I have a serious love of chandeliers and as a result I have 6 chandeliers around my barely 2000 square ft home. Years ago, my mom started buying them at the flea market in Long Beach and then all the ladies in our family got totally hooked. We all started hanging them in every possible…
Archives for June 2012
Am I bipolar?
Sunday night one of my best friends from college, Mara, came to dinner. She lives in Arizona so I usually only see her a couple of times a year, but whenever she is in town she always comes over to drink wine with Louie and I. After we drank our chardonnay, ate salmon and…
How did she get to be so old?
With graduations, promotions and last days of school happening everywhere I am sure many of you are feeling how I felt today. How did my kid get to be so old? Well today, Trinity, the baby of our family rode her bike to school all by herself. She has been harassing us for months…
My feelings were hurt…..
Someone texted something to me today that really hurt my feelings. The weird thing was that it totally caught me off guard and then I got super upset. I got all fired up and was about to lash out at them but then realized it wasn’t worth damaging our relationship over a little statement. …
I have lost the right to complain…
As you can see from this picture, which I received via text from a close family member Tuesday night, he is mad at me for not voting. He sent me text messages all day Tuesday first asking if I voted and then when I responded “no”, he went on a full campaign of stalking…
Keeping up with the Jones’…..
I have to admit, I don’t try to keep up with anyone in town because it would be a losing battle but when it comes to my house, I do get streaks of jealousy and moments where I feel compelled to keep up with the neighbors. I love decorating and working on my…
Tiara, soon to be a freshman….
I was just thinking about the end of the year activities for Trinity and realized that if Tiara was still attending school she would be graduating from 8th grade in a few weeks. How did that happen? Wow, I can’t believe that she is supposed to be going to high school in September. I…
Am I in trouble or what?
I mean if they passed out awards for giving the meanest looks, Tiara would win by a mile. She has always been very expressive with her face, which has enabled her to get her point across even when she couldn’t verbally communicate her wants, needs or dislikes. Even though she can now pretty much…