Mid-CenturyModernMomstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15990222011-05-18T01:08:00-04:00We're tired, we're gray-haired, we've seen it all, and we still are fricking funny!TypePadThe Last of the Mohicanstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330154325fbbab970c2011-05-18T01:08:00-04:002011-05-18T01:08:00-04:00When I started reading this forum, it was a thriving community. I was honored when I was asked to contribute to this place. I look around now, and it seems that my fellow moms have deserted me. I am abandoned, alone. In recent weeks I've also noticed that I have trouble coming up with suitable topics for this forum. My children are college students now, with lives of their own away from home. My blog...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/05/the-last-of-the-mohicans.htmlanother "first"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330154321a92c1970c2011-05-04T07:44:00-04:002011-05-04T07:44:00-04:00I knew the day would come eventually. Jen won't be home for Mother's Day. Too much schoolwork, 3 papers due next week. When she told me she couldn't come home, I told her she needed to take care of those papers and I'd see her the following weekend. I won't be entirely bereft, Becca will be home. And I'll be with my parents and my sisters. But there will be an empty spot at our...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/05/another-first.htmlof boys and beertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e8833014e608bbfe4970c2011-04-20T10:53:00-04:002011-04-20T10:53:00-04:00So when Jen was home for spring break, she heard me say I was headed out to the dry cleaners, so she handed me a camisole -- a pretty thing with spaghetti straps and sequins, that she wears to parties and clubbing and such. It positively reeked of beer. When she broke up with her boyfriend, B. several months ago, all she told me was that "He wasn't treating me the way I want to...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/04/of-boys-and-beer.htmlroommate karmatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e8833014e6074a846970c2011-04-13T08:09:00-04:002011-04-13T08:09:00-04:00Some of the most important lessons you learn in college aren't things that take place in the classroom. Professors teach academics, but college teaches a whole range of life skills. The dorms at Becca's college are set up as apartments -- 2-3 bedrooms, living room, full kitchen, bathroom(s). Becca was assigned to a three bedroom apartment, which she was expected to share with 7 other girls. One of the girls moved out just a few...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/04/roommate-karma.htmlGreece is the wordtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330147e3c45e61970b2011-04-06T08:14:00-04:002011-04-06T08:14:00-04:00Not to mention, Italy. A ten-day trip to the Mediterranean to study Greek and Roman mythology. Not to mention, good food, good wine and great beaches. Wish I were going, but alas...it's Jen's summer vacation study program. Really, she gets 6 credits towards her degree. (Not just for the trip, for the two weeks of online classes and the research paper/project due after the trip.) Well, she is an English major, after all, she NEEDS...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/04/greece-is-the-word.htmlHooray for Harry Pottertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e8833014e6006169c970c2011-03-23T09:03:00-04:002011-03-23T09:03:00-04:00Funny what brings a mom and daughter together, isn't it? Jen received the first Harry Potter novel when she was 11 years old, the same age as Harry was in that first novel. Jen read it. Becca read it. I read it. Not only were my children hooked, so was I. I have always loved fantasy -- I read the Lord of the Ring Trilogy in high school, I love the Pern books, and anything...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/03/hooray-for-harry-potter.htmlspring breaktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e8833014e5fbc846b970c2011-03-09T01:31:00-05:002011-03-09T01:31:00-05:00Becca will be home for spring break on Friday. She plans to pick up a few shifts at the clothing store in the mall. Of course, this means she has to buy some new outfits to wear to work...She's due back at school on the 21st. Jen's spring break doesn't begin until the 18th. So they will be home together for the weekend of the 18th-21st, but each of them will essentially be home for...songbirdhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2011/03/spring-break.html