One Hundred Things My Mother Taught Me A Million Times – Chapter 32

#32 – “During the summer you should always pack your woolens with mothballs and store them in a cedar chest.”

(My kids, Colt, Cuatro and Jolene with Mom)

Mom’s #32 of the one hundred things she taught me a million times presents a bit of a mystery because although I have a cedar chest and woolens, never the twain do meet. Why? Because I just don’t see moths as a threat. 

This begs the question, “Where have all the moths gone?” Is this one of those ecological disasters that we just haven’t heard about yet? I remember there being lots of moths in my childhood, but I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw one. Were they a West Texas thing where I grew up? Do I simply not see them now, their existence blurred by the priorities of my complicated life – deadlines, bills, allergies? Are they out there? Are they hiding in my spare closet, covertly munching holes in the beautiful wool suit that I once wore to a tea at the White House? Click on Read More Below..

Rolling With The Homies

(Hell Marys Teammates Roughing Up Rachel)

When Rachel Muir snatched up my offer for a VIP ticket to last nights Texas Rollergirls, I was surprised, but not. I knew Rachel was quick, but I didn’t know how fun she was. I do now! We had a blast.

I must admit that I went into this whole Rollergirl thing with some trepidation. What if it was like wrestling, all show no dough? What if it was seedy? What if there weren’t any other women my age there? Questions answered: 1. It’s a whole lot more about competition than sex, 2. It wasn’t seedy, it was good clean fun, and 3. There were lots of soccer mom’s there! Women of all ages, lots of them, dressed in everything from JC Penny’s to Prada.

The beer was cold, the Rollergirls were fun and Rachel was a killer date!

Neanderthals, Potty Training, Global Warming – The Soap Opera, Science Bars and Galileo

Since I took yesterday morning off to read my most recent Discover Magazine, you’ll have to suffer my ramblings about science – which I will try very hard not to make too boring.

Neanderthals - Scientists have decided that Neanderthals may have received a bum rap as the Homer Simpson’s of Homo sapiens. They base this on the fact that Neanderthal jewelry and abodes with functional spaces have been recently discovered, indicating intelligence capable of symbolic art, abstract thinking and organization. Well hello! There were women Neanderthals!

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