Battery-operated candles work really well, and can be reused.

We did zero flowers on tables. I had two flat back arrangements made for the altar, and brought them to the reception, placed them back-to-back in the middle of the x-shaped buffet table (nope no sit down dinner, but more food than anyone could eat), and small votives on the tables. No one gave a shit. Seriously. This…

Also, stainless steel :

At home, can help.

Remember when you got banhammered for not using your shift key? Ahhhh, the glory days.

Well, of course! But don’t tell the kids; they think we’re awful just on principle.

So oftern, what happens is that someone not-gray responds to a gray troll, and that brings them out of the grays. It’s confusing and frustrating.

I look at it as a passing of the baton, in a way. We star-bellies ruled the grounds during our day; I guess the new guard needs to have thier day. But we shall have our say back one day, dammit!

My boobs, when I take off my bra ;-) You doing okay? It’s good to see you!

Been here since ‘07. GraysRUs.

It is an inalienable right. It’s written in the Parenting Handbook, Chapter 1, Section 4, paragraphs 1-7. Look it up.

The twist off cap makes it so much easier to access the wine when you’re on the go and don’t have an opener, or you’re on your second bottle. Genius. Thoughtful. Handy.

My son’s school started requiring music in 4th grade, starting with string instruments. The next year, they got to pick their instrument, and he came home with the trumpet. By 9th grade, we bought him a nice one of his own. He plays in the band and the jazz band, at first chair. That’s the beauty of a private school:…

High five! When my son was born almost 18 years ago, none of this existed. The internet didn’t exist. No one gave me the evil eye for not breastfeeding. I figured things out myself. I had a baby who slept through the night at 11 weeks. Who was never sick. Who knew his colors and shapes by 15 months, and spoke in…

When I got married 21 years ago, my maid of honor was my best friend and roommate of over six years. She was the one in our group most desperate to get married, and she thought I would be the last one to get married. A few months after the wedding, I was back in town, and she refused to see me. She also left my…

Sorry that happened to your mom and to your brother :-( She has been posting pics on Facebook of the get-togethers that I’m being excluded from for about a month now, letting me know that I’m not being invited to certain things, making private jokes in comments, passive-aggressive crap like that, and I just hide the…

Hahaha, I honestly don’t know! My cowlick definitely aided and abetted the situation happening on my head, though :-)

Thank you for your words; they speak truth. I’m starting to let go of her and broaden my scope, and I’m recognizing that the lack of self-care in the past year is also something I need to rectify. It’s time to focus on taking better care of myself and letting go of people who don’t support me or treat me with love and…

Haha, you’re beyond kind :-) But yep, 53, with an almost 18 year-old kid. Some days, I feel much older.

You mean like this? Yep, 1993.