80′s TeeShirts @ JCPenney

Ugh. It sucked in the 60′s. It sucked in the 70′s. Putting an 80′s spin on it didn’t make it better and bringing it back this year is still a bad idea. [Read more...]

Eating Nutritiously A Struggle When Money Is Scarce : NPR

Have you all read this article yet? I bet you have. It’s had me in a snit all morning. I feed a family of eight (and that is not two adults and six kids – that is five over 18 and three under) for 100 – 150$ per person per month. I don’t do it by buying blue ice pops and orange soda either. [Read more...]

Nina Flowers

I saw Nina Flowers bitches! She was fierce!

Michael and I went down to Ft Laudy to see her. Dragged our old asses out at 11 and got home at like 1:30 LOL

I was going to go in this [Read more...]

Did I say I wasn’t spending money?

I failed. We ran to Target (AKA the money and time sucking vortex of doom) for hooks (to hang previously mentioned chore cards on) and hooks for the bathroom (to hang washcloths on). [Read more...]

So your kid has a friend with a tattoo…

I picked up the July issue of Family Circle magazine today because an article on the front page caught my eye. I’m flipping through and this huge full page ad type page for their new(ish?) parenting site, momster.com, is there. On it is a poll, “Your son or daughter brings home a new friend—with dyed hair, multiple piercings and what looks like a real tattoo. You:” and some options, none of which I really would pick. So I get online, make a log in and pipe up because hey, that’s what I do. [Read more...]