Please go show me some love, just keep the crazy to yourself

Remember a few days (maybe weeks) ago when I said that Melissa had lost her mind and agreed to let me write a few blog posts for You Won’t Go Blind?

I went live today.

With rules for dating parents.

No, not rules for how to date parents,  rules for parents who are dating again.

So, please, go over to You Won’t Go Blind and check me out.  Leave me some love.  Show Melissa I can bring a whole lot of new readers to the place, just like my milkshakes bring the boys to the yard.

Oh, and don’t mention my dating history.

She doesn’t need to know that yet.

Thanks.

A few gift ideas, you know, in case I'm on your Christmas list.

Tis the Season...

It’s that time of year again.  We spend a 4 day weekend stuffing ourselves silly with turkey, stuffing, pie and goodies because we know we are going to spend the next month running around like idiots with no time to eat, trying to get all our holiday shopping done.  The challenge is, buy the most for the least amount of money.  Or find something that looks expensive for next to nothing.  As the days wear on, and time runs out, it comes down to Grab-what-you-can-find-price-be-damned.

I will admit to having most of my Christmas shopping done.  Brian has taught me the fine art of researching everything on line, and doing the whole In-Store pick up business.    Find what I want, at the price I won’t choke on, and schedule it for pick-up on my way home.  No fighting crowds, no worrying about getting to the store and finding it out of stock.  Simple. Done.  And leaves way more time for margaritas at home.

This week, I haven’t been writing here, because I’ve been at my other places.  Go check out my review of Crayola Color Wonder Magic Light Brush paint set that we bought for Brian’s niece.  She loved it, and her dad was fascinated by it.

Then, when you’re done there, go check out my wish list of DVD Boxed sets over at Buy-Her.com.  In the midwest snow is not uncommon, and what better way to spend a snow day than curled up on the couch with hot cocoa and your favorite show on all day long.?  Go find out what’s on my list this year.

The blog post where I tell you where to go

No, not *that* way,  And absolutely *not* there,    I love you guys.

No, today, being Friday, and the start of the weekend, I’ve got two review posts that are up today.  And I’m super excited about them.

Buy-Her.com

First, is actually the second.   The first place I’m sending you is to Buy-Her to read my second review post over there. This review is about Kitty Kelley’s book Oprah, a Biography.  Go check it out.  The review I mean, then decide if you want to check out the book.

The second is truly the first.  The second review I’m sending you to, is my first review at my very own review site that I just started, Feeding my Addiction.   So go check out my first review of, what else? Stilettos.

Please, which ever one you read, or if you read both, leave a comment, and please tell your friends.   I am so excited to be working on both of these projects.    Thanks so much.  You’re awesome.

30 Days of Truth Fail

Yes, I realize I started something that should have given me something to write about for 30 consecutive days without having to think about it much at all.

And then? I failed.

Now, however, I have people linking to my first post and jumping on the bandwagon. Frankly they’re on their own because I suck at being a leader. I like to follow. I’m good at that. Leading? Not so much. And I’ve got kids. Scary thought huh?

Having said all of that, feel the need to sort of follow through with this 30 days of truth.

Day 2: Something you love about yourself

Which is really harder to write than something I hate about myself. I can list chapter and verse things I don’t like about me. But finding acceptance and god forbid, love something about myself, well… are you serious?

I love that I love photography. Of course, right now my photography website is currently under construction so I don’t have any examples of my photos. I hate that it’s been entirely too long since I put anything new on the website, but since it’s under construction I sort of have an excuse.

I love that I am a single mom raising two daughters with very little help from their father, and I am doing a good job at it. I love that I have cultivated the kind of relationship with them that gives them the security to come to me with any problems. We can talk about anything, and everything and that’s a great thing.

I love that I am taking steps to follow my dream of someday being something or somebody online and not just in my head. I don’t have dreams of grandeur of becoming a published author, (although I would never turn down that opportunity should I wake up and find this life is just a bad dream and I really am a famous writer) but I would like to have a blog with a decent following and I would love to be the writer I have always wanted to be. Which is sort of like Carrie Bradshaw with Louboutins instead of Manolos.

I love that I have the opportunity to work with a writer I have admired for several years now. (more on this later) When the opportunity presented itself I crossed my fingers, and jumped at the chance and I can not even put into words how much it means to me to be working with her.

I love that two years ago I was in a really bad place in my life, and now, two years later, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and will finally be able to put all of that behind me.

I love that in the midst of all of this I finally pulled my head out of my ass and learned a few things and got my shit together and finally, at 42, seem to have a clue, and finally know what it’s all about.

Tomorrow or Day 3 is Something you have to forgive yourself for. You all might want to bring comfy clothes, a comfy chair, or pillowblanket combo, and drinks. We could be here a while with that one.