Setting examples/programming the remote

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...]