I'm a 40-year-old soccer mom to two little girls desperately seeking sanity and hiding from the Barbie Pop-Tarts. I work as an editor and social media coordinator in business publishing. My husband, a former beach bartender, founded MouseCalls Computer Services here in Nashville. We have two mutts, one fish, and too much laundry. Estrogen and wine flow freely at our house.
Miss C is obsessed with becoming a spy. First there was Nancy Drew. Now there is Roxy Hunter.
Yesterday she insisted that I help fix her hair in low pigtails like Roxy Hunter.
And then she wanted to look for a messenger bag like Roxy.
Of course I reminded her that she has a pink leopard messenger bag [...]
Miss A having the time of her life!
We ventured bravely into that organized chaos known as Chuck E. Cheese this weekend to celebrate Miss A’s 5th birthday. The look on her face when we walked in was like a white haired grandmother who’d only dabbled in church basement bingo and bunko walking into the MGM Grand. [...]
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Dear Miss A:
Earlier this week a boy was chasing you on the playground and he tried to kiss you. Your teacher told you maybe it was because you were pretty and he was in love with you. Without hesitation you tossed your hair, [...]
Once upon a time there was a little girl who grew up in the country who loved to read because, let’s face it, it was either that or name all her pet chickens and carry on in-depth conversations with them. Wait a minute, she SO did that.
She’d curl up on her bed or sprawl in [...]
I’ve been working out for a few weeks and have written off Cokes for Jesus (I figured if I could survive, excuse me if we could survive, a month of me not drinking my usual wine in January unscathed than surely soft drinks for Lent would be a no brainer) and although I have not [...]
Recipe for a no-spend Nancy Drew costume: Pleated skirt, oxford cloth shirt, cardigan with an N “monogram” (printed from the computer), knee socks, flashlight and handy notebook for clues. I also had a rare Martha moment and made Miss C a Nancy Drew button pinned to the right side of her sweater (which you can’t [...]
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