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If It Ain't Broke… Don't Fix It

Creatures of Habit Do Not Conform You can call me crazy.  You can call me old fashioned.   You can even call me a martyr.  I call myself a creature of habit.  I dance to the beat of my own drum and I don’t conform easily, if at all.   I have a method to … Continued

Homage to 81

[slideshow id=23] July 4, 1991.  I was nineteen.  My biggest problem in life was deciding where I’d go to watch the fireworks that night.  My second biggest problem was deciding what I’d wear. Then the phone rang and my view of the world as seen through rose colored glasses blurred.  My Dad had collapsed on … Continued

Tuesdays with J-Lo… This Chick's Got Game

[slideshow id=20] I met Jen about seven years ago on a rainbow colored carpet.  We were across from each other during circle time with our then babies in a Mommy & Me program.  I could tell by her obvious lack of enthusiasm for spit up and diapers that we’d quickly become friends.  Little did I … Continued

Givin' it a Go with J-Lo

[slideshow id=19]  I‘M BACK TO THE GRIND AFTER A SHORT HIATUS SO I GOTTA TELL YOU ABOUT THE LATEST. IT’S TOO HOT TO RUN UNTIL THE FALL SEASON  I NEEDED A SWITCH THAT’D STILL BE PLEASIN’. JEN HAD BEEN STALKING ME TO TAKE HER NEW CLASS “YOU HAVE TO TRY IT… IT’LL KICK YOUR ASS!” … Continued

A Word From Your Mutha

Sunday is Mother’s Day.  It’s the one day out of the year that us Moms get freed from slavery.  The oppressive [child] labor we’ve endured is recognized and we’re finally given a pat on the back for our tireless efforts.  The second I hear scurrying feet and louder than necessary voices at the crack of … Continued

Should I Namaste or Nama-GO?

[slideshow id = 15] Quieting the mind feeds the soul.  To find happiness, you must look within. According to the school of Hindu, yoga is a philosophy advocating and prescribing a course of physical and mental disciplines for attaining liberation and the ability to achieve control of the body and mind. Easy, right?  Not so … Continued

Gettin' Down With My Dawg

[slideshow id=14] SHANTI. SHANTI. OHM. PEACE. BREATHE TEN MORE MINUTES AND I GET TO LEAVE. SHANTI. SHANTI. OHM. OHM. OHM I’M F@#%KING STARVED AND I WANNA GO HOME! THOUGH STAY OR PLAY SEEMS MY ONLY CHOICE “CAN WE PAUSE FOR A SNACK?” SAYS MY INNER VOICE.   SACRED ENERGY FLOWS THROUGH THESE FOUR WALLS BUT … Continued

GO BIG or GO HOME

[slideshow id=5] The bigwigs. The sharks. The movers and the shakers.  All of ’em are go-getters who know exactly what they want and how to get it.  The main commonality these like-minded individuals share is their innate ability to think BIG! Unfortunately, I’m not really a bigwig and I’m hardly a shark.  I’m more of … Continued

Slow & Steady Wins The Race

  I WAS STUCK IN A RUT OF THE DAILY GRIND EAGER FOR CHANGE BUT WHAT WOULD I FIND? NEEDED AN OUTLET TO SHOW OFF MY SASS HAD TO BE BOLD. HAD TO BE CRASS! SO I CROSSED MY FINGERS AND LAUNCHED THIS SITE AND NOW YOU’RE WAITING TO READ WHAT I WRITE. THE CONTENT … Continued

When life gives you lemons… Take Xanax

When life gives you lemons… screw the lemonade, just take Xanax. If that doesn’t help, go ahead and make the lemonade but be sure to add plenty of alcohol. Photo Credit: Lemore Zausner Photography