And to be fair, my guy isn't laying on the couch all night while I slave away. For the most part we both work incredibly hard on our home, at our jobs. But for sure there is an unspoken expectation that the house be presentable and if it's not, why didn't I do a better job cleaning?! My (imaginary) aunt Mildred would…

I'm so conflicted about this. The man wanting the BMW happens to be spot on in my life. And Mr. Skr works for a major pork producer so our freezer is full of bacon! But as the lady, I feel totally expected to buy the gifts, decorate the house, make the appetizer to take to the party. But I kind of love doing that 95%…

People do change their own oil! I always took my vehicle to a jiffy lube (or the dealer, whatever) to get my oil changed but now that I'm married my husband insists on doing it himself to save money. Plus we have two German cars that take special oil. Last weekend he strained his back so I got to be the lucky one to…

But I don't think most children have any idea that these athletes can eat junk food (in moderation?) because their job is to work out all day and they burn sooo many calories that they can still be very fit specimens. Your average kid maybe gets some activity in gym class but gets no where near the amount of activity…

Yeah! The whole state sucks based on a single episode of actions of one judge and/or criminal!! What a terrible entire state!

You know where all the great ideas for Rom Com are hiding? In romance novels. They're usually very formulaic but damn if they don't leave you feeling like there is love in this crazy world! Why they don't make rom coms based on romance novels, I'll never understand. It's not like the books are constant sex, quite the…

The pill is a total life saver! I had a similar situation during a summer session of drivers ed when I was a young lady. I barely made it to the office to call for a ride and needed to be basically carried to the car when my dad came to pick me up Ahh, the joys of womanhood.

And that's why I started taking bc pills. No more near-fainting episodes and blinding pain for this woman.

I agree completely. He says in the podcast that he didn't understand most of the paperwork and wished he had gotten an attorney. But from his perspective I can totally see why he didn't even think to hire an attorney. He had no idea the can of worms he was opening by not reading the fine print. And what lay person…

He's got to be faking all this right?? Especially if he's a radio DJ. This seems like the kind of shenanigan that a DJ would pull...I hope.

Listen to the RadioLab podcast for more background on Brown. I thought he was a deadbeat too but he really really wasn't. He just made some poor decisions regarding not hiring a lawyer and trying to do what he thought would make the mom happy.

He actually wanted to marry the mother and take care of all her children. Then before Veronica was even born the mother had a change of heart and stopped speaking to him. When she did text him it was to hound him to give up his rights. RadioLab did a full show about the case. It's more complicated that that, he wanted…

I believe the ICWA is a very important law that should be upheld. And I know Dustin Brown is part of the Cherokee tribe. But he's only 2% Native American and baby Veronica is only 1% Native American. It's really making me question if she needs to be protected as much as a child whom has a much higher percentage of…

The case is much more complex than that. I recommend listening to the RadioLab podcast that covers this story. It's heartbreaking for everyone involved. He should have had a lawyer present when be signed over his rights. As he says in the podcast interview he made that mistake for sure. But the person giving him those…

For an even lazier version of the cheddar bay biscuit, just buy a box of bisquick. (Or they have bisquick brand individual garlic cheddar biscuit packets now too). The Bisquick box has a "cheddar garlic" version recipe somewhere below the regular biscuit recipe, just add cheese basically. Mix that stuff up and just…

I don't want to defend Hobby Lobby at all but I will say that companies can probably (I have no legal background) legally fire people that do things outside of the work place that's against the companies 'moral codes'. For example I'm thinking of stories I've heard about teachers at Christian schools getting fired for…

I realize I should totally be outraged by that cankle article but I was actually thrilled to see it. First, let me explain that I'm a normal human sized lady but I have big 'ol cankles. I could do all kinds of weird exercises and diet to a dangerously low weight and I can fairly well guarantee that my ankles would…