Serendipity chimed in on DQM's: Reasonable Resolutions

By now you might have realized I adore the lady we call the Drama Queen's Momma (DQM). She's funny, smart & loves bringing together a community of writers. Because it takes a village, right?


So... Here is an amazing collaboration of blogger's, brought together by the fantastic DQM.


Check out all the priceless & practical New Year's resolutions! (Mine is close to the top!). 

A Day in the Life of a Drama Queen's Momma: Reasonable Resolutions: A new year. A chance for new beginnings. Ah, who am I kidding? Every year we make a list of resolutions that does nothing but gather dust....



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Deck The Elves!!

Donny & Corky the Reindeer

Deck the Halls with fecking elves

Who has all this time? Pinterest the Elf.

I'm so sick of these impish stares -
How many days of "glee", Elf on the Shelf?

Why did we buy into this gnome?
Just get the feck out! Elf on the Shelf!

If only they just moved themselves
Then I could forget Elf on the Shelf

Wait - it's only real when all alone?

We Whovians call those "Weeping Angels"!

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Tales From Toddlerville: The Fecking Elf Came Back

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DQM's Tips for Surviving the Holidays & Serendipity's included

So I was invited by the DQM to join a gaggle of my favorite ladies & dole out our advice on making it through the season of maddening merriment!

The resulting tips are as amusing as they are helpful. Seriously - check it out & let us both know what you think!

A Day in the Life of a Drama Queen's Momma: Tips for Surviving the Holidays: Ah. The Holidays. Between the tree, the lights, the excessive family gatherings, the kids being home for two weeks straight, and the thought...

How "River" Brought Me a Sister

A few days ago I posted Robert Downey Jr.’s version of River as my #SundaySong on my Facebook page. While the song is very important to me, I focused more on how his version is gut-wrenchingly beautiful, & the video I picked is fantastic eye-candy. 

I want to expand on the significance River holds for me, but first, a bit of background. 


If you know me at all, you know I have serious love of RDJ. Most of which can be traced to his joining the cast of of Ally McBeal. If you never watched the show, know it had it’s highs an lows, but his character's love story with Ally is the one she was meant to have. His performance is fantastic, but on top of that, he sang. And he sang River on the show, and later it was on the Very Ally Christmas album. Anyway Robert Downey Jr has a voice I adore, so this is by far my favorite version of the song. 

But that’s not really why it’s important to me. 

Long ago & far away I was a photography student in small college in West Virginia. For lots of reasons I was a bit older than most of my peers, yet tended to have a bit less confidence. 

One day I was working in the dark room & noticed a page of notebook paper posted on the bulletin board. On it was written few lines from the song River, by Joni Mitchell. Now, I will admit I only really knew the song because the Indigo Girls covered it. Never the less, I knew the next lines & wrote them underneath what was posted. 

As it turns out, it was SisterCat who had written the lyrics out & she was curious who'd replied. Although we'd known each other before, and frankly I don’t think either of us gave a hoot either way about the other. So our real friendship can be traced to those lyrics tacked up in the darkroom - a totally random urge by her, and by me in replying. 


It is hard to imagine what my life would be, were it not for the wonderful woman that is SisterCat. For one thing, she's hella fun & we've had amazing adventures & equally amazing chats in her kitchen. But she has saved me in ways large & small more times than I can even recount, and certainly more than she even knows. Moreover, she's stood by me, held my hand, rubbed my feet, and given me an alternate perspective, even a good talking to.  All without ever judging me or loving me any less. 


And whenever I have need to skate away, my river leads right to her door.


On Friday I will pack a small bag and make the 6 hour trek down to her house on what has become my annual holiday retreat. At some point in my drive this song will play & I’ll again ponder what I ever did to bring such a friend into my life? I wrote a few bits of a song on a sheet of paper. 

Serendipity indeed.