ago. One million dollars bought you a tear-down. … [Read more...]