Category Archives: Health & Beauty

Hairless legs, oral surgeons and the joys of Armpit Night.

Being the mom of teen and  ‘tween girls, even without the autism factor thrown in there, can be enough to make a grown woman cry trying.  There are days, like today, where all of life’s little stresses all pig-pile on top of each other and you have two choices.  You can either laugh, or you […]

Want to see what I found at Target last week?

There was clearance everywhere at Target this past week.  I could have shopped every day of the week and still found great deals to bring home.  I started off with Tena pantyliners priced at $3.49 each.  Thru 3/21 the purchase of 2 triggered a $5 gift card.  I used (2) $2/1 printable coupons and paid […]

This just in…sweatpants the leading cause of divorce in America.

So says Eva Mendes in a recent interview with Extra.  Really?  And I kind of liked her, too.  So wearing sweatpants is a divorcable offense, huh?  Sounds to me like someone hasn’t had a very long and/or comfortable relationship yet. Now it’s very likely that she was at least partly kidding.  I hope.  But it […]

I found myself in a hairy situation.

Ask any parent of an autistic child about getting their kid’s hair cut and be ready for some epic eye-rolling, chest-clutching and possibly some weeping.  I’m sure that out there somewhere in the world, there’s an autistic kid who doesn’t mind getting their lid done, but I’ll be damned if I’ve ever met one. I […]