Fear and Loathing in the Swimsuit Aisle

It’s time.  I have to buy a new bathing suit.  This isn’t an endeavor I approach lightly nor with little planning.  How do I put it?  I HATE bathing suit shopping.  The main reason?  I hate bathing suits.  I don’t know whose idea they were, but they are really a modern day form of torture.  [...]

Irked

I just returned from a weekend away, just the two of us, to find out that my youngest son, almost 6-month-old Puppet, had a trip to the ER. He is fine, but I’m still irked that the caretakers, my mother and my mother-in-law, did not call us. There is guilt laden all over this. My [...]

I Need a Confessional, a 12-Step Program, and Some Sleep!

My name is The Legal Eagle, and my 21-month old still doesn’t sleep through the night. I get such a weird reaction from people when I make that confession that I feel like I need to find a 12-step program somewhere.  Granted, most sleep training programs have about 12 steps, and I suppose that’s why [...]

I Want My Dang TV!

I like TV. Quite a bit. But, if you had asked me a month ago if I could completely give TV up for several weeks, I would have stated unequivocally that, yes, I could live without it. Then, on Election Day, my beautiful, beloved, magnificent 42-inch plasma TV died. This TV was 2 years and [...]

More Committed? or Apathetic?

I’ve been hearing reports about how over-committed everyone is these days, with meetings and sports teams and church groups and on and on.  Personally, I have been observing a change in this trend, and I was wondering what you, our readers, think about it. I am in a moms group that has activities scheduled 4-5 [...]

WANTED: Patience

As I prepared to sit down and write today’s post, I couldn’t think of a topic because someone was screaming about something, and I was getting mad. All I could think about was how hard it is to find a few minutes of peace when the girls are awake. Then, it hit me this was the topic for [...]

Close Encounter of the Rude Kind

I went out with my family the other night to dinner.  We just went to Ruby’s, a family-friendly diner with very standard diner fare.  I picked it because of its location at the end of the Seal Beach pier.  Oceanfront dining for cheap really can’t be beat!  And, I really like the variety of lighter, [...]

What's Your Child's Most Irritating Toy?

Do you have toys that get on your nerves after your child has been playing with them incessantly? Of course, you do and you are not alone! With the exception of musical instruments, most of the truly irritating toys are battery-operated so it’s worthwhile to try talking your child into playthings that don’t require batteries. Sometimes, [...]

Rough Housing

I get beat up by my 3 year old. My son little C is going to be 4 next week. I don’t know why but he is so rough. I’m not sure if its learned or if its just a natural instinct, but no matter what the root is, he seems to always hurt me [...]

Growing Up Too Fast

I just heard a news report that 15% of 7 year old girls have entered puberty.  That means, in the next 3.5 years, I have to teach my innocent, young daughter about sex.  I don’t consider myself particularly prudish, but sex is not something that 6 or 7 year olds need to know about.  This [...]