Did I mention I’m on yet another weight loss kick? Except it’s not really a kick, it’s more of a crotch punch. And it’s not really weight loss I’m after, it’s more a shape-up and second-butt elimination (I seem to have grown an extra set of buttocks below my regular pair to store all the…Continue Reading
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Eternal Dreaming of the Spot-filled Mind
My synapses. Probably. I’ve dreamed some peculiar acid trips lately. These dreams appear in technicolor and frenetically unfold in a fast-paced action sequence than rivals the entire Bourne Legacy franchise. Often, I’ll dream the same story pattern from week to week, bringing to life story “blocks” consisting of a piece of the dream that…Continue Reading
PROMPTuesday #212: Where Will You Be?
This prompt is a 3D vision board of sorts. Imagine yourself at this time next year. Where will you be? What will you have accomplished? What long-put-off dreams are on their way to becoming real? Write your life as it will be in exactly one year from today. Add your post/comment/prompt answer…Continue Reading
Changemaking
When I worked in the PR department of a large manufacturing company several years ago, I suggested to the higher-ups that we sponsor a woman’s motorcycle ride across the U.S. to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital. After some reluctance, the brass agreed and we hosted the woman during her trip to San Diego.…Continue Reading
On Being Naked
I have this thing about being naked. I don’t do it well. Instead, when I find myself without clothes at the gym or in the doctor’s office, I talk too much about how I didn’t shave, or what happened to my armpit boob, or why I’m not wearing a body stocking. As a result, I’m…Continue Reading
Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going
The kids when I started San Diego Momma. The kids now. Me when I started San Diego Momma. Me now. When I started this blog in late 2007, I knew one thing: I’d update it regularly. I’d let my “other” blog go around the bend of my first pregnancy and vowed…Continue Reading
More Peg Bundy, Less Rachael Ray
I’m re-posting this, because I wanted to laugh a little today. You remember how I balked at moving to the suburbs, right? Well, looks like I’m seeing more social action here than I have anywhere else I’ve ever lived at any other time in my entire life, with the exception of a raucous sophomore…Continue Reading
The Sign
I remember the old wooden box Its tarnished screen inlaid on top That coveted elusive box Such hallowed metal inside Shimmering on the dresser, breathless, unopened Ali Baba’s cave Opened by magic No one’s rightful treasure Yet I heard stories whispered and shamed The upstaged engagement ring Guilt necklace bought in a rush…Continue Reading
Looking for Signs
Why does YouTube always put the most rubber-faced, funhouse-mirrory frame at the beginning of every video? I started this video again and again, tried to make it flow, attempted to sound more polished, took a shot at not doing that “thing” with my eyes, but I finally let it go. Given that this video…Continue Reading
Spaz Hands!
I’m on California Mom Bloggers today! Me and my totally Photoshopped pic making me look all intense and thinking-like. The interview is here! An excerpt: What do you wish someone would have told you when you first started blogging? “What you write online will always be out there, you git.” I’m…Continue Reading
Doing What Comes Naturally
I haven’t been here for awhile, I know. And used to be, I’d complain about how busy I am, how I don’t have time to be, barely, and how I am in the thick of it. But today? No. I’m lucky to be doing what I’m doing and completely enthralled with what’s going to…Continue Reading
Botox! (Oh yes I did.)
I turned 44 on Thanksgiving and although I’m so grateful for my family, friends, and health, I couldn’t help but notice my skin looks like turkey flesh. And the line between my brows resembles a gravy boat. And while I’m at it, what happened to my eyebrows? Why are they in my eyeballs? Oh,…Continue Reading
