Monthly Archives: January 2013

I Am Serious. And Don’t Call Me Shirley.

My son named our dog. “Mama, his name has to be Indiana.” “Why’s that, bud?” “Because,” he said, in his best Sean Connery-esque Scottish accent, “We named the *dog* Indiana.” (If you get the reference, we can be instant friends.) Two important things were decided that day four years ago….

The Disney VIP: It’s Not Just For Princess-Lovers

I can’t remember if I told you that Emily didn’t want to go with us to Disney World. Well, I’ll tell you now. She didn’t want to go. I KNOW. I think, in her tweenage mind, she assumed that Disney is 1000% only about THE DISNEY PRINCESSES. I think she…

It’s Going To Be a Busy January: A Les Miserables Tale

As I watched Oscar nomination posts pop up all over Twitter last week, it suddenly hit me that I was running out of time. There were too many movies to see before February 24th. This is not for lack of trying, mind you. The stomach flu kept me from seeing…