I am not homophobic (am I?). In fact, I pride myself in being open-minded, for embracing adversity. So, why can't I be excited and happy for my daughter when she tells me of a new (female) relationship? It's not that I ever think less of her girl friends than I do her boy friends. I love and respect all of her friends, just as I love and ( Read more... )

Now I totally understand why most people over forty don't get their eyebrow pierced... I just spent 45 minutes trying to get the damn eye-jewel back together after taking it out for the first time ever. Yep, when I was 39 my eye doctor warned me about "over forty eyes;" he wasn't joking! Trying to see the tiny threaded post that fits inside the ( Read more... )

Today is the first day of a four-day "weekend" and I am already sick of hearing the girls argue about everything! Besides having Jessica, Kirsten, Chelsea and Ashley, we have two extra girls here today. That is two ten year olds, two fifteen year olds, and two sixteen year olds. I MISS MY BOYS... Girls are so melodramatic and moody! And Blyss ( Read more... )

Las Vegas is sunny and warm and oh, so much fun! Only two more sleeps until we get home... at least we will be going home to temperate weather! I spent three long, wonderful days, ALL ALONE, roaming around the "four corners" (on "the strip"). WOW! So much to see and do! I went to MGM Grande and saw the Lion Habitat, the Tropicana and saw the ( Read more... )

Yeah, we leave for Las Vegas tomorrow morning! We are leaving the girls with my 70 year old father, as my mom went out of town unexpectedly due to a death in the family. Yikes! It is hard not to worry about all the kids (our "homeless" Blyss included), but I am going to try to LEAVE MY WORRIES AT HOME! Hopefully, this will be a much needed, ( Read more... )

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The COLD weather here is stifling! What makes people want to keep going when everything around them is frozen to the core? I, personally, just want to crawl back into bed and sleep until it is a balmy -10F again. Pretty sad; at least then we can function! On the upside- Tom and I are leaving for Las Vegas in ten days. I haven't been out of ( Read more... )

OMG! I am living in a house of hormones; even the cat is in heat! Poor Tom-it must be crazy living with me and four daughters. I am crampy/crabby and wish I could do like they did in the cave dweller days when the women would go off to be ALONE for their monthly cycle. Ha. Every month we would ALL be gone at the same time and Tom could be " ( Read more... )

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