Do You Ever Wonder Why?

Sing, Sing A Song I was sitting in the car with the window open and singing , loudly might I add, and noticed the hot man in the Mercedes next to me was staring at, so immediately I thought " Wow he thinks I'm cute, I smiled and continued to sing when I realized his window was open and he was not staring at me because of my looks, although I think I look pretty good, he was staring at me while I was singing because I was singing so bad. Now I used to be a pretty good singer in the day but lack of practice and ear issues and oh never mind my voice has changed so singing has become one of the skills I no longer have. After he drove off with a smirk I made two decisions 1) I would keep my vocals confined to the privacy of my shower where only my dogs and I could hear for the time being. AND!! 2) I would get my old voice back by taking voice lessons so if I ever did sing in my car again people would stare at me because they thought I was Beyonce, well minus the good ...

I'm just going to start by saying " What were you thinking?" I am looking at something that is totally creeping me out. I wonder if you looked in the mirror and thought " wow I look great today" Now before you go and judge me... Don't! I am not trying to be mean, in fact I want to pull you aside, away from the smirking passersby and say SNAP OUT OF IT! The 80's are over and since that hair and makeup didn't work then, it surely won't work now.  So I made my approach like a lion in the   Serengeti. I slowly walked over thinking carefully about what I was going to say so as to not insult you too much. I feel it's my calling to help you, I mean after all we are sisters in a way, well okay we have the same mom so we really are sisters, but if I come straight out and give you my opinion you will take it oh so personally. So here goes my beauty and fashion rules that every sister whether by blood or not should follow. Think of makeup as an acc...

I am done with the simple life, I tried an experiment, I decided that I no longer needed to have satellite TV, I would be just fine with an antenna.. By giving it up I figured I would spend more time outdoors with my kids and save money,, boy was I wrong.. First of all when you make a decision to go back in time make sure everyone is on board.. I cancelled my services and made all these plans,, we would go to the park after school, have family game night and still be able to watch local channels. Apparently this idea did not go over well with the rest of my family, in fact I think they were confused,, my daughter continued to ask where channels 200 and up where. This is a common question that kids these days ask when they are used to having over 600 channels to choose from. So I am going back to satellite, but where do I look to find the best company to use, I went to cable TV advisor , of course,   I mean if I am going to bring my home out of the dark ages I want to get the ...

So I have a "Teenager" well she's 13, but she thinks she is now an adult because she is now a number that ends with the word teen. Now I don't know how many of you realize this but I think when a girl turns 13 they are taken over by evil pod people whose job it is to drive us crazy until we are put in white jackets that get tied around our waist, first of all it's a fashion don't, but let me get back to the issue at hand. This child who used to be so sweet and want to do everything with you has now become a nightmare to live with, oops did that sound mean, sorry to those of you that have the perfect child who is not there yet, but just wait it will happen, oh and while I am on the subject of the perfect child, I don't believe you for a moment when you say your child does everything they are supposed to unless.......they are Stepford children. Back to my rant so my 13 year old has informed me that she doesn't think she should be grounded, EVER, really m...

So with the holidays coming up I am going to give you my last minute shopping tips, yes I know it is 9 days before Christmas but I am a great shopper when I am under pressure. Do not under any circumstance think that a gift card is an acceptable gift, I don't care what they say on the T.V. commercial you saw, the only thing a gift card says is, "I waited till the last minute to get you a gift.' There are many gifts you can put together last minute, for example, for the movie lover get a metal bucket or one of the plastic Popcorn buckets and fill it with microwave popcorn, boxes of candy and a couple of DVD'S. Bam you have a great gift.  Is there a male in your life that tells you "I'll like anything you get me" and then you are more bewildered than before, how about a man basket, filled with chips, salsa, beer, nuts, tickets to a sporting event, coffee travel mug, you get the idea.. Do you have a teenage Fashionista in your life that is picky? How abo...

So I am now full swing into the world of acting and everything that goes along with it, and no it is not me that is acting it is my kids,   jeez what we won't do for our kids, for example the other day I was sitting on a set while my 8 year old was acting and the ultimate stage mom came walking over, you know the one, she looks like she just came from Sephora after trying on every bit of makeup they sell, she had so much perfume on, my eyes watered and her heels were so high I thought I was gonna see a weeble that wobbled but did fall down, well I say weeble cause she was as round as one, now before you think I am mean, I really am not, but it was a funny site so what else could I think, anyway I am sitting there thinking c'mon you are there for your kid do you really think a producer is going to look at you and say that's it Mr Scorses I found our next Angelina Jolie,   NOT!! Back to my point, I see her coming straight at me and I start to cringe, yikes what should I do? ...

