Running Red Momma

I'm sitting here in my mom's house thinking of the past month and year. I have learned some good stuff this month. Some stuff: I realized my husband loves high heels. I know they make me stick my small butt out and make me taller--sheesh they make my feet hurt. But, he pointed out some crazy shoes that I thought were for runway models. It must be all about the hot lady, heel walk. I thought that shoe thing was a stereo-type, or at least my guy is a stereotype. In addition, I guess our marriage has been based on recurring Little House on the Prairie scenes. Our basement was flooding, I donned rubber boots and began to use a bucket for the window well. As the rain pounded on my head I couldn't lift the window grate to get to the water. After struggling to move it I began shouting in the wet dark. Finally, I stormed in where my husband was calmly setting up a pump system with his drill. "Why must you always resort to turn-of-the-century-prairie techniq...

Reader's Digest recently published a list of words which are passe. For each phrase you use--give yourself a point. 1. bling I was never a fan 2. talk to the hand 3. been there done that 4. cutting edge 5. hipness 6. not As in That is so cool! NOT! 7. totally awesome Been there done that ten years ago and haven't been back 8. like She was like sha and I'm like blah 9. sell-by date I'm not sure about this one. Doesn't everyone check their milk date? 10. neat-o Maybe in the 50s! 11. diss 12 dude I use this word all the time. I use it when I'm frustrated, to sound folksy with people at cash registers and plumber/repair type people and in every day conversation. Could I sound more pretentious? I'm thinking what a dead give away of an older-white lady thinking she is "with-it" 13. with-it ouch 14. my bad uggg 15. girlfriend guilty sometimes 16. don't go there 17. bummer My score so far is 8 out of 17. So, sort of out of it. How...