I’m not trying to be difficult, or mean, or even snarky, but I just don’t get the allure of Sex and the City. I have tried! Really, I have watch maybe 4 episodes, maybe a few more and that was just about all I could take. I am being completely serious when I ask, what […]

My first television experience is now behind me, but I am still talking about it (and you thought I was impossible after McSweeney’s). I wrote about it in my column: My Television Debut. This vlog includes the whole saga–from nausea to the best message ever from my mom.

We headed over to the Mitchell’s house for a little Memorial Day BBQ this afternoon. The guys took to the kitchen and the girls to the new Wii Sport…What did the kids do? They were around somewhere. Ben did get stuck in the doggie door once, but besides that little incident, they played nicely amongst […]

Every Memorial Day for the last five years we have gone to the Memorial Day Service at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana. My husband served in the Special Forces as a Green Beret from 1983-91 and today holds profound meaning to him, as well as other veterans and their families. My favorite part of […]

The summer issue of Broughton Quarterly is almost completed. I have been so busy with all of my other projects I neglected my responsibilities as Lifestyle Editor a little–well more than a little…So, with a minuscule amount of help from me, it looks like this issue will be one of the best. We have decided […]

Today on my blog at “The Mom Blog” at ocregister.com I tell the story of social etiquette injustice in Villa Park. This happened to me almost a year ago and I still get all worked up about it. Not sure what that says about me…probably not anything very good. Anyway, it is good to have […]

Well, that’s it. I did it. My first appearance on TV is now history. I think it went pretty well. As soon as I got there and set up my goodies I wasn’t nervous at all (okay–little bit). I didn’t do any of the list of things feared, which was my ultimate goal. I took […]

Just a little video of me preparing for tomorrow’s segment on DayBreak OC. I should be in bed now. Geesh! It’s past midnight…

This is how I was asked to do an appearance on Orange County’s local morning news program–DayBreak OC. The producer emailed me and asked if I could do a short, 3 to 5 minute, segment on “What to pack for a perfect day at the beach with your family.” After much panicking, I sent the […]