Driving to school the other morning my 12 year-old informed me of an interesting playground rumor that EVERYBODY who was ANYBODY under the age of 15 knew to be true, which, in FUSD schoolyard circles is right up there with the adult equivalent of the Richard Gere rumor.
Seeing a bright, orange school bus pull away [...]
Though you wouldn’t necessarily know it by looking at my home, I’m a pretty detailed organizer/planner. When given a giant plateful of stuff, I’ve always had a talent for ordering the information into a series of steps, deciphering then completing tasks in their order of operations: How to go from A to Z and on [...]
Ahhh, the delights of party planning season are upon us.
As the happy coparent of six kids, almost all of whom were born in the spring (mammals much?), as of right this very second I face five birthdays (and as many parties) between March 23 and June 14. And each child faces the possibility his or [...]
It was a big weekend for me.
I’d been informed, by a super secret, totally anonymous source that I had “too much junk in the trunk” and I needed to lose weight. Someone I apparently met at “Kimber’s party” was bored and wanted excitement, and politely queried whether I was interested in perusing “hot XXX shots” [...]
I was recently empanelled on a jury. That much I can officially tell you. I can also tell you that the trial is scheduled to last at least a couple of weeks.
What’s it about, you ask? BNNNNN! Officially, I am prohibited from answering that question.
Wanna know who is involved? BNNNN! Sorry. Again, the [...]