Say it Rah-shay

I have been hearing the same phrase from The Bee for the last few days ever since the “Today Show” featured a segment on ‘tweens: “Mommy! I’m a tween!” Tween is a concept that I am familiar with but new to her. She falls into that age, not old enough for boys (whew!) but too old for the babyish stuff…

Kids are great. It was a snow day, and despite the monster headache that has plagued me for a week and having to go to work (I do love my job but I want a snow day too!) I actually enjoyed the snow. Tuesday night the snow started to fall. That was all anyone talked about: How much snow do…

So. In the bar of life there are days that I am like top shelf liquor; expensive and fine. There are the days that I am the dusty bottles of vintage wine to be savored and sipped. And then there are days like today when I am the abandoned martini glasses with a cigarette crumpled in it. Today was that…

Shout out to Charles Osgood and CBS Sunday Morning for inspiring this list. There was segment that featured songs with Sunday in the title. Since I really didn’t have all that many “Sunday” songs going in my ear I extended it to the whole week. Please to enjoy: Etta James: Sunday Kind of Love Billie Holiday: Gloomy Sunday The Bangle:…

Saturday6:32 ishHome Desperately I scan the contents of the fridge and cabinets trying to pull a Macgyver. What can I put together with the ingredients on hand, that will be edible and that my kid will eat? Why do I even bother? I am convinced that The Bee was a cat in a former life. How else can one explain…