Snootyvixen

… get away. Get a good job with more pay and you’re OK. Those are the words, but that’s not the subject of this post – though it could be very soon. (shhh, it’s a secret … for now!) I’ve been both lauded and criticized for my method of doling out allowances to my two [...]

Not much to say this morning. I forgot to charge my phone. I have no power … and a meeting in an hour. I wish the car charger had a “super charge” setting! It’s really a shame how much we rely on power to juice up this technology we depend on day after day. If [...]

We’re not really a jam eating family, but with my latest foray into preserving, I watch the store circulars like a hawk, waiting for great sales on produce.Yes, I know I’m at the wrong end of the season, but when the mood strikes … So, when Aldi advertised pineapple at .99c a pound, I knew [...]

It’s probably been documented enough here that November 1 marks my 1 year anniversary of being unemployed. I was crazy for thinking that I’d be back in the workforce, by now, I guess. The epitome of crazy happened last night, when a tweet popped up on my screen. I use the Rockmelt browser, which essentially [...]

 I think that sometimes I drive my kids insane. I make up songs … I wake them up with songs, I send them to sleep with songs, and all Ciel ever says is “STOP MOM!” I try to explain that I was in choir back in school, and I can get through every song on [...]

“Did you notice, Mom? Did you notice I’m wearing all pink?” To be honest, I hadn’t, and responded with a surprised tone, I guess. “No, I hadn’t noticed! It looks nice though” – and smiled the approving mommy smile. She was so happy to tell me that one friend had texted another, who passed the [...]

Yesterday was John Lennon’s birthday, and had he been alive to celebrate it, it would have been his 71st. Somehow I got a hippy for a child, and this hippychild is a huge Beatles fan … John being her favorite. We didn’t celebrate – although she would have loved to. I was sick, the girls [...]

It really hit me all at once in the past week or so. I started using essential oils on an emotional level, and boy, that Cypress really has opened the floodgates! I’m not good at wearing my heart on my sleeve. Sure, I’ll tell you everything about me, everything you didn’t ever want to know even, [...]

You may, or may not know, that I’m a purveyor of the finest essential oils known to man! So when I started feeling a tickle in my throat, I went straight for the Oregano. Ouch. That stuff is hot! Here’s the protocol – you gargle with two tablespoons of water, into which you have put [...]