Open Letter to the Baby Boy

Open Letter to the Little Sister

When Good Trains Go Bad

I Could Always Get a Rottweiler …
One of my worst nightmares – besides a ‘black/brown” color scheme – is something terrible while I’m alone w/ the baby.  Often I find myself doing strange things like unplugging everything in the house before going to bed or leaving some extra catnip by the front door just to make sure the cat continues to keep guard throughout the night (she got some ridiculous idea from the dog that her shift ends before dark). Today an awkward  encounter with a strange man made me think of it all again:  If something ever happened to me while the Baby and I were alone (which is the case 90% of the time) would he know what to do? Would he know who to call if R

Open Letter to the Little Sister
My Dearest Baby Sister, When ModCloth asked who I am most thankful for as part of their Thanksgiving Thank-a-Thon Blog Contest — my first instinct was to write about our mother. It’s probably most people’s first instinct … I decided, instead, to write about

Me vs. Them …
Does anybody else’s pets throw tantrums? Mine do. In fact, I think my being laid off and being at home is beginning to really annoy them. Last week, I arrived back at home after dropping the baby off at school.  The way the dog looked at me — she did a double take!  She had a look on her face as if to say – “Really?!  Aren’t you NOT supposed to be here at this time?” … Then she rolled her eyes!  That wasn’t an accident!  I saw it.  And, Tab – my cat — she walks past me and “meow’s” as she stares me down.  This is usually followed by a deliberate scratching of the new sofa.  I

You May Have an Eating Disorder if …
your 5y/o starts to hide his Teddy Grahams from you … you start to wonder if things like spit and phlegm have calories … … you decide they do and refuse to swallow all day … you’ve convince yourself that chocolate chip cookie’s are part of the major food groups … you walk into the subway and think you see a sign that says ‘fewer carbs’ when it actually says ‘fewer CARS’ … you step into a meeting for Recovering anorexics/bulimics believing it’s a new chapter of the ‘fast trak’ system of Weigh

Priceless …
Deluxe cat bed complete with hanging play toy …. $60 Luxury “Park Avenue Kitty” cat Condo w/ built-in Sisal Scratching Rope … $200 High-end “Saving Private Kitty” cat gym … $300 State of the art heated therapeutic kitty pillow … $50 2 bags of super potent “Kitty Go Nite Nite” and “Kitty Vegas Nites” cat nip … $20 (from kitty “cat nip” dealer on the corner) The cat preferring to sleep her day away on top of the FREE DVR and DVD player … Annoying! but, never-the-less,   … Priceless …