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Happy St. Patrick's Day! How about a wee stroll down memory lane?  Thank you to everyone who messaged me about sharing this blast from the past again this year:)  (yes, Maureen...I do read your emails too!)  Even though it was originally posted in 2009, not too much has changed (says Dawn in her "I can't believe I have PMS every single year at this same time"   happy (think Pharrell singing "Happy") voice.  So grab a cup of Irish coffee, Jameson whiskey, Guinness or whatever suits your fancy on this fine St. Patrick's Day and let me share a tale of whimsy with you.  (and may the luck of the Irish be with you if you come my way today!  Don't say I didn't warn you!)    Oops! What's she doing here again? Wasn't she just here a month ago? UGH! The nerve! We had so much "fun" last time she was here, didn't we?  Well, since I have a full day of Irish activities planned, I guess I better be gettin' my Irish on.......

March Madness has officially descended up on our world as we are just days away from St. Patrick's Day.  Irish Dancer Girl will be shamrockin' all over the city of Tucson (Irish Dance style) for the next week to spread leprechaun love amongst the citizens.  While going over the performance list this morning, my mind wandered back to a time in the not so distant past where my sweet girl gave me a lovely surprise just before her very first St. Patrick's Day March Madness performance.  Thought it would be fun to take a stroll down memory lane with ya'll and give you some giggles.  Sit a spell while I weave a tragic tale of the six year old Irish dancer and her incontinent mother. One fine March day in 2009, Cat and I began our school morning cutting out shapes and chatting it up like two old ladies at bingo night. I had to (ahem) “use the little ladies room” for the 400th time in 20 minutes, and in the interest of safety, (because I’m one of those annoying over-protec...

Hi...I know you may be a bit frightened by the title of this post.  Not to worry!  While I can put my "bad-a$$" panties on for certain occasions, most of the time I'm a pretty docile creature:)  However, there is a skeleton in my closet that a friend of mine reminded me about recently and insisted that I share it with the world...more specifically, the old moms of the world.   Now when I say old, I mean old like me...(I was turning 43 at the time)...not elderly...although since hitting my 40's, I feel elderly when I get up in the morning, but that's another post!  It happened a few years back when I ran into a close friend who had recently turned 39.  Looking back, it is actually pretty funny!  So let's get cozy and ready for my ramble...or maybe I should say rumble (wink!) My friend and I took our kids out to a local park one fine fall day. We were dressed in typical "old" mom attire...jeans, cute t-shirts, banana clips and shades. (Yes, I w...

Just returned from a brunch outing courtesy of Chilly....(which was delicious, thank you very much,..although it was a wee bit disgusting when you returned to the table with breakfast fare and a SALAD, Chilly....GACK! I realize after 14 years, I should be used to this, but not so much!) Had some interesting brunch conversation.... Mommy : "Almost Teen Caveboy, I can totally picture you rockin' the surgeon scrubs and saving lives. That's very cool!" Irish Dancer Girl : "And I can totally see me using my princess camera to take a picture of you in the nurses room." (WHAT???) Almost Teen Caveboy chokes on his beverage and wants to offer up his sister for sale...."Can you list her on ebay this week?" ~~~~~~~~~ Fast forward to parking lot...Mommy...busy buckling in the Irish dancer girl...Almost Teen Caveboy...prepping his iPod for the trip home....a normal All American family moment...or is it??? Suddenly, Chilly yells out from the driver's s...

The following conversation is real...only the names have been changed to protect the NOT so innocent... Irish Dancer Girl : I like boys, Daddy. (this topic of conversation seems to come up A LOT lately....) Chilly: No boys are allowed to come here to date you EVER.... Irish Dancer Girl (narrowing her eyes and grimacing) : Yes, they are! Chilly : NO! NOT EVER! (He makes menacing fist to palm punching motions to make his point...) (Mommy intervenes...) Chilly and Almost Teen Caveboy glare and make grunting noises... Irish Dancer Girl : FINE! Then I'll just take my flashlight...climb out my window....climb over the fence and use Mom's cell phone and call my boyfriend....then I'll take Mom's car and he will tell me where to meet him...and then I will go meet him...and then I'll come home...and climb back in my window... Chilly : (stunned silence...he's got nothin'....) WELL SNAP! How old are you, Irish Dancer Girl??? Did you say 6 ???? Looks like I...

I am back with another self created edition of "Did You Know? Tuesday!" I know...I can feel your pity delight all the way over here! Off we go! Did You Know.... **that I am an awesome baton twirler? (Chilly, I know you are blown away by this confession, but it's true!) ** that I have a panini press and I'm not afraid to use it? If it can be smashed into a grilled sandwich, watch out! ** that these are my favorite flip flops (Skechers Skullys) on the planet?...and that mine (shown below the nice crisp clean one) are tattered from tons of wear but I refuse to stop wearing them???...see?...super nasty, but I can't stop wearing them!...and yes...I have lots of really "nice" shoes too...(Thank you, blueviolet , for giving me the courage to come clean...or not!) Did You Know... . ** that I want to wear this very cool glow in the dark stick figure princess costume for Halloween? ** that I hung out with this kooky bunch as a kid? ** that I think he's ...

It's short and sweet today! I can hear your hallelujahs to the heavens already! lol! Just a few fragments this fabulous Friday! Join the Friday Fragments Fun over at Half Past Kissin' Time ! Let's rock this thing... . No More Name Calling... My kids have finally threatened me with torture if I don't stop calling them "Children of the Corn" ... (they don't know what the movie is about....they just think I've completely lost my marbles and made it up...) *********** The Perfect Red Dress I gasped out loud when I saw Cate Blanchett wearing this dress in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." It's lovely, isn't it? ************ Confessions of a Book-aholic I am about to admit something that might cause a few of you to fall right off your chairs, weep in sadness for me or maybe you'll think I should be committed to the local mental institution... I watched the movie "Confessions of a Shopaholic" yesterday...and wait for ...