My new living room rug

I bought a new rug for the living room. Doesn’t it look nice? It was on clearance. Really. My husband came home and I proudly showed him the new rug. (I also mentioned the low price of course. Twice.) He walked over and examined it. Then he patted it and said, “I’m sorry.” I said,

Moms are so embarrassing!

Everyone has a story about being embarrassed by their mother when they were younger. Some are worse than others, of course. (For a story about how I embarrassed my own teenager click here.) My personal embarrassing memories are pretty tame. For example, I was extremely mortified by my mother when I was in junior high

Crockpot Lasagna

This recipe that I got from “Simple and Delicious” magazine turned out pretty well. (Here’s the link to their website but you have to have a subscription to look at the actual recipes.) I’ll warn you that I am the inaccuracy and substitution QUEEN when it comes to recipes, however. First of all, Here’s the

A Major Milestone

I would like for everyone to celebrate with me, as I passed a major parenting milestone this summer. …wait for it…. EVERYONE CAN PUT ON THEIR OWN SEAT BELTS IN THE CAR NOW!!!!!!!!! Can you believe it? Now, to those of you who don’t have little kids, or have forgotten what it’s like to have

Baking for the Lazy

Or, My Very Favorite Cookies, HOORAY! At the commissary I saw they had Hershey’s Kisses on clearance for 99 cents. Okay, I’ll admit, they were in red and green wrappers, and Christmas was about nine months ago, but still… NINETY-NINE CENT KISSES!!!! I could not pass that up. Come on to town, Santa! I’ll take

Trash Day Tragedy

One Tuesday morning, I was calmly brushing my teeth when I heard a rumbling noise outside. Hmm, I thought. That sounds like a the trash truck. Good thing I put the trash out last night. Then I thought, Wait, DID I put the trash out last night? I remember INTENDING to put the trash out.

Dolphins and Penguins and Sharks, Oh My!

Over the weekend we went to Sea Life Park, which is here on O’ahu. (My friend had discount passes. Score!) I had heard it was not as nice as bigger parks like Sea World in Florida but I was pleasantly surprised. It was small but there were a lot of nice animals to see. Plus

Duped by the tabloids

I like to read the tabloid headlines while I’m waiting in line at the store. Oh, come on! You know you do it too! But the other day one magazine interested me so much I had to buy it: I just HAD to know about Angelina Jolie and how she was pregnant with twins again!

How to tell that you’ve been eating at McDonald’s too often

I picked up Happy Meals for the twins in the drive-thru and passed the food to the backseat while driving to keep them quiet for five minutes. What, like YOU’VE never done that?! Little Boy opened his and exclaimed: “Awww, a FART GUN?! We already HAVE a fart gun.” Sometimes you look at your kids and