Slacker Mom’s Winning Recipe for Waffles

We’re spending the weekend with grandma (my m-i-l).

My oldest son (the one who’s turning 5) started telling her - in the total deadpan seriousness only a five-year-old could have when having this conversation…

“Grandma, I should give you my mom’s recipe for waffles. They’re really good.”

“Oh really, how does she make them?”

“Well, first you pick out the kind you want. Then you take them out of the freezer and put them in the toaster. Then you put whatever you want on them, and you eat them. They’re really good.”

See, he doesn’t care that I’m a slacker mom.

Grandma, of course, is making breakfast to order tomorrow. Chocolate chip pancakes. “But it’s too bad you can’t make those waffles mom makes.” Hee.

Posted in Kid Speak |

Everything I Need To Know I Learned in 80’s TV Theme Songs.

“You take the good, you take the bad. You take them both, and there you have: the facts of life, the facts of life. … When the world never seems to be livin’ up to your dreams, suddenly you’re finding out the facts of life are all about you.”

“Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. Takin’ a break from all your worries sure would help a lot.”

“Show me that smile again. Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’. We’re nowhere near the end. The best is ready to begin.”

Posted in Mad about Music |

The Go Fast Boats Go Oh So Fast.

I had a date this weekend. A real, honest-to-goodness get-a-sitter-go-out-to-a-movie date. We wanted a movie that was for grown-ups, perhaps rated R, but nothing too draining of emotional energy. My husband had already seen Ricky Bobby…and he loves me, but I think the dance movie was out of the question…So we saw Miami Vice.

What does it say about the movie (or perhaps about me) that I laughed through pretty much the whole thing? I couldn’t help it. I just kept getting the giggles.

First, there were the lines like this:

“Those boats,” says Isabella, the hot drug lordess, in a sexy eye lock with Crockett, pointing at the boats (that are apparently actually CALLED GO-FAST BOATS) “How fast do they go?”

“Fast” responds Crockett “They Go Fast.”

Then they hop into the boat and cruise off to Havana where Isabella (who must keep spare outfits and cute pairs of earrings in her purse so she can change when she runs into hotties who whisk her away) knows someone who makes a great Mojito. (Which works out well because apparently Crockett is a “fiend for a Mojito.”)

Then there is the repeated rhyming of the words ‘crime’ and ‘time’: (e.g. “If we don’t do time with you, we don’t do crime with you.” And “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”)

Despite my giddiness and giggling (likely due in large part to simply being out of the house) I actually thought it was a good movie. It refrains from the campiness of movies like Dukes of Hazzard and Starsky and Hutch, and it tributes the TV show in an authentic and updated way. Like the series, the plot is vague and the dialogue is cheesy, but the stars are pretty and the action’s intense. And …well, if you don’t take it too seriously, you just might have some fun.

The only question I’m still struggling with… Does Farrell’s hairdo in the film count as a mullet?

Posted in Mom at the Movies |

The Mommy formerly known as 3under5?

Before you start in about how my Prince reference is outdated, overdone and really not that funny – this suggested resolution to my name change dilemma is not my tribute to the tiny purple man.

I used to watch Mad About You. I don’t remember too many episodes, and I rarely recall quotes. But, in one show, Helen Hunt delivered a line that resonated with me even ‘BC’. Pregnant Jamie Buckman realizes the real implications of pregnancy (that you end up with a baby). And, as the realization sets in, she just repeats the line: “I’m the mommy.” And then with more comprehension… Oh My God… “I’m the Mommy.”

No matter whether we stay home or hire nannies or use day care or combine it all. No matter how awesome our husbands, how supportive our companies, or how much family we have around… Whether we’re rich or poor, famous and fabulous or just ordinary… if our kids are two days old or all grown up… Whoever we are and whatever our choices - we are all feeling the heat. How does this impact them? Is this the best I can do? Are they going to be okay?

Because at the end of the day - once you’re the Mommy – well, there’s no going back.

(Ok, fine – it’s all Prince.)

Posted in Biography of a Blog |

Jennifer Weiner and Adam Bonin

I love celebrity gossip as much as the next girl, but before now I’ve never bordered on stalking. I didn’t get my panties in a bunch when Britney went into the gas station bathroom in her bare feet (gross though it clearly was). I’ve never really been all that concerned about Ben Affleck’s romantic life, and I like Vince Vaughn – but he can marry whomever. None of my business really.

So, I’m finding my new obsession with the life and times of Jennifer Weiner and Adam Bonin a bit shocking. If you don’t know them - - if you’re reading this blog and you’re not reading either of theirs (I hear you laughing…but, hey a girl can dream) then let me enlighten you.

SHE is the best-selling author of the funniest books to hit chick-lit-is-not-a-genre, one of which was made into a Major Motion Picture starring Cameron Diaz. She recently started a MySpace page where her MySpace friends appeared to double in 24 hours. (63 last night to more than 125 last I checked.)

HE is apparently a pretty decent lawyer with some experience in Internet law, but he still manages to spend what appears to be a considerable amount of time blogging snarkily about pop culture news with the likes of people such as Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes.