Archive for June 2008

If you ever hear me say I’m going to do something like this, ok?
Much appreciated.
PS. Back from Chicago, was a great time. Will post more later.

Chicago from Above
Originally uploaded by Stuck in Customs
I’m off for a few days to Chi-town, visiting my cousin tomorrow through Friday morning and then my girlfriends for a weekend sure to be filled with lots of talk, laughter, counseling and food (especially seeing that it’s Taste of Chicago this weekend). It’ll [...]

(Hint: That would be all of you parents.)
If you haven’t checked out The Imperfect Parent yet, now is the time. It’s one of my favorite parenting sites because it doesn’t shy away from today’s issues but never loses its sense of humor. As the site’s creators describe, "The Imperfect Parent is an online magazine for [...]

I’m not sure what I like most about Matt Harding’s dancing videos.
Is it the music?
The photography and scenery?
Feeling connected to people across the world?
How children express joy in the same way no matter where they live or what their means?
The fact I’m in good company of bad dancers?
I don’t know, but I was pleased to [...]

A few weeks ago I noticed there was some serious bad juju going on around me. One example: a former co-worker suffered a near-fatal heart attack. Forty years-old, a mother of two or three; someone who eats right, works out faithfully and was just commenting to another co-worker how happy and stress-free her life had [...]

Dad and me 1972; Originally uploaded by onewomanshow

Best wishes to all you dads out there for a relaxing, fulfilling day!
(This doesn’t get you out of helping with the dishes and diapers, though.)
And, Happy Father’s Day to the man who has given me 40 years of love and encouragement to help me become the person I [...]

The Ex is celebrating a birthday this week, and, for a moment, I felt guilty about not taking the kids to buy him a card or gift. Then I remembered that he’s just not into birthdays or holidays — his own or anyone else’s. And except for Christmases and one Mother’s Day since our divorce, [...]

Over the weekend I finished revising and sprucing up my query letter, synopsis and first three chapters of my manuscript — again…I think I’m up to at least my fifth draft. Today I mailed the package to the agent I pitched to a few weeks ago. Wow – what a feeling… of panic, then calm, then full-blown anxiety:
Susan thinking to [...]

You may remember I put together a nice TV stand back in April or early May. Because I only had a puny, old TV at the time, the stand looked like this:

Well, I bought a swanky new flatscreen TV last weekend, so T-Rex was forced to move his toys away like this:

My dad and I [...]

Ah, what a Friday night.
First, I am reminded why I took myself off of Match.com at the beginning of the year, right around the time I met Coach. I’m not saying I’d never-ever-ever do it again, because God knows it’s hard enough to meet people and I’ve met some interesting and normal people that way, [...]