So it's that time of the year again..... FLU Shots. My day started innocently enough, spa, mani -pedi, a quiet lunch with my friends and a great day at the mall, oh who am I kidding that was someone else's life, my day began, with temperatures so hot I thought I was in a sauna, a broken nail, a pop-tart for lunch and doing laundry, that was followed by being a school teacher watching my kids doing school, driving from one end of LA to another for auditions and listening to the Drama of the day and I don't mean from the kids . Back to my day, so after my busy morning my  13 year old Alyssa asked me to get her something to clear up her skin, I gave her my advice and she said thanks mom but can we go to the Doctor to get real medical advice on how to get rid of "the sandpaper on my skin", her words, not mine, "I swear" I took her to the drug store Clinic to get her issue resolved, and then the Doctor says the words every kid dreads, "it's ti...

So I moved out to California last year, well maybe moved is not the right word, You see I am a bit of a nomad these day, which by the way, why are these people called nomads anyway?  Doesn't world traveler sound so much better? Since they just go from City to City,, oops off track, anyway, I am in between homes. Since both of my kids decided they want to be actors we spend half the year in California half in Florida and when they drive me crazy I live in a "New York State of mind," Cause the only place I want to be is back in New York As the song goes " Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue"  but I try to make the best of it by taking lots of Pictures with my   Canon s 95   camera, which I always keep handy especially in California since there are many things that can only be explained with a photo, such as the photo above, how would I ever paint a picture of this unusual sight of my daughter Madison and a man named Madison who loved Hello Kitty, Gold Lam...

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Hi everyone I am giving you some advice I wish I had learned a long time ago. Don't let a friend take advantage of you, sounds pretty simple Right? Well I am here to tell you it is not as easy as you think. Scenario 1: Enter left stage your friend (or the Psycho as you will soon find out.) Me: Hi friend what's new? Friend: Nothing can I borrow 300 bucks? Me: (Pondering this question) Ummm well I am sorta broke, why do you need 300 bucks?  Friend: I am too (but my needs are more important so I will make you feel like sh*t until you say yes) I spent all my money on ….fill in the blank and now I can't afford my electric, water, food (you name it)  Me: (with the big S for sucker on my forehead) well I guess I can lend it to you but when can you pay me back? I mean if you need the money won’t you be short again when you pay me?   (now in my head I should have known the answer to that one But…) Friend: I promise I will be able to pay you in the next two weeks. Me: Ok here...

Well, I didn't really mean to start watching the show the 9 Lives of Chloe King. It was just one of those things that started happening and before I could really stop it, I was really into it. So every Tuesday night since then, I've been watching the show after Pretty Little Liars goes off. I guess that I could blame Pretty Little Liars for it. I'm usually not into sci-fi stuff like that, but the character Chloe is so likable! So after I started watching it, I decided to do a little more research on the background of these actors in it. While I was looking that up, I came across the site  Wirelessinternet.net . I showed it to my roommates and we decided to change over our home internet service to it. I accidentally ran across some spoilers for  9 lives of Chloe King , but they included Chloe getting together with the guy who's supposed to watch over her. But that was pretty obvious because she can't kiss normal boys without killing them!

I am so tired of going to the theater to watch a movie, that costs me more money than I make an hour,  paying 40 bucks for snacks, and then ending up in the only seat that has a broken back when there is no other seats available, and to top it off I usually end up next the guy who talks in the movie on one side, the texting girl on the other and the kid behind me who keeps insisting on kicking my seat. So I decided I am now going to wait to see these movies and buy them when they come out on Bluray and with the money I saved buying movies on Blueray  I can now afford to buy a new TV to put in my home theater. Ok I am really not exaggerating I mean have you ever gone to the movies with your kids and husband, first of all the kids each want to bring friends, they all want candy and popcorn and then everyone is sayin “I’m hungry"  when we leave so it's on to a restaurant to feed them all there goes another Hundred bucks. Now to my suggestions of some videos that I love: Cr...

So you know how when you were younger you could eat whatever you wanted and you would always burn off the calories? I always thought hey I can eat whatever, whenever...  ooops my mistake, I looked in the mirror a month ago and said "Yikes" did someone trick me and put a circus mirror in my room. I mean I know I used to spend 3 hours a day in the Gym, but who has time with 2 kids, so of course all the chocolate has to go somewhere. Who was that looking back at me, I felt like I was in a horror movie and I was the star, they could have called the Movie "Shamu wears Prada"  Ok so I am over exaggerating but I was bigger than I have ever been so I started on my quest to lose weight, I hiked the hills, yes I really did, for my friends who will say the only place I would ever hike to is Saks Fifth Ave, or Bloomie’s,  ran around the neighborhood, & rode a bike all while wearing my best and hair and makeup done of course, for those of you who don't know me I don'...

