Motherwise Cracks

I drink wine sometimes. Mostly for medicinal purposes, of course. Like when I have a pain in the ass. Like Monday night. How dare that son of mine tell me he had been working on his independent study that was due in three days, every week since school started. I would ask him and get, [...]

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Yes, that is me. I opened a Facebook account just to cash in on $25 worth of free advertising for the cosmetics that I sell, which is a whole other story. I wanted to remain anonymous so I posted no photos, etc. that would ID me. Low and behold, my nephew found me, told my [...]

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I admit that I killed the Chia Pet, but it truely was an accident. Don’t ask me why my daughter wanted one but that’s what she asked for this Christmas. Her cousin fulfilled her wish with this kitty Chia Pet that she gave it to me to take care of when she left for a [...]

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My boss told me his 30-something wife was absolutely hooked on the books by Stephenie Meyer, the ones referred to as the “Twilight series”. Knowing that my kids (teens and early twenties) were really into the movie and the four-series book set, I was a bit surprised that a woman her age would be so [...]

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Take down the cute pair of “goal” jeans that have been hanging on my closet door for the past 9 months. Wash the dust off off them and donate them to Goodwill. Finally write that paper to expose the myth that “nothing tastes as good as being thin feels” hogwash. We all know that chocolate [...]

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