We have a male sitter for the summer, and the backlash is surprising. He is 18 and works part time at a local gym providing daycare. His credentials are better than any girl we have hired, except for his older sister. He is calm and amazing at centering my seven year old son. And yes, he dresses my five year old… Read more
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A sheath dress. You can dress it up or down with shoes and jewelry, and you can definitely wear it again. Do you get to wear a decent bridesmaids dress? Lately I have only seen great dresses at weddings, so the choices must be better. Read more
The house next door has been empty for five years. The parents are in a nursing home and there is some holdup over a trust for a disabled adult son. Anyway, the neighbor on the other side and my husband take turns cutting the front, but we don't want to enter the back without permission, and we never see anyone to… Read more
You know what's awesome? Amish people don't waste brain cells knowing about Vanilla Ice. Read more
Happened to a friend of mine. They nicknamed him Otis Read more
She's wearing sensible flats. Thus opens the seventh seal, and Armagedden is upon us. Or just anotherseason of KUWTK. Read more
Throwing a chicken into the engine of a Boeing Dreamliner. Read more
Since you mentioned TV, I cannot look at this guy without thinking, "Bobby Elvis, what would Jax say?" Read more
One more, but so far no connection to this case. Read more
My hairdresser wears silicone gloves like you get in a culinary store. They have some in a knitted fabric that are quite flexible. Read more
Oddly enough, this surgery was at a Catholic hospital in Peoria, Illinois. Read more
Have you ever tried having a difficult conversation in writing, like Emails? It is hard bc tone doesn't come across, but you have a record of words used and it can help break thru stalemates. Read more
This is my latest worst. My nieces are both slender little slips with DD breasts. Sweet and innocent with these porn star bodies that they are embarrased by. So my sister was talking about how her youngest has six pack abs but doesn't work out, and I say, "Hell, it's a workout for her to just stand up straight."… Read more
How long does it take to open a bottle of wine? Read more
I have to be brutally honest—that is the pinkest cat belly I have ever seen. And I love the bandit face. Read more
I spent the week dropping off truckloads of stuff for myself and coworkers for a giant rummage sale that our Relay for Life team put on. Then worked the event Friday and today. I am beyond exhausted, but we raised over $5000. I would do this again next week for that kind if money, not to mention my clean garage and… Read more
A little illusion lace in the neckline, and a row of faux pearls, and that outfit would be ready for an eighties prom. Read more
How do we really know who is a VIP these days? Anyone with a sex tape could be the next Kardashian. Read more
My cousins have BRAC2 and both decided to have all the preventative surgery, because their mom died of breast-to-bone cancer when they were teenagers. After all the pre-op testing was negative for cancer, one of my cousins learned after her breasts were biopsied that she had cancer cells in one breast, and they were… Read more
I adopted, so I was 38 and 40 when my kids were born. Midwesternman is 13 years older than I am. Thanks to my stepdaughter having a child at the insanely normal age of 28, my kids have a nephew. My parents are quite healthy and active, but their other grandma is very frail and Midwesternman goes over there every… Read more