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A real phone conversation yesterday: Me: “I saw our little rabbit friend, BunBun, in front of the house this morning.” Sweetums: “I know. I saw it…wait. Did you just call it BunBun?” Me: “Well, yeah, that’s its name.” Sweetums: “We’ve talked about this. You don’t name wild animals.” Me, reasonably: “But it’s not wild anymore.… Continue reading A rabbit’s tale: How Sweetums and I see wildlife differently

After writing about the potential hazards of panties this morning (click here to read), I decided to revisit a chapter from my 2010 book "Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a Slightly Off Southern Mom." Because women need to understand the dangers. On Monday, a Los Angeles woman filed a lawsuit claiming she has suffered a… Continue reading A girls’ guide to safe thong-wearing

Shazam, y’all. I read a post from Scary Mommy’s blog today about some new panties featuring animal faces with “3D” ears. She thought it was important to let women know such a thing exists, writing “You pick your favorite animal, and its face goes directly over your lady garden, and also your buttocks where the… Continue reading Before you order animal-face undies: a PSA

I was determined not to do any work on Mother’s Day weekend so I spent Saturday sitting on the sofa with Baby Girl, who was home from Auburn. We laid around in our cozy sweats with pillows and blankies and watched AMC’s “Don’t Mess with Mother Nature” weekend, which was a series of disaster flicks.… Continue reading The ’70s disaster-film era: Who remembers movies with Sensurround?