My son turned 12 in June. I hate the tweens. Telephone, internet, football games and girlfriends everyother week. Will it ever end?

Ok - so this sports mama has been known to take photos in baseball AND football AND soccer of other kids... thinking they were Coffeekid.

But then again - the parents were really happy when I handed them a couple shots of their kid playing, since you know, no other parents ever seem to have their cameras there.

My son has been playing football for 3 years now, and even though I concentrate really hard on his jersey, it always gets blurred in a jumble of others. So, now my husband just tells me what happened and what I should say, like "Wow, nice tackle at the 5 and goal at the end of the 3rd quarter."

I couldn't tell which player was my daughter in her field hockey game this week and they WERE wearing numbers! They just happened to be huddled in a pack at the far end of the field from where I was sitting.

And I was just wondering if I should treat myself to a Quarter Pounder and a Diet Coke from McDs for lunch. You've talked me into it!

You know, of course, that McDonald's has a Special Secret Formula for their Coke products. Yes, really! (I have a girlfriend who did marketing for them for years.) So yes, the Diet Coke there DOES taste better. Or at least different.

AND (look at me, with all the information today!) there's a little doohicky that you can buy to hold the straps of your bra together in the back, for EXACTLY the fashion situation you are describing here. It costs about $2.00 and works on any bra.

Mywork here is done.

psst.... one small neon colored sticker applied to the top of a helmet makes identification much easier. The key is to keep it to yourself otherwise the team goes back to looking all the same.

More and more it seems we are living parallel lives. I've just now gotten my acne under control with Purpose soap (4.00 at Walmart...I recommend it) and some Clindamycin gel and some benzoyl peroxide pads.
My son is going on his first outing with the church youth this weekend to St Louis/Six Flags. I made my husband go (he's a SS teacher 8th grade boys) so I'm not that concerned with his SAFETY just OH MY how did this happen??
And we have our first LOVE TRIANGLE!!!
AAAAAAGGGGHHHH

Or you could tie a helium balloon to his helmet. lol

Re the bra strap, I don't mind it too much unless the straps are on some old grungy gross bra, used to be white but now is kinda gray and frayed. YUCK!

Who the F@#$ does not like Phil of the Future?! I love the Diffy's Even Pim's need for world domination? And Keelie? She is cute as a button! Those crazy freaks must be stopped!

Re: the McDonald's diet coke....I too must have diet coke & lots of it! Do you have a Sonic where you live? Girl, there is nothing better! A Route 44 (that is their mega-size) diet coke with fresh squeezed lime!!! They have those perfect, tiny cubes of ice like hospitals have. Add a (big) splash of Malibu coconut rum....FAB-U-LOUS!!! Try it & let me know what you think.

thank god it's not just me with the zit thing...

I noticed when I used proactiv, my skin actually got worse. You should try the new Aveda skin care products called outer peace, that has done wonders for my skin and it's all natural.
Listen to me sounding like an infomercial. Ick.

I continue to get more acne now than I ever did in my teens or twenties,, ruining my 'used to be china doll skin'.. WTF is that about?
I can relate

All bras are meant to be seen, and they construct thin fabrics to ensure it. Next question?

i was flipping through a free local entertainment newspaper + saw an ad for a restaurant with your header image on it.

It is the feet. I know, it doesn't sound like it will help, but when all the team in on the field in football uniforms, watch their feet. It sounds silly, but next time you are at the field, just watch the feet. Well, not exclusively, but to id them. Sue

Zits? Really? So life is just one long un-ending puberty? Man, I now have nothing to look forward to :(

oh busymom,. the mcdonald's diet cokes are ok now that the large ones are in styrofoam cups so it doesn't sweat all over your head, but the diet coke of choice is from sonic!!!

too much syrup so it practically burns as it goes down, and the ice!!! the ice!!!!!

I agree with the McDonald's diet coke taste, it stays with me all afternoon; I switched to orange juice.

Girl....Sonic Diet Coke is better. They use more syrup and their cups don't sweat. Do y'all have Sonic there? And they have the Route 44 HUGE cup that fits in the cup holder! Yum.

Yeah, yeah, everyone is trying to be all supportive of YOU and YOUR zits and YOUR love of Diet Coke, but I think the real issue here is Phil

They are trying to cancel PHIL/. Oh No They Don't! I won't stand for it. I mean, if I have to have that theme song in my head, there better be a show to go with it!

I have always said it was unfair to have zits and wrinkles. One or the other,but not both! I can never find my daughter on her ballet/dance recital tapes. I know where she is when I'm actually there, but not when I watch them a couple of years later.

joel and i have birthdays next month, too! (not that it matters, not that you care, but still...)

as for the zits? oy. don't get me started. it's mother nature's little joke on those of us with aging hormones (since mine are older than yours, i know what the hell i'm talking about). as for the red spot in your eye? two weeks ago i wound up with a big red splotch in my eye, a burst capillary, i guess. take arnica montana, it will help dissipate the blood in your eye in no time (this is great for bruising and trauma. in fact, i've taken it before and after surgeries in order to enhance recovery. it works!)

diet coke at McDonalds, eh? hmmm. cheaper than Starbucks...and many fewer calories than those Triple-grande-soy-no-whip-mochas i'm addicted to... perhaps a switch is in order? xox

Oh yeah. That whole zits thing. I'm all over that one right now, too. Worse than ever. Damn it all. Sucks. Oy. Thank goodness when my daughter was on the football field in uniform there were only four people total playing the melaphone and she had a solo every year AND she was the shortest one playing it plus she had a very specific march that I could definitely find on that field.

It was easy to follow her with the video camera. ;)

Smooches!

Yesterday, my brother-in-law looked at me and said "Are you having some kind of allergic reaction? Your face is all red and splotchy." No, not an allergic reaction, just ZITS!!! EVERYWHERE!! They are killing me! AARGH!

Ok. Sorry. Better now.

Sorry that you are also living with the zits of doom.

Do the players have to wear the same kind of socks? If not, that's the key to recognition on the field - try socks of a different color.

I was part of Mission Kim Possible, AM part of Save Lilo & Stitch. Both of those series ended with the stupid Disney 3 year/65 episode rule.

Something else is obviously going on with Phil of the Future considering they ended the series early. This is going to be a tough one to save. But I certainly will get on board. How long until those idiots at Disney understand that the "Eisner Rule" is just plain dumb?

I have wondered about the bra strap thing as well. But gave up when I started trying to figure out things like, the only women that can wear a small top with spaghetti straps and a "built-in" shelf bra are women that are small enough that they will probably wear a wonder bra, type of bra under it. And from what my wife tells me, that "shelf bra" doesn't help anyone else. Thus they NEED to wear the bra under it. So I just stopped trying to figure it out.

I wish McDonald's sold Coke Zero. But so far I seem to be alone there.

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