If there were ever a word that would send chills down my spine it would be BINGO, or Closed on the door of Saks Fifth Ave but that’s a whole different story. You see my mom was the Queen of BINGO if there was a bingo hall within a ten mile radius she would find it, and invite me to go with her “yikes” or as Velma would say “Jinkies” however you want to say it was scary for me. I would beg and plead for her to try something more fun like say…shopping but nooooo she had to go to bingo and make me come with her. Now don’t get me wrong I loved to spend time with my mom but at a bingo hall was not the place.   How I wish they had no deposit bingo   back then, I mean I could have set my mom up on the computer and she could have yelled “kill the caller” all she wanted and no one would hear but me and her of course.  There would be plenty of room for her bingo good luck charms and Chotchkie s and no need for 25 or more bingo cards. I think she would have really enjoyed playing, ...

It's a disaster. Everyone is making fun of me ... and my hair looks like it had better days. And why did this happen? Because ... again, I've failed to follow my own rules. I mean really I am a cosmetologist so what was I thinking. So for those of you who want to follow in my footsteps I’m gonna give you some advice: . Have a plan with directions before starting. If you will just adjust a little bit here, and adjust a little bit there ... your haircut will look like it had a fight with a pigeon who thought your hair was a nest. Have a photo with a picture (preferably from multiple angles) with the look you desire. Don't skip this step. Really, even if you know what you want, it's best to have a picture in front of you. Because if you have no idea where you are going you will be lost and that is where the trouble starts. Never try a haircut that doesn't fit your head shape, Unless you want to look like Spongebob or Pinhead. You look at a picture of the new ...

      I am the biggest skeptic, so if you tell me the sky is blue I am going to look up before I say"your right it is", so when a friend told me he was making money online I was like, Bull Sh*T Get Outta Town.      I decided to go online to check it out for myself and I found some sites I want to share with you, no they are not the ones that say "you can make 5,000 dollars a day, because if that was true why aren't those people on some Tropical Island drinking Margarita's and waiting for the Cabana boy to bring them lunch, I'll tell you why, it just isn't that easy, but there are ways to make money online, so I am going to get you started on some sites I have found to be legit, now don't go quitting your job just yet, like I said there is no way you are going to make enough money to stay at home and eat Bon Bons doing this, but it will throw some extra cash in your pocket to buy a new outfit or two, and who knows, maybe if you star...

So I am moving on to the next step in helping your child to achieve their dream of becoming a Star. Some people are just born with the "it" factor some have to learn it, and the rest may never get to that point, but my point is to help you try to get your child close enough that they will have some kind of chance to try to make it in Hollywood.. The first thing that needs to happen is your child has to get some sort of acting experience, and no I don't mean when they are being dramatic to get their way, a good acting class and a part in the school play can be a beginning, because as you know a full resume can pave your way faster than a resume that says Acting experience: singing for Aunt Helga at her dinner table, not that there is anything wrong with that but.... it's probably not gonna impress anyone but her. There are many Performing Art Studios, but if you sign your child up at one, make sure they are goal oriented so they can help your child in a positive wa...

Ladies this is for those of you who have a new friend you are close to, but might not really know. I'm not saying you shouldn't trust your friends, but always follow your instincts. If something feels off, follow your feeling and keep your eyes open, sometimes the people who you think are your friends are really... Frenemies, for those of you who have been hiding under a rock that means they are not really your friend but someone who wants something from you and will act like your friend to get it. So this leads to the old saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but how do you know which are which, well let's rule out anyone you have known since your old teenage party days, because if they were your cohort back then and didn't steal your boyfriends or clothes, then chances are they are a true friend, on the other hand if it is a new friend that seems to quickly integrate their way into your life, wanting to either wear your clothes or taking to much i...

It all started with a moment when my 4 year old said to me "Mom someday I am going to be a famous actor and move to Hollywood" Well let me tell you it was like a scary horror movie, in my head I was yelling "NOOO, talk her out of it, don't go there it's gonna be BAAD" Ok so I am exaggerating a little bit, but I really was a little hesitant, I mean, I am far from a stage mom and I knew nothing about acting, Hmmm except maybe when I was a kid and I acted like I did my homework so I could play with my friends but that was a whole different kind of acting, oops and I am getting off track, sorry. I told my daughter, you are too young let's wait a while, since I figured it was a phase, sorta like Barney the dinosaur. Well it wasn't, she was very persistent, I put her in dance thinking that would keep her busy so she would forget the whole "I wanna go to Hollywood thing" Skip forward to a nine year old, and by that time she started making h...