Mom Zombie

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
–Dorothy Parker

September 30th, 2009 | Tags: childhood, curiosity, Dorothy Parker, life | Category: EastWest Girls, The Real Deal | Comments (2)

Hey! I’ve been tagged again. This time the award comes from the wildly talented scribe known as TeacherMommy who crowned me a Queen of All Things Awesome.
In this meme I’m supposed to balance this big tiara on my head and list seven things that make me awesome. This is no easy task for someone who [...]

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: lists, memes, stuff about me, whatever | Category: The M Files, The Real Deal | Comments (5)

I do not like teenagers.
Yes. You read me correctly. I do not like teenagers.
I love my teenager.
The rest of the lot? Take them, please.
To those of you who work with this segment of the population: I admire you. Clearly, you are constructed of tougher material. You are sheet metal. I am onion skin.
Why do I [...]

September 24th, 2009 | Tags: Adolescence, annoying things, high school, irrational fears, Kids and Teens, Teen Life | Category: EastWest Girls, The Real Deal | Comments (7)

It doesn’t happen often.
But, it happens.
It’s not going to stop.
Ever.
“Excuse me,” is how it begins. When I have a loaf of bread in hand, examining ingredients and calorie counts. When I’m loading my car in a windswept parking lot. When I’m at the community center watching my girl leap and jump and twirl.
“Would you mind [...]

September 21st, 2009 | Tags: adoption, family, home, multi-cultural families, parenting, race, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census | Category: EastWest Girls, The Real Deal | Comments (8)

Discover a series of calls to my phone from an unfamiliar number.
Wonder why there are no messages.
Google the phone number because I think it is from a potential new client. It’s not. No other information available. Dismiss it as a wrong number.
Check e-mail.
Learn that a potential employer — not the one I am expecting to [...]

September 17th, 2009 | Tags: Employment, Job interview, life, tough breaks, unemployment, what just happened? | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (7)

Aside from fine lines and dark circles and loss of muscle tone, there’s one thing that really deflates my over-40 self-esteem: the underwear choices for the typical middle-aged body.
Gone are the days of  itty-bitty pretty things in bright colors, accented with lace and beads and bows. Now, it’s all plain and dark and thick. Now, [...]

September 14th, 2009 | Tags: aging, big butt, Borat, Clothing, Consumer Goods and Services, Lingerie, Public health, shopping, Spanx, Swine influenza, Undergarment | Category: Bitchfest | Comments (5)

Today is the eighth anniversary of 9/11. Each of us has our own distinct memory of how it unfolded. There are two things I think about every year on this day: The first is to remember all those who went to work that day and died before lunch. The second is to recall the only person [...]

September 11th, 2009 | Tags: family, Incidents, life, life lessons, New York, September 11 2001, television, World Trade center | Category: The Real Deal | Comments (8)

Just when I was feeling like it would be hopeless to squeeze a post out of my sleep-deprived head and steady my frazzled nerves enough to type something readable (3 hours of supervising a novice driver AND two massive pre-schooler separation anxiety meltdowns AND four hours of sleep) along came this little award and an [...]

September 8th, 2009 | Tags: about me, Arts, Jack White, memes, New Mexico, obsessions, Salvation Army, Six Feet Under: Better Living Through Death | Category: The M Files | Comments (7)

It’s Labor Day weekend. What are you doing on the Internet? Get outside and take a walk, ride your bike, surf, skate, swim, or go read a book. Do all of them at the same time if you have that kind of talent. If your community is like mine, there are more festivals than time [...]

September 4th, 2009 | Tags: holidays, Kids and Teens, Labor Day, People and Society, recreation, State fair, throwbacks | Category: The M Files | Comments (2)