Mid-CenturyModernMomstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15990222009-11-06T08:51:40-05:00We're tired, we're gray-haired, we've seen it all, and we still are fricking funny!TypePadI'd Walk Away From This Deal or Why I Won't Deal with the Mass. RMVtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a65bd1db970b2009-11-06T08:51:40-05:002009-11-06T08:51:41-05:00------An extra post not really about teenagers, but about other tribulations of a mid-century modern mom. Ora just bought herself a new toy car. It's a 2010 Toyota Prius. Rosie adores it and is looking forward six years to college graduation when she can potentially call this car her own. The car was ordered before ora took off on her Spanish adventure. And then she waited. Last week, Ora was home sick with (the flu??)...Ora bhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/11/id-walk-away-from-this-deal.htmlSights to see on a visit to the daughter's campus apartmenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a6761c3c970c2009-11-05T07:00:00-05:002009-11-05T07:00:00-05:00This is the roommate's bedroom .The tiny rabbit is in there somewhere, hiding. "What if she (rabbit) chews on something and ruins it?" "Roomie won't know it until she moves out. Seriously." Rabbit, it turned out, was sleeping at the foot of the photographer (Husband), slightly to his right. She hides in odd places at times. Daughter found her in her backpack, chewing on the cord to her iPod. "Why is my backpack moving? Oh,...Daisy OKhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/11/sights-to-see-on-a-visit-to-the-daughters-campus-apartment.htmlBlokey Sensibilitiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a6515bb2970b2009-11-04T04:00:00-05:002009-11-04T04:00:00-05:00My Davey's a lovely kid. He's aware of other people's needs, he's caring and considerate. He's funny, observant and switched on - even when he doesn't appear to be. He's also as lazy as I'll allow him to be with household chores. Sometimes that's pretty lazy because time constraints and being too lazy to nag remind him, or think of consequences, I just do the chore and get on with life. (I'm sure you're all...Ali Thttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/11/blokey-sensibilities.htmlFirst Time Votertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a67b1887970c2009-11-03T05:50:00-05:002009-11-03T05:50:00-05:00Abe supposedly registered to vote through the Motor Voter Law when he received his license earlier this year (after his 18th birthday). But this being the state with the most messed up Registry of Motor Vehicles AND living in a city that seems to make up its own rules as they go along.... Let's just say that when Mom went to check that Abe was on the voter rolls, he wasn't. So Mom gets the...Ora bhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/11/first-time-voter.htmlSay cheese!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a648e8ff970b2009-11-02T06:00:00-05:002009-11-02T06:00:00-05:00One of the great pleasures I have had this fall has been as the "official" photographer for the Roo-girl's varsity cheer team. It has given me some street cred with the girls, the cheer moms, the coach and the adviser -- as well as a field pass for the football games. Woot! A total blast, let me tell ya. Except. (You knew there was an "except," didn't you?) Of course, my daughter thinks it's the...the planet of janethttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/11/say-cheese.htmlWhen dinosaurs roamed the earth ...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a623e942970b2009-10-31T06:00:00-04:002009-10-31T06:00:00-04:00I love the team I work with. We are a group of nine women from varying backgrounds with varying responsibilities. The one thing that doesn't vary is our ages. Except mine. They're young. I'm old. At least relatively speaking. Most, if not all, of them are about the age of my oldest children, if not younger. Yes, I could be their mothers. We do find this amusing on occasion. I am referred to as the...the planet of janethttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/10/i-love-the-team-i-work-withwe-are-a-group-of-nine-women-from-varying-backgrounds-with-varying-responsibilitiesthe-one-thing.htmlOn Lack of Creativitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ef4eb1e88330120a63d4837970b2009-10-30T09:25:13-04:002009-10-30T09:25:13-04:00We don't get too excited around here about Hallowe'en anymore. The street where we live is very dark due to lack of streetlights and not many kids venture out this way. My kids have been far too old for trick or treating for many years now anyway. Is it not the most annoying thing in the world when teenagers who look like they need a shave and are the size of linebackers show up at...Lynnhttp://mid-centurymodernmoms.typepad.com/midcenturymodernmoms/2009/10/on-lack-of-creativity.html