A Facebook first happened to me this week. Someone put a block on me. I feel so badass. A Facebook block is when someone specifically puts your name on a block list, so you never see any trace of him. If he comments on a mutual friend’s post, you won’t see his comment. You’ll […]
T Minus 365 to Empty Nest
I was standing in the kitchen this morning talking to my husband and daughter about the fact that a year from now she’ll be going off to college and we’ll officially be Empty Nesters. “It’ll be just like before we had kids,” I said to my husband, cheerfully. “Just you and me.” My husband […]
The Babysitters Club Now Has a 401K
Hear that? It’s the sound of a babysitter getting her pay docked. I just found out that babysitters get paid around $10 an hour. I’m shocked. Happy for them, but it’s just another example of how kids today will waltz through life in $75 Holister jeans and when they land their first job and […]
And This is the Last You’re Going to Hear About This
Dear Meredith, Hi! How are you? I am fine. Well, not really. I was on your Today Show on Thursday. Remember me? Teal blue t-shirt? Shoulder-length reddish brown hair? Shitty attitude? I was the one chopping tomatoes and onions at my kitchen counter while some lady said, “The stay-at-homers are angry and they say they’re […]
A TV Camera is in My Living Room
Wednesday 3:00 p.m. I will never make fun of anyone who screws up an on-camera interview again. Yes, that means Sarah Palin and the Miss Teen South “like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like” Carolina. If you’ve never looked into a camera and had that feeling that there were words […]
I’m Working It as Fast as I Can
I answered a call from a Wall Street Journal reporter last week and for a couple of days, my world spun out of control. Reporters are like wizards. One little phone call for just another story can send an average everyday housewife into a tizzy. What started out to be some comments about an […]