After three days under the Bio-Dome of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel for the Blissdom Conference — (no, seriously…a bus driver told me that place is nine acres under glass) Sunday morning was a literal breath of fresh air as I stepped out into Nashville with Jenny and Zakary for some Honkey Tonk at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge and a wee photo… Read more →
Category: stuff you might not care about but I do
(Wo)Man in the Mirror
For the past three years, in one way or another, my life has been chronicled here for all to see. Sometimes it’s been a raw candid. Other times, a polished portrait only showing what I think is okay to put forth. But for better or for worse, I’ve turned my psyche inside out on the internet, and there’s no going… Read more →
I Had to Take a T-Shirt Break (#altsummit)
{The stunning ALT welcome box.} Utah in January is becoming a bit of a thing for us. Well…last year and this year, but still – two visits to the same town with the same friends in a year? IT’S A THING. {Those are Cariann’s shoes, but I might steal them.} Anyway – As I write this, I’m sitting alone in the… Read more →
Cut Your Crap…Or Maybe Today I Should Go With “Get Your Shit Together”
Friends and lurkers, I am fucking up like a wildwoman lately. My shit is NOT together. My crap is NOT cut. In July I had a little moment of civil disobedience in Chase bank. I was angry. I had taken my money out of the behemoth and moved it to a small credit union here in the valley. But Chase… Read more →
No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn
I had no idea that a week in New York could be so good for my mental health. Normally I find Manhattan crushing and stressful, but this time, I actually spent very little time in the City I knew, and instead couch surfed around the streets of Brooklyn…trolling coffee shops, vintage stores, and every boutique my feet could carry me… Read more →
Heart of Glass
Every so often it happens. Life gets in the way and I forget why I have a blog to begin with. Like, I forget that it’s not supposed to be horrible and stressful, and that at the end of the day it’s a hobby not a job…I think. But…it kind of IS a job some days. (Well, every day since… Read more →
Slip Slidin’ Away
Yesterday, my housekeeper of 20 years got a full time job offer from another family, and told us she would be leaving. I’m so happy for her that she’ll have benefits and a daily gig. But then I put the phone down and sat down on the floor and cried. Dora started coming to my parents house a couple of… Read more →
Get Outta My Head + Onto My Blog.
The BlogHer recap is no easy task. #1. It’s an insane amount of stuff to try and tell you about. #2. I know that about a quarter of you guys don’t have your own blogs and probably don’t care, and I’m so sorry for that. I promise to make it up to you with a fun video or something. In… Read more →
Somebody Stop Me Before I Hurt Myself.
You guys already know how I feel about Tempaper’s Printed Designs, ala, my Entry Wall {…and coming soon my master bathroom} But holycow this new stuff they have called Tempaper By You is super awesome-looking. Especially if your kids are….artistic. I mean, right? AWESOME. Holy balls I am obsessed with Tempaper. * * * Oh, and also, for good measure…see… Read more →
I think Dee & I are in a Fight.
She refuses to acknowledge my presence in this photograph. Elmo? Cookie? Abby? No prob. Mommy? Who the ef is that b*tch? And all because I met her obsession Elmo AND my obsession Kevin Clash all in one sitting. Not to mention the ray of sunshine that is Leslie Carrara (aka Abby Cadabby, Dee’s absolute girl crush, and now mine too)… Read more →