PYHO: Do You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth? Oh. *YOU’RE* the Mother

You little B****! What the eff are you doing?Shut the eff up! I said I’m going to eff you up. Sit your dumb a** down!Yes. These are the words a mom yelled at her THREE and FOUR year old children when they fell out of the laundry carts after they had been playing with them. Let me back up. I…

We Bought a Zoo

The Bee and I were delighted to see a sneak preview for the new film, We Bought a Zoo. A description from the Facebook page for the movie:This holiday season, acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous) directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his…

Friday Favorites from the Web

This week I have not had much a social media presence. My home computer is down, I’ve been crazy busy at work and trying to blog from my phone quite frankly sucks. Instead of sharing ALL of the random crap that’s been going through my head, here are some of the things that I have been reading this week. Mister…

Between the Covers: Room

From Goodreads: To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It’s where he was born, it’s where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it’s the prison…

PYHO: A Christmas-ish Type of Post

My grandfather died on Christmas Day when my mom was fourteen, my uncle twelve and my aunt ten.  I never understood or appreciated the magnitude of this event until a few years ago.  While I was growing up my family would talk briefly about their dad, my grandfather, but to me he was a name, a mere distant relative and I was…