I'm Traci. I'm a mom, stepmom, and working mom. I live with & write about my glamorous life in a blended family of seven kids, four pets & one amazingly patient husband.

Good things come in small packages.
You're on Facebook all the time anyway-- why not just fan me? I mean, rite?

Releasing attachment

Today is supposed to be the day. I drive to work and hear stories of a failed...

Everything is my obsession

Periodically I go through spaces of time where I am completely obsessed with one idea or another....

Hello, wishes.

The weekend is breathing down my neck. I am not complaining– if anything is going to breathe...


August 26, 2010

FREE Internet Scam just for YOU!


It seemed like such a great deal, who could resist? All I had to do was re-post the free iPod Touch offer on my Facebook account, and fulfill a deal, and bam! I’d get a free iPod Touch. Or maybe it was an iPad? Or a digital camcorder? Wait, no, the...

This is not David Finch. According to the photo name, he's Domenico.




Evil or stupid?

Evil or stupid?

FOX News’ latest ploy is to “follow the money” on the proposed ground zero mosque. Which is all fine and good:...

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From the dregs of Youtube…

From the dregs of Youtube…

Happy Monday. I offer this infected scab for your mental-picking edification. The description of this movie makes avoiding this snippet an...

Aug 16, 2010 | No comment | Read More »
Take anything you want. YAY!

Take anything you want. YAY!

This video is addicting. I have no understanding of why the guy is wearing his bandanna backwards, or why the cheerleaders...

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What does it all mean?

Last night I dreamed I was on the set of a reality TV show. I...

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I say no

I was talking to a friend of mine today, about kid stuff. Teen stuff. Stuff...

Jun 22, 2010 | 3 comments | Read More »

Modifying expectations

“I want to go to USC,” he says, his face a picture of total earnestness....

Jun 3, 2010 | 3 comments | Read More »

Platitudes and magic potions

“I know it’s really hard right now, but be patient because s–” …someday. I stop...

Apr 8, 2010 | 3 comments | Read More »

The times, they aren’t a changin’

I sit at the dinner table silently watching my brood chatter, and I reflect on...

Mar 19, 2010 | 3 comments | Read More »

Pay no attention to the mom behind the curtain

I was recently asked if I felt like I had different relationships with my biological...

Oct 29, 2009 | 7 comments | Read More »