And here is the part that makes me angriest. Child protective services are so busy with these types of things that actual, real abuses get backlogged. A few years ago I had 7 students that were being “monitored” and I was informed that because CPS is so overwhelmed that my students, who are 8th graders, are low…

I’m also a former JW! My whole family left when I was around 19. I think the toughest thing is kind of being socially behind everyone and also having this kind of panic attack/ stockholm syndrom thing. I can remember being so happy to be out but then having these random panic attacks that would keep me up all night…

Sasha Baron Cohen was the BEST Mercury candidate. Malik doesn’t really look like him to me. I hope in costume it is better.

I would LOVE to drop my husband off in a pod. First, when he comes shopping with me and it is something for our home, he has to look at EVERY DAMN THING in that category. If we need new pillows, I’ll try a few and find one that I like. Nope, he has to try all of the pillows in the display, several times. Or, if…

Way too few people were upset about “spic” rant! Not to make this about me, and not to say you shouldn’t vote what you feel, but that was a little sad. It almost feels like people don’t really consider that a legit racist insult. Boo. Flip side, my white mom probably feels a little sad I voted in this, but then…

Except the day of an evacuation where some idiot calls in a bogus bomb threat and your kid is stuck on the blacktop for 2 hours while the bomb squad secures the campus. Just that one instance is enough to give some poor redheaded kid a nasty burn. This has happened, and more than once. A few years ago there was a…

My biggest problem with Madonna is her absolute refusal to grow old gracefully. She doesn’t need to fit any stereotype of an “older woman” or be asexual or anything, but I’m talking about getting older in a graceful way. None of us is the person we were at 21. Give it up Madonna. Stop with the trying to be young…

I LOVE Sharon Stone in Casino. I wish I could pull off most of her looks (before she cut her hair). Damn, that was a great movie and a great character!

I like her music in the same way I like Twinkies or Taco Bell. I realize it is absolute TRASH, but sometimes I need that fix. Mostly it has a good beat and is easy to run to. But that is mainly because of the producers. I mean, Nile Rogers collaborated with her on some of her bigger hits and I LOVE Nile Rogers. …

What a slap in the face that Junior wouldn’t even pay for her ring. He has the money. That’s fucked up. When my husband used to work at a different garage (he’s a mechanic), the flower shop next door used to give away bouquets of the unsold flowers to the guys to bring home to their ladies or SOs. He had to stand…

The mental image killed me!!

We invited friends over and were like, if we cook you a nice dinner can our dog bark aggressively at you to help get her exposed to visitors? The friends are dog people so they helped calm her. Our camping friends did the same. It boiled down to exposure and patient friends and family who were calm and helped her…

Yes! Structure, patterns and love are so important. My friends (even ones with dogs) make fun of me for having my dogs on a schedule. I even have alarms in my phone for things. Guess what, they hear the alarm and get ready for the activity. They are calm because there are no worries about when they get fed or what…

My little girl Chihuahua was really sweet at first, but then when after 6 months, when she realized we were her forever home she got really aggressive. She had a rough start also, and survived by hustling for scraps. When she realized we were a permanent home she was super protective of us and tried to chase…

I planted San Marzano tomatoes this year. They are coming in like gang busters and I am canning them. Yummy! My apple trees are coming along, my pomegranate tree is going to be full by fall. My apricot tree dropped all of the apricots one afternoon and they all dried in the sun. Now I have to watch my dog like a…

Our friends took us to Casa Bonita and they kept saying to us, “Just so you understand, we do not think this is real/ good Mexican food. Please, do not judge, it’s just funny/ kitchy”. We’re from SoCal and I’m Mexican so I’m pretty sure they were terrified we’d judge. But it was so much fun!

It is much more affordable than San Diego, Orange County or LA. There are some sketchy parts and some nicer parts. Do your homework or you could end up in what you think is a nice place (McMansions are all over there at reasonable prices), but your neighbors are sketchy. One of my friends was a sheriff in San…

I’m usually pretty aware of stuff like this, but I have to admit I have not given the phenomenon of black people in fried chicken commercial much thought. Mainly because I really try to just avoid eating fast food in general, so all of the commercials get tuned out to avoid temptation! But reading the comments, etc…

I usually travel in our RV, which gives me the luxury of not having to remember a lot of stuff. I have basically a second set of all toiletries that stay in the RV and a second set of some shoes (sneakers/ flip flops) that stay in the RV. I recently went on a trip with my mom and we did hotels, etc. No RV. I…

No. Our neighborhood has a ton of giant raccoons an I grow a lot of tomatoes. Raccoons have never gotten to them.