I have a double concert tonight. My daughters choir concert is at 6:00. Her Orchestra concert is at 7:00. The choir concert is at her school. The orchestra concert is in a concert hall all the way across town. Is it too much to ask these music directors to coordinate their schedules better???

We just returned from court, where my 15 year old son , who is now a common criminal, received his punishment for the Egg Incident. It was an interesting process, really. We show up at Juvenile Court at the assigned time. Problem is – 50 other kids with their parents show up for court at the same assigned time. We sign in – and then they start calling each kid and their parents up in front of the judge. We sit through about an hour of other juvenile court hearings before they get to us. The other offenses range in […]

Last week, my daughter came to me and said, “We need a mom/daughter night – wanna go out on a date?” How could I refuse? She got to pick the night and the activity. So we’re going to Applebee’s and then to see some movie with Samuel Jackson . . . I can’t remember the name of the film. Captain . . . something. It’s a basketball movie. I might like it. I’m not to fond of Applebee’s either. It’s like Denny’s with better lighting. But, hey – – a night with my kid . . and it was HER […]

I had the pleasure of talking with this chicka on the phone today. I’m happy to report that she doesn’t lisp, it doesn’t appear that she drools or spits when she speaks and I want to confirm that she can string more than three intelligent words together to form a sentence! It really was nice to talk to her . . after all this blogtime spent in comments and email. I just wanted to say that. And Fred . . . if your ears were burning . . .that’s ’cause we talked about ya. Nope. I’m not tellin’.

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. At least, not in my daughter’s case. If ever I had a Mini-Me – – she’s it. When I was young(er) – I made a living singing in a rock band. Yep – Little-Known-Fact #101. The band was called “Kidd Sister” – – it was me and 5 guys. We were nothing spectacular . . . but we had a ton of fun and made a good living for about 5 years…. Or until I had kids and decided I needed to make a BETTER living, rather than a FUN living. Adulthood […]

Have you ever gotten homesick? I can’t say that I ever have . . but then, I’m a pretty independant person. Always have been – even as a kid. My daughter was invited to spend the night at Grandma’s house tonight. Her cousin, Kiley, was also invited. They were all going to hang out and do girlie things all night long. At around 8pm – Kiley got homesick and called her mom because she wanted to go home. And she did. My daughter called me to tell me this. I asked her if she was homesick, too? She says, “Me? […]