My photo session with my friend Danette has left me green with envy. Of what, you ask…her artistic talent? Her flawless skin? Her TWO electric fireplaces? Her adorable, big bicep-ed husband who knows how to use hair product and calls her “Peaches?” Well, yeah..but I am talking about her studio. Her quiet, attic-level, shiny floored, [...]
I hate having my picture taken. The only thing I hate more than having my picture taken is being forced to actually LOOK at the photo that I was either roped into or was not quick enough to escape. It is at this point that I turn to Phil and say, “Do I really look [...]
In my 34 years of eating solid food, I have made many stops on the Diet Train. I have been in The Zone, eaten a Big Mac sans bun, and squeezed many lemons into my magical maple syrup-cayenne pepper elixir. I have eaten more cabbage than half of Ireland, can recite the foods most beneficial [...]
My plan for last weekend was to have no plans. Coming off the holidays and a stretch of business travel for Phil, the whole family was in need of some serious down time. I could not wait to just hang out: make a homemade pizza with the girls, watch a cartoon-less movie with Phil, and finally [...]
I am very tired. Like crazy, stupid, hallucinogenically tired. The kind of tired where you “rest your eyes” while sitting on the toilet…the kind of tired that at first glance makes you think your neighbor’s dog is a stallion running across the lawn…the kind of tired that makes you think “hallucinogenically” is actually a word. [...]
I have an addictive personality when it comes to resolutions and goal setting. One is never enough. If I resolve to meditate in the mornings, then I need to commit to going to bed earlier…which means being more organized with meal planning….which would require a detailed electronic shopping list made a week in advance and [...]
I used to dread going to Phil’s work party. Maybe because after 7 years of marriage, I am still not exactly sure what Phil actually DOES. I tend to freeze up at the question: “Oh, what does your husband do?” I just string together some key words like “engineering…validation….pharmaceutical…software…services” until the person’s eyes glaze over [...]
It all started so innocently. I thought, what’s the big deal? Everyone is doing it. Besides, it’s only once and a while…it’s not like she’s doing it all the time. She can stop any time she wants to. We all deserve a little treat now and then, right? Everyone needs a little something to help [...]
Even as a little girl, I was always told that I had a vivid imagination and a flair for the dramatic. By the time I was five, my neighbor Mr. Padden referred to me as Morgan Fairchild. I had no idea who that was, but the name sounded pretty glamorous so I just rolled with [...]
Phil turned 40 on Thanksgiving. This was not an event to go unnoticed. In fact, this milestone was observed by my family on Thursday, then again with me taking him shopping in Philly, later meeting up with his brother and nephews at a beer garden in Fishtown. The culminating event was an intimate gathering for 50 [...]
