My first job, at fifteen, was working at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Huntington Beach. Not very glamorous, but at fifteen, you took what you could get. All of my friends worked there, which was really the only criteria for a first job–well, that and your parents willingness to drive you there. The uniforms were dark […]
Emily, Unwritten
My daughter Emily, who is six, made this decoupage dress form at The ARTbar on saturday. I was so proud of her. I think it is just beautiful. I am trying to encourage her to explore her creativity and build on her natural interests. I really want her to be artistic and creative. I am […]
Frenchy’s Great Escape!
Designer dog: $2,500, check … “Juicy” dog sweater: $45, check … Leather collar with matching leash from Muttropolis: $130, check … Dog tag to identify your dog in case she gets lost: $5, but wait…ummm, can’t find it. I was shopping with my family at The Spectrum one night and we eyed this adorable teacup […]
Me to Doctor: You’re FIRED!
“I’m just so frustrated!” my girlfriend said as she wiped her son’s perpetually runny nose. “He just won’t listen to me.” She had been unhappy with her pediatrician for more than a year now. The litany of blunders, rude behavior from staff and misdiagnoses this doctor had cast upon my friend was almost comical. I […]
Is there anything cooler than a five-year-old boy?
Ben: I was running so fast at school! Me: Really? Ben: Yeah, you know when you run so fast and smoke comes out the back of your shoes? Me: Yes, that IS fast. Ben: All my friends behind me were coughing and coughing because of all the smoke. Me: Oh, my. You are a fast […]
Dude Ranch at Kay El Bar
We just got in tonight from Kay El Bar and even though I was exhausted, dusty and I’m pretty sure smelly, I couldn’t wait to make this video from our trip. It’s set to the tune of Plain White T’s 1,2,3,4, which matches perfectly the mellow, happy-go-lucky feel of the ranch. Even the cowboys got […]
Corey Perry Fights Robots
(Photo by me.) Yikes! Almost a week since posting. I’ve been busy and as you can see from the picture above there’s another Anaheim Ducks story coming your way. But, it’s a good one I think and even if you’re not a hockey fan, which odds are, you’re probably not, you might enjoy this. […]
How to use ’80s music to annoy your kids and entertain yourself
I’m eight years into this parenting thing which is far enough along to develop a few…” tricks let’s call them, no “tools”…to help me get through the monotony, squimishes and repetitiveness that come with your mommy badge. I think every mom has them, they are like little idiosyncratic things we moms do to keep ourselves from […]
Arbor Real Estate and Rob Machado Foundation’s Quest for Clean Water for Kids
Arbor Real Estate’s fourth annual ‘House Party’ raised more than $30,000 for The Rob Machado Foundation for their joint initiative Clean Water for Kids. The money raised will go directly to installing FloWater station in every school in the Newport-Mesa school district. The purpose of the stations is to eliminate single-use water bottles — which pollute […]
Friday Five: 5 Things You Must Do/Eat/See at the OC Fair This Year
We are a fair family. At least ONCE every summer since my kids were born we hit the OC Fair. We have built years of memories and now we have added new ones with our new family — including my stepkids and their dad into our tradition. We got to the OC Fair the first […]
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