Barb was above wanting to hang out with the popular kids; Barb looked like a middle-aged librarian. Barb did not put up with your stupid nonsense. Barb had a good head on her shoulders and she would have grown up to be a great feminist woman. Barb was the best friend every girl should have.

Speaking of season 2 Netflix series... Who cannot wait for Narcos to come out?! The reviews make me really excited. Wagner Moura is really perfect as Pablo.

She needs to just jump on him and own that. Imagine how cozy his sweaters are when you're chilling at home watching Game of Thrones and eating Taco Bell.

God, it must be SO HARD to be judged by your appearance and clothing choices instead of your skills and work ethic. HOW TERRIBLE.

A crib is made of BARS, which shapes a fragile baby brain into believing that prison is inevitable. It’s been proven that babies who slept in cribs are 312% more likely to commit petty larceny, mayhem, and light arson as adults.

House on Lake Erie

Which gigantic ocean is it that borders on Chicago again?

She can pay the tax bill with museum tours! “This is where Rosie threatened to toss all the kids in the water, this is where Joe Gorga stained the walls with his spray tan.”

Yep. She accidentally spilled wine in that baby’s face.

I love Coco.

For our honeymoon, my husband and I booked what was advertised as an "oceanfront beach house." The photos featured a lovely little house with a large deck and it's own private beach. We lived several hours away so we couldn't check it out in person in advance, but based on the photos, we thought it seemed like exactly…

My "honeymoon" was 2 weeks of my new MIL staying with us and sightseeing since she had never been to the country where we live before. She's lovely but... not super romantic.

But I always comfort myself with the story of my friend's honeymoon. They left for their honeymoon immediately after the wedding, which…

Our honeymoon to Puerto Rico was fabulous other than a hurricane locking us in the room for a day (kind of romantic?) and delaying our flights home (trapping us in the airport).

HI HELLO THEY ARE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE CRUNCH BARS AKA THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO EITHER OF US.

My grandmother had the French book version of The Thorn Birds and it had the single best translated title ever: Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir, which literally means «Birds hide to die». I still use the phrase, like when colleagues go to secluded work bathrooms to poop.

Full disclosure in re earlier post: owner of completely dog eared TTB as well as the DVD.

Counterpoint: Hugh Jackman always. Mmmm hmmm.

As some of you know, I grew up in a very rural part of northern Utah. My family were transplants from California, and because we weren't mormon, we never really fit in. I spent a lot of time alone as a child and had a reputation for being a bit strange. We had started out in a cabin in the woods, far from everyone…

I'm going to share!

This isn't a ghost story, but it does still scare the shit out of me nearly 15 years later….