I’m amazed when people tell me they don’t like birthdays. Whaaa??? You get cake! And presents! And people are nice to you (at least to your face). And you hear from strangers on Facebook! (Woo-hoo! Birthdays!) I love birthdays. It brings out the kid in me. There’s an element of tradition and excitement that is uniqueContinue reading “10 Things We Do On Our Birthdays”
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A Sixth Sense
When my oldest daughter turned 15 and my youngest daughter turned 3, strange things began to happen. The TV turned on and off all day. No matter how often I shut the kitchen cabinets and drawers, they were always open. I’d put toys and books away, and the next minute they were on the floor again. IContinue reading “A Sixth Sense”
Bathroom Brouhaha
I feel like I’ve missed something. Admittedly, I often feel like this since I’d rather spend my life reading books than interacting with humans, but the furor around this issue leaves me flummoxed. Recently, the Obama administration told schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. Okay. Great. MoveContinue reading “Bathroom Brouhaha”
Traffic Control
I’ve avoided writing a traffic blog, because complaining about traffic is such a cliche. But instead of bitching about how most Utah drivers graduated from the Fast and Furious Driving School for Sexually-Repressed Individuals, I thought I’d explain some of the rules for the most common violations. Maybe drivers aren’t intentionally causing mayhem on the roads, maybeContinue reading “Traffic Control”
Raising Eyebrows
I never realized I had eyebrows until I turned 40. I just never gave a s*** if the hair on my forehead was groomed. Thinking about it now, that explains why so many people stared at my forehead when I talked to them. (You might think this is Frida Kahlo. You are wrong. It’s my high school graduationContinue reading “Raising Eyebrows”
Do You Have AWDD?
You might be a perfectly calm, organized human being on the weekend. You manage to find time to eat, shop, play, rest, watch TV, walk the dog, bake cookies, wander aimlessly, do yard work, hit the gym, meditate and read a favorite book. But on Monday morning, you suddenly find you can’t function. You can’tContinue reading “Do You Have AWDD?”
Super Tuesday? WTF?
Talk about an oxymoron.”Super Tuesday” is right up there with “airline food,” “Microsoft Works” and “government organization” when it comes to contradictory phrases. But Super Tuesday it is. Today, residents in 12 states and American Samoa will cast their ballots in either a primary a caucus or a hullabaloo, making it the biggest day of theContinue reading “Super Tuesday? WTF?”
Absence Makes the Heart . . . Whatever
I’ve been blogless for the last month or so. Usually, I’m super-almost-consistent-once-in-a-while to post on Tuesdays because Tuesday is the worst day of the week. But lately I’ve slacked, what you might call “slackled.” Winter in Utah is dreadful. If it’s not a blizzard during the commute, there’s a death-inducing, lung-clogging smog that smothers the Salt Lake Valley likeContinue reading “Absence Makes the Heart . . . Whatever”
Utah 2015: A Recap
Utah survived another year but several significant events made headlines, including Mormon preppers convinced the world was coming to an end on Sept. 28. Didn’t happen. But here are some things that did happen: President Obama visits Utah In a token gesture to our super-white, super-conservative and super-Republican state, President Barack Obama reluctantly stepped off anContinue reading “Utah 2015: A Recap”
Getting in My Pants
When I was in kindergarten, I only wore dresses because I was a princess, dammit! My mom whipped up dresses on her Singer sewing machine and I’d fluff around class, mocking the girls who were low enough to wear (gasp) pants. (I was a precocious little snot.) But a field trip to the zoo changedContinue reading “Getting in My Pants”
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