September 22, 2014November 5, 2018
A lot of times we narrowly define taking care of ourselves by eating well and exercising. While that’s good for your physical body, we are more than just skin and...
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September 11, 2014November 5, 2018
The worst job I ever had was a temp job I did at Saks 5th Avenue in Beverly Hills. It paid $5.75 per hour, or something. My job was to...
September 10, 2014November 5, 2018
Today’s task from the I’m Too Busy to Take Care of Myself Challenge: Day #6 – Meditate Meditate, or as I like to call it, Zzzzzzzzzz, is supposed to make...
September 7, 2014November 5, 2018
This month is the I’m Too Busy to Take Care of Myself Challenge. There are only 25 days of the challenge, ’cause, let’s face it, we’re all too damn busy...
August 29, 2014November 5, 2018
Prometheus had angered Zeus, king of the gods, by stealing fire for the humans, so Zeus devised a way to punish mankind: he created a woman. And her name was...
August 26, 2014November 5, 2018
This weekend I was invited to attend a fancy ball. Confession: I didn’t want to go. The past 8 weeks I’ve been fighting (and losing) a battle against looking and...
August 20, 2014November 5, 2018
We went to the oncologist on Monday and she said the median life expectancy for someone with my mother’s stage of lung cancer is 12-18 months. I told my mom...
May 13, 2014November 5, 2018
What starts with chiggers and ends with mud? That would be my week thus far. You know how everyone has this idea or concept of what Mother’s Day will be...
February 8, 2014November 5, 2018
When I was in New Orleans last weekend I was introduced to e-cigarettes. One of the girls (and I do mean girl – she was 21) was smoking one and...
January 16, 2014November 5, 2018
They announced the Oscar nominations for the 2014 Academy Awards this morning. Congrats to Austin locals Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey! (If you would like to read about McConaughey’s weight loss...
January 10, 2014November 5, 2018
A day or so ago online media was all atwitter about Jenny McCarthy because a new TIME magazine article said her son was not autistic. This was newsworthy because McCarthy...
November 16, 2013November 5, 2018
I was 25 years old and pursuing my acting career. Three of us were crammed into a one bedroom apartment off Laurel Canyon in North Hollywood, but it was okay...
September 20, 2013November 5, 2018
Do you ever feel like your brain is mush and with each passing year you keep getting dumber? Sometimes I’ll walk into a room full of purpose and then have...
September 6, 2013November 5, 2018
Do you know why I’m happy this Friday? Let me count the ways: Managed to drop off both kids just before the bell rang. Ha ha! In your face tardy...
July 19, 2013November 5, 2018
Everyone is having babies these days. The Royal Baby Watch is in full swing, the mall is full of mama beating the Texas heat by hovering in air conditioned department...
July 15, 2013November 5, 2018
Today is Little Henry’s birthday. His daddy gave him a skateboard and as a side bonus, gave me a heart attack. The worry center in my mom brain took over...
