Is Mackenzie Phillips really an ‘incest victim’?

Did you watch Mackenzie Phillips on Oprah? I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED ”One Day at a Time” while I was growing up. And while I was more of a Valerie Bertinelli fan, I definitely liked Mackenzie.  In other words, I was glued to the TV screen when she pulled up a seat next to The O.
Hearing Mackenzie’s story about her father [...]

Here’s a problem I’d like to have

The St. Louis Rams have hired a personal chef for offensive lineman Jacob Bell. Seems’s he’s having trouble making weight.
So?
He needs to GAIN weight.

Meet the “Dorkmeister 3,000″

Here’s what my new watch looks like! I know. The Garmin 305 is, in a word, dorky.
Ron calls it the “Dorkmeister 3,000.”
I call it FANTABULASTIC!!
This watch does everything that a usual heart rate monitor does. But. It has GPS!!! That means it tells me how fast I am running, WHILE I am running. This is great for me, [...]

Maiden voyage — and a marathon?

I am up with the chickens, getting ready to go down to Newport Beach to check out a new marathon/half marathon training program. I wanted to join a new program in the Fall, and my timing was just all off  – I started too late and missed the beginning of several programs, and then dropped it. I [...]

We have a new pet! Meet Charlotte

This giant spider has moved in. I named her Charlotte. Seriously, she is a giant. Her body – her body, mind you, not including her long legs — is the size of a half dollar. She set up shop at the side of the house, spinning a web between the front fence and the garage roof. [...]

Ron, this is what sorry looks like!

I would like to hereby apologize for mistakenly calling my husband an a**hole.
Now, don’t get the wrong impression. I’m not making up excuses. It was indeed a mistake. I came home after a long, grueling day at work, and was distractedly looking into the refrigerator for something to make for din din. Hubby was going through the mail [...]

‘Madonna? This is Oprah. Want to come in for some girl talk?’

Christopher Ciccone, has written a tell-all about his sister Madonna. It’s called “Life with My Sister Madonna.” It should be called: “Like a Virgin? Yeah Right! How I Screwed Over My Sister for Money.”
I would never pay money to read this book, but I’ve read every article I could find about it. It sounds kinda [...]

Is this love? Insanity? Or a bit of both?

Please do the following, in this order.
Read this story. (You can skim after the first few graphs, just to get the idea.)
Intrigued? Watch this video.
And then read this hiliarious take on it all.

I’m the maintenance woman!

   Let’s get this over with. I came in last place in the weight loss challenge. Mortifying.
I knew I wouldn’t be in the top, because we had folks who lost a ton of weight. The guy who won lost something like 22 lbs. I knew I probably wouldn’t be in the middle either.
But LAST place???
Mortifying. [...]

I survived boot camp and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt

Picture of the T-shirt is TK. But boot camp is over! I survived. I hated it in the beginning. Warmed up to it in the middle. And by the end, when the Stockholm Syndrome finally kicked it, I loved it.
I’m considering signing up again — it’s one week off, and then another four week session.
What was [...]