On Lea Grover's blog on the Huffington Post she portrays herself as a writer and toddler-wrangler. What a perfect combination. The world of parenting is rife with material to write about - material that so many folks can identify with - funny stuff, sentimental stuff, infuriating stuff, it is all there in the wonderful world [...]
Tag: reality
North Dakota Legislators – did you have sex before marriage?
I was unaware that North Dakota legislators put a law in place in 2011 (that became effective in July 2012) that requires K-12 schools in North Dakota to include in sexual health curriculum "instruction pertaining to the risks associated with adolescent sexual activity and the social, psychological, and physical health gains to be realized by [...]
Back to reality…
I want to sleep for a week, and when I wake up I want the sun to be shining and the birds singing as if I am in a Disney movie. I'd like my to-do list to be on a mini post-it note and I would like it to have only three things on it: [...]
Cheating is a sad and awkward dance…
I never cease to be amazed at how blinding affairs can be to folks' sensibilities. Often colleagues and coworkers can see the telltale signs even as the two with their heads in the clouds feel like they are acting as covert as Russian double agents. Yet those in the midst of an affair become detached [...]
Why must it be so real?
Some days the real world is just too much for me. Such is the case as I read about the death of an infant alleged to be from neglect in the Spirit Lake community and the murder of three children in Wisconsin by their father (a Minot man). I hate that these type of things happen. [...]
O-brother!!
Let me say at the outset - I am as big a fan of the Oprah Show as most other gals (and the occasional guy). I was a fan of the Donahue Show too. I was also a fan of Dark Shadows, Laugh-In, Mash, All in the Family, The Twilight Zone and the Carol Burnett [...]
Vacancy Announcement – Reality Officer IV
I was skimming my email before beginning in earnest on the task of cleaning out the 500+ backlog I still have from the time I was in Florida and I ran across this email subject line from the State of ND: Vacancy Announcement - Realty Officer IV (Bismarck). I was not paying full attention I [...]
THE NEW FORTY 