My kids are on spring vacation, this week and - in light of the fact that my husband has also taken time off from work - I was looking forward to a nice, quiet time at home with my family and enjoying a well-deserved break from the daily grind of school and work.

Until.

"Teacher sent this note home."

Raising four children attending three different schools, I've found only a few instances where five simple little words… Read More

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"Oh...yeah...baby, that's how I like it. I bet you taste as good as you smell, huh!?! You look so hot! That's right...keep going...you're almost there...yes...YEs...YES!!!

Beep, Beep, Beep.

"Coffee's ready!"

You realize, I already know, that perhaps I just might have a slight problem with coffee and I'm pretty sure that there is a clinical term for it out there, somewhere, accurately descriptive of my addiction to caffeine and/or my fetish for counter top appliances.

Whatever… Read More

I am of the opinion - yes, and speaking from past experience - if you get a group of women together in an intimate setting, more often than not, they will talk about the men in their lives.

Or, not.

Ladies' night, sipping fruity-girlie-drinks and spending lunch hours with co-workers musing over relationships - heaven help those in doubt - and comparing results of the hottest Cosmo Quizzes with cutesy titles such as:

• Is He

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Don't get me wrong, I have absolutely nothing against soccer moms. I admire the huge commitment of enrolling children into any sport that demands weekly practices on school nights and having to give up about a dozen Saturday mornings, per season.

[folds like a three-legged coffee table]

So, we signed three (out of four) of our children up for soccer and I have a standing order of an extra-large vanilla chai at Dunkin' Donuts - let the practices… Read More

Spring marks a time of new beginnings in nature - I just hope I can see it through with all my emotions, not to mention hormones, intact.

I see pregnant women - I want to be pregnant. I read about pregnant women - I want to be pregnant. I hear of other women wanting to get pregnant - I want to be pregnant, for them.

However, I might as well admit that - adding further to my already… Read More