Archive of ‘Let’s Get Real’ category

I Am A Working Mother. Viva La Revolucion!

How many pity parties have you had in the last week?  the last month?  By my count I’m up to about two full on “poor me” moments and about a half-dozen or so micro-moments.  Because it is hard!  No matter how funny and rewarding trying to raise a family and a maintain a career can be […] Read more…

Strong Is The New Skinny

I hate lifting weights.  Between my weak arms, the intimidating steroid pit at my gym, and you know the part where I actually have to lift the weights it just sends me over the edge.  Luckily, my gym has a barbels class that I attend religiously (like lapsed-Catholic religiously) with my partner in crime – I mean my accountability […] Read more…

Defending Our Cubs

A bear got poked last Monday and it was pretty much the last straw.  And folks should be on high alert because this bear is no garden variety grizzly – this bear eats grizzlies for breakfast.  I’m talking about Mama Bears.  We got poked and now we are angry. Okay, first we were weepy or numb.  Maybe we threw ourselves a […] Read more…

Breaking Up (With Your Girl Friends) Is Hard To Do

We’ve all had bad breakups.  The crying, the eating of ice cream, the refusal to eat because you’re sick to your stomach, the guilt, the “What’s wrong with me?” stage, the grief, and finally the slow crawl towards healing which can be derailed at any moment by a chance encounter with your ex and their […] Read more…

Men Who Do Housework Get Less Sex, Study (Clearly Conducted By Men) Says

Nothing gets me hotter than walking into my house after a long days work, smelling  the pungent aroma of Lysol, and marveling at sparklingly clean floors.  A close second would be waking up in the morning to discover all of the week’s laundry has been washed, dried, and folded.  Now if it’s actually put away I […] Read more…

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