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• 05.08.08
  Clueless.
  What the Hell?, speaking my mind (14)

  Yesterday was my birthday, and while numerous birthday wishes from my bloggy friends and a celebratory lunch combined with Happy Birthday serenades on my voicemail from the women and girls in my life make it a special day, there is the overshadowing and ever-aching "cluelessness" of the Hubby. (I refuse to say “men in my life” because my Dad left messages in a total of THREE different places to make sure that I got it.) Now, while I know that Hubby means no harm - the man is a scatter-brain at times, so much so, it’s a wonder he remembers to put his ...
  
  
• 04.08.08
  Tick Tock. I’d Really Love To Know.
  speaking my mind (4)

  Someday, just someday, I’d really love to know what makes people tick. Well, maybe not all people, just some. Heck, I’d settle for just one. You know the one. Everyone knows her. Mompreneur Extraordinaire. Why that term? Well, certainly not because she works. She doesn’t need the money.  Hubby takes care of all that. She just does things to pass the time while living in the lap of luxury which she covets so fervently. Funny though, even though she doesn’t work, her children have been in daycare since a tender age, because, of course, milking the Domestic Diva ticket is ...
  
  
• 04.07.08
  Monday Musings… wait, no, …. Clarifications
  Monday Musings, speaking my mind (5)

  Let me begin by saying Thank you. I appreciate your comments and feedback, not just on the Pregnant Man post, but on all of them. While I do not answer every comment via email (and applaud those bloggers who do), I read and treasure each one, as well as the further thought (and sometimes discussion) which they provoke. The fact that we all have minds and hearts, that we use them, and that we are able to share the fruits of our interior labors over the internet never ceases to amaze me. Over the weekend, I’ve been thinking (imagine that!). Lest ...
  
  
• 03.31.08
  Monday Morning Musings: Mall Madness
  Monday Musings, What the Hell?, rants, speaking my mind (5)

  It’s not too often that I spend much time mulling over the general lack of responsibility and accountability that I encounter in my day-to-day, nor often that I allow myself to be irked by people’s ignorance of common courtesy. One has only to step beyond one’s own front door to discover that some people just couldn’t care less about anyone but themselves or that it is indeed, a dog-eat-dog world. But every so often I am pushed beyond my limits when I encounter that sort of behavior in persons who by virtue of their experiences should know better: mothers. Flashback to Friday. Let me ...
  
  
• 03.27.08
  2008: The Year of The Gran VAFAINCUOLO
  pregnancy, rants, speaking my mind (7)

  I've been meaning to get around to writing this post since January 1st. Amidst bouts of nausea, in-law crap, a sub-chorionic bleed in baby's placenta and doctor-ordered bed rest, it just never happened. Tuesday afternoon's visit to the hospital's maternal-fetal care unit for our level-two ultrasound was just what the doctor ordered to finally bring out this post. Thank goodness. It's been a long time coming. First off, let me begin by saying: NO! We still do not know the sex of the baby. Why? Well, darling child number three was all bunched up in a very stubborn position for which not only ...
  
  
• 01.21.08
  What the Hell?!: Insanity
  What the Hell?, rants, speaking my mind (4)

  Despite the volatile nature of my pregnant ramblings, every so often I am inspired by the most laughable of situations; the sort of completely ridiculous happenings that force me to stop short in my tracks and stand dumbfounded just long enough to think out loud with the most enormous, sarcastic half-giggling smile from ear to ear: “what the hell?!” One such happening would be the ever-old and ever-new emergence of those tidbits of insanity that life inevitably throws ones way.   Albert Einstein is attributed with the most wonderful definition of insanity that I have ever come across and the one to ...
  
  
• 01.10.08
  Welcome to My World: Not Long Now
  Welcome to My World, pregnancy, What the Hell?, rants, speaking my mind (8)

  ***** Warning: this post is fueled by some very potent pregnancy hormones and may be inappropriate for some readers. Reader's discretion advised *****    It won’t be long now before the absolutely ludicrous pregnancy discussions and questions come rolling in.  As soon as the belly pops (it already has since after two surgeries I have no abdominal muscle left to speak of) and it is obvious that it’s all about another living being, I know that I can expect people, especially people in certain circles, to start talking crap about everything pregnant and baby including - if not exclusively consisting of - those ...
  
  
• 01.01.08
  Life As It Is: Damned if you do…
  life as it is, relationships, rants, speaking my mind (1)

  For some of us it is a fact of life that no matter who you are or what you do, no matter how much of an effort you make or how much you go out of your way to accommodate or be kind, no matter how many hoops you jump through or how many times you eat crow, with some people you JUST! CAN’T! WIN! Apparently in some circles, it is inevitable; there is absolutely nothing you can do. You are the culprit, the outsider, a nut, someone in dire need of psycho-meds, the bitch, the one who can do ...
  
  
• 12.18.07
  Musings of A Nail Salon Mute
  Just For Fun, life as it is, rants, speaking my mind, me time (4)

  Ultra Violet Gel Nails are my latest obsession. Definitely a splurge of sorts, they have become a staple in my “feel good” beauty routine. I have, therefore, begun treating myself to such lovely things as an hour or so every two weeks of perfect pampering at the hands of some of Stamford’s finest Asian techs. Chinese to be exact and actually only one. His name is Steven, or at least his salon name is. That he is Chinese, manages the nail salon that I frequent, and is a veritable UV artist is about all I know of him. Watching him ...
  
  
• 12.11.07
  The Unthinkable Day
  life as it is, What the Hell?, speaking my mind (5)

  Have you ever spent an entire day of your life trying not to think? You know the kind of day of which I write:  category class “THIS SUCKS” sort of day. For me, that was yesterday. Whether I force myself to blame it on being a Monday or on being a Monday in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it doesn’t matter.  It was an Unthinkable Day! So how exactly do you make it through the type of day when life is like a nearly mortal wound: the kind which won’t really kill you, but hurts like hell to ...
  
  

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