Taylor has been in the public spotlight since she was a teenager, too. Imagine the pressure from paparazzi and media to keep the same figure you had when you were 17. Ugh.

Came here for a “Dutch Oven” joke, did not leave disappointed. Cheers!

I’m reading this story on a break from teaching Anti-bullying to 7th graders today. The acronym RIP is involved in the curriculum i use and I have been refrencing a time last year when i learned someone had taken their life due to bullying on a break and why this is so important. Now I get to tell the second half of…

The bullying element has grown SO much now that kids have technology at their fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Used to you could go home and be safe from hate, but not anymore. Bullying (combined with mental health issues) is what landed my daughter in a psychiatric hospital last month with suicidal thoughts.…

When you’re married, you don’t need to pay for Dutch ovens.

I made steak for my husband. ONCE.

I’m a steak snob, so I tend to buy “the good steak” as a treat...ie, free range, T-bone or tenderloin. Expensive stuff, especially since we had 3 kids, and were living on a cop’s salary. And I cooked some filet mignon I got on a crazy-good sale, and I used Ina’s method.

He didn’t…

END THE DROUGHTLANDER.

She’s also a licensed pilot and worked as a White House budget analyst for nuclear energy under Ford & Carter

Okay, there is one thing I really freakin’ love about Reitmans: all their clothes come in size 2 to size 22, and they’re all racked together. No plus-size ghetto at the back of the store! They do Petites as well, and the stuff actually fits. I kind of lover them for basic wardrobe staples. Honestly, it’s not the most…

Is it love, or is it toxic radiation? It’s both, but who cares! (Marie & Pierre Curie)

My niece, Iris, went as an Autumn Fairy

I’m arachnaphobia, thanks to a special effects makeup tutorial I found on YouTube!

Prince!

My bf and I. Boozy babies

Me: Bob Dylan

Dressed the kid up as Max from “Where the Wild Things Are” then took a walk through a cemetery, naturally.

I’m on my third baby wearing this hot dog costume. I got my money’s worth!

Our lil Daphne loves her Scooby-Doo.