Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
A couple of weeks ago, somebody brought to my attention a website called Dogshaming. People submit pictures of their dogs wearing signs around their neck that are meant to be confessions of bad deeds. As the owner of two dogs who do some pretty stupid things, I thought it was hysterical in a twisted …
Friday night, I sat and did what any normal 43-year-old mother would do on a Friday night. I watched trailers, while drinking a glass of wine. I know. Exciting isn’t it? Since I don’t get to movies nearly as often I like to (I’ve only seen 3 of the last bunch I posted), watching trailers …
My Dad just sent this to me, and if I had all your emails I would have forwarded to all of you because it is just so damn funny……and true. I know that my husband, if left to his own devices, would definitely do a couple of these.
So, I’m sitting here watching MissRepresentation on my computer, because I had just sat, not an hour ago, and raved about it to a friend. About what a great film it is and how it shows how women are attacked and dehumanized in the media. About how hard it is to be a woman in …
A few weeks ago I had a gathering of good friends at my house. It was a fantastic weekend , in which we threw our best parenting judgement to the wind. Our children were jumping in my pool long past midnight and eating junk food in excessive amounts until 2am. Yup, those kids should have …
I’m not even going to pretend that I’m a glamourous kind of gal. 99.9% of the time, I’m in my standard work attire (pj’s or track pants), I’ve got absolutely no make-up on, my hair is pulled back and I generally look tired. Kind of like this. You think I’d be embarrassed to post this, …
I keep coming to my blog and looking at it, then looking away, then looking again. And each time I do, I walk away feeling guilty. Guilty that I really haven’t been posting much the last few days. I’ve been busy with boring life stuff, but stuff that needs tending to all the same. I’ve …
If you’re not learning, you’re not growing, right? That doesn’t necessarily mean that every lesson is going to broaden your horizons. Here’s what I gleaned this week. – that a mammogram isn’t that bad, once you get over the awkwardness of a woman feeling you up that is. Although, I think they could at least …
