The Really Big Awesome Workaholic Home Improvement Weekend

Phew, Well that was a weekend I don’t want to repeat every weekend. That said, it was spectacular weather in the City and we did enjoy not freezing our asses off or being buried under 6 foot of snow for a change, if only for a day or two. But we seem to be on the home improvement kick. Which …

So here’s the Thing about Collective Power.

We’re having a showdown here in Harlem at the moment. There’s a local family list serve that people use for information and discussions, which is great. I find out many things happening in the area. It’s good to be informed. I know about the recent hold ups for iphones in the park and can now avoid that area. I know …

We didn’t go to Panama but we’re still having a holiday

We didn’t go to Panama, we should have but there was a passport glitch…so stupid, it’s good until May but countries don’t allow you to travel into their borders with less than 6 months validity in most cases, some cases it’s 3 months but we missed that by 2 weeks. We were going for 4 days but a 21/2 month …

The Valentine’s Day You Should All Be Jealous of

The day started out like any other, the morning routine, coffee, breakfast, school run. The King worked late on Thursday night but was still up early because he had his weekly board meeting. We exchanged gifts… I bought him romantic stuff- he bought me lingerie. *sigh* you know where that’s leading.

I Think I’ve Created a Monster!

Recently I texted a pic of my cowboy boots to the King when he was at work. They were new and he hadn’t seen them yet. They were expensive, so by way of justification and softening the blow, I did this:

10 Reasons We Should Be Selfish for a Change

Every day I look around, read articles, talk to friends, live it…. and I find that we women really don’t look after ourselves enough. The kids get sick and we dote on them and God help us if the husband goes down,…. no not like THAT! I’m talking about ‘manflu’!

The Oven Broke and So there’s Nothing to do but go on Strike, Right?

I broke the oven, well it stopped working, I didn’t physically hurt it in a rage or anything.It won’t heat up. I think the thermostat is dead. We’ve replaced this before. I love my oven, I use it ALL the time because I hate cooking but I’ll roast the shit outta any kind of vegie and cook wedges and chicken …