So, do you ever talk to people and find out something you thought was totally normal wasn’t actually normal at all? For example, I remember a conversation I had with a friend/co-worker that went something like this: “Remember how, on Sunday mornings, you used to put on your black patent leather Mary Janes and tap… Read More
Author Archives: Katie
Extra Extra! This Just In! Giant Newsflash!
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According to a study by some scientists, academics, researchers and other big brains: the double standard at work is alive and well in 2011. Are you back on your chair? Do I need to find the smelling salts? Shocking, I know! Here are the highlights: Men get paid more than women. “Disagreeable” men get paid… Read More
But If You Tell Anyone This Story, I’ll Deny It. I’ll Probably Forget It Ever Happened Anyway.
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Stress can make you forgetful, right? RIGHT?! Oh please, tell me it’s stress. Please, please, please. I get nervous that it’s actually a sign of things to come. My husband gets even more nervous than I do. Read on to find out about tonight’s latest episode of stress-induced senility (SIS is what I like to… Read More
The Week of Doubt
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I hear Mercury is in retrograde and that might have something to do with the fact that life pretty much sucks right now. It is good to have something to blame it on besides myself and my own incompetence. The sh-ee-yit hit the fan last week and this week at work, but that is a… Read More
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
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I have been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember. I remember crying about a B in the first grade. Growing up, I stressed out about grades and friends and boys and looks and sports and…you name it I stressed out about it. I was am a joiner. I have to volunteer, especially… Read More
My Own Personal Boys’ Club
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I have been blessed with three wonderful, handsome, funny, energetic, smart little boys. They are great little guys. Full of energy and boisterous voices, bundles of physicality and exuberance. They swagger through the house like little men. They are already mini dudes in Star Wars t-shirts, cargo shorts and backwards baseball caps. Do you see… Read More
Peas Be With You
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My kids love watching TV in my bed before heading off to their own room for the night. It’s just something they dig. So I use it as a bribe at bedtime. I admit it, I bribe them: “go up, put on your pajamas and brush your teeth. Then you can watch one show in… Read More
Take a Chill Pill
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I have a hard time going from work to home. From Worker Bee to Mom. My dirty little secret is this: I can’t relax. Literally can’t do it. Don’t know how. I’m always thinking, always worried, always tense.I walk around with a pit in my stomach. Last month I was having anxiety attacks, especially on… Read More
It Was Good Enough for Harper Valley
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Did you know that the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) is now called the PTO? It confuses the hell out of me. PTO stands for Paid Time Off, people, don’t you know that? Now I have two kinds of PTOs in my life? One that makes me think of beaches and boardwalks and one that conjures… Read More
I Think They’re Called “Bat Wings”
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So Nora Ephron feels bad about her neck. Neck waddle. Big deal. Neck waddle always reminds me of Ally McBeal. Didn’t Fish have a thing for women with neck waddle? I’m guessing he did not dig arm waddle.There is nothing sexy about arm waddle. I feel bad about my arms. I’m not overweight. In fact,… Read More
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