From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Today officially officially started the 2009 baseball season for us. Sure we have been practicing for weeks, but today was our first game. Did you notice the use of OUR in that last sentence? Yeah I get just a insanely little involved in the game.IMG_2524-1 His home run is MY home run. His double play is MY double play. And his strike out? Yeah that is mine too. This year he was drafted to a team much higher up in the league and with much older boys. Actually he is the youngest boy on the team by SEVERAL years. So the urge I had to run a band-aide out to him when he slid into second base safe, causing quite a raspberry on his arm had to be forgotten. It was clear- that at this level of ball…mom’s just don’t do that stuff. So I stayed out of the dugout, and yelled and screamed and generally got my blood pressure to dangerous levels (although nothing like my freak husband). After the game (they won in extra innings) when we got home I  mentioned half kidding maybe I wouldn’t go to the next game since I got so worked up. And he said, “I like it when you are there mom yelling and embarrassing me. That’s what moms do anyway right?”…..oh man. I love that little slugger.

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Dog Days of Summer

 

The Smarmen brothers never explained how the dog died that summer, but it killed any chance for their pet sitting business to get off the ground.*

(*My apologies for the puns in this post. I know they are cheap, immature comedy. But you know what? I can do whatever I want, you’re not the [...]

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How not to help your diet.

"Now when eating pure whipped sugar just isn’t enough, you can shmear it all over your lips too." 
I found this at Target in the grossly over under priced $1.00 bins. When I got home I had the offspring try it, and I WISH I could tell you that it is horrible. But guess what? [...]

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Oh crap. Call TLC. We need a TV series.

"Honey, how many did that in-vitro doctor say he implanted? "
Yes. I am referring to THIS.
You didn’t really expect me to be over it by now did you?
 
(Learn about my ever-changing birdie dish here)

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The playground that just wouldn’t shut up.

On a local school playground, we found an insane amount of writing. Like subversive lecturing really. These poor kids, even at recess they are getting told about such annoying valuable concepts as cooperation, sportsmanship and teamwork. I mean really, is that like even applicable in today’s Darwinian battle for survival success? (insert comedic laughter here) [...]

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PhotoTalk: The friendship that ended over Jello.

Erma knew that Minnie was bringing a Jello mold to the pot luck, but she brought one too. And her’s had fruit floating in it. Who could compete with floating fruit?
When Minnie asked Erma why she brought the same dish to the party she just smiled and said "Oh honey, they aren’t the same! Mine [...]

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For reals. We are doing it.

Do you know where this is?
Is it some swanky New York hotel lobby? Or Hong Kong? Or Paris? Is it a perfectly decorated movie set all ready to shoot the next intense conversation between spy operatives for Spielberg himself? See those guys standing there casually? Could they actually BE spies, just trying to look [...]

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7 year old Marcy sent me a message today…

While searching thru boxes of old photos I came across a small yellowed piece of paper folded into fours. I opened it and smiled. This is a poem I wrote when I was 7 years old. I don’t remember writing it, but it made me smile for another reason. Sometime after I was ‘an adult’ [...]

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PhotoTalk: She only had one chore

Mary was always mixing up her brother’s stroller for the lawn mower.
Mary was special.

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Where’s the beef?

“The irony of Stephanie’s anorexia
 was that she was getting more modeling work than ever.”
Eating disorders are really nothing to joke about. Since I suffer from “FATorexia.” Never heard of it? Let me explain; When I look in the mirror I SEE a skinny super model, only the reality is so far (and many many pounds) [...]

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AdTalk: Women never forget

 
Basically Charlie was a play-a.
He was always messing with the ladies. When he showed up to Sally Ann’s birthday bash in his killer blue suit he knew the girls would be all over him. Even his good buddy Morgan told him he was looking pretty ’slick’  in his new blue ensemble. So when [...]

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Why I love him #793

Today my husband called me from work to tell me-with much excitement- he had found the last state quarter in the series (Hawaii). Ten years ago, when my first son was still an infant-my husband brought home a cardboard thingy with holes to place all the state quarters. He told me that the government [...]

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Who needs a therapist? I got Google.

The term ‘Google’ has take on universal importance (at least in my house). According to my children you can ‘Google it’ for just about everything. New school report? Google it. How to butterflies fly? Google it. Heck we even named our beloved pet Google. Yeah- we are a ‘googly’ family for sure. So when I [...]

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Does this post make my butt look big?

Well I found the solution to Blogger Butt. (Thanks Jenny for that phrase. It’s a keeper)
And the idea  is genius.
Check it out here.
If only I could make this happen……I would sure to look like the super-model-me image I have in my head in no time.
 
*note to self: never ever, ever, EVER do a Google image [...]

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The 45:40 PacSun moment….

The 45:40 Moment… from Marcy Massura on Vimeo.

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PhotoTalk: Rosalynn makes it perfectly clear.

Rosalynn never intended to marry Paul.
And she knew along that he intended to marry her.
But Rosalynn was actually fond of Paul’s older brother Tony, who had plans of being a photographer.
So when Tony turned around from the front and said said "let me get a photo of the happy couple!", Rosalynn decided this [...]

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Best decision I ever made.

Eleven years ago today, I was married. For today’s post I originally I made an elaborate list of all things I loved about my wedding (my dress, the church, my tulips, and my hunky husband) and a few I didn’t. Like the wedding coordinator from hell and the fact that I had a 103 temperature [...]

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Jack is at it again….

Jack has been teaching himself the art of claymation (or stop action film making). And like all things child-like it is much harder than it seems. But he was able to put together this ‘test reel’ to see if he was on the right track….He has bigger plans for the real movie. Like it might [...]

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Don’t blame me for the smudge on your screen.

Thank you to all my readers who took the time to comment to my plea for advice on my advertiser dilemma.
Please give yourself a high-five right now.
I learned a lot from your comments and e-mails and will be making changes.

1. I plan to eventually phase out all corporate advertisers, and only accept local/mom&pop ads. You [...]

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SkyWatch Friday

While riding the tram from the parking lot to the entrance of Disneyland I could not resist the sign, the palm trees, the sunshine and the blue, blue clear sky.
Disney announced lay-offs amidst restructuring this week. Which makes me sad and worried for my friends at Disney…..so this one is for you.
See more great [...]

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AlbumTalk: Orange ya glad I didn’t say banana?

That frisky Jacklynn, just one thought of scurvy put her in the mood.
The mood for oranges in bed, that is.
And she could hardly wait to eat one- right after she finished her ‘pilates-phone’ workout.

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Hey laptop. Save me a spot in the sauna.

We are a multi-computer home. I have my beloved desktop, my husband has his work laptop set up every night in his office dining room and the boys use my past life as consultant awesome mega 17" screen laptop. Slowly it has become ‘their’ computer handling such important tasks as editing claymation movies doing homework [...]

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Would love your advice….

I have been posting a lot lately.
Like an insane amount actually….and I started thinking about how this happened. First of all you should know that I always have lots and lots of posts in my head. If I could sit here for 14 8 hours a day just writing funny AdTalk or AlbumTalk posts [...]

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Another proud parenting moment.

 
I love jellyfish.
I have no idea why. Or when this all started- but I just love jellyfish. They are freaky and calming and cool. So on this day we were visiting Dana Point and stumbled upon a marine biology education center. This was a real research center with drains in the floor and the whole [...]

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Family Field Trip: Angelo and Vinci’s

There is a restaurant in Downtown Fullerton (Sorry out-of-CA readers,more OC talk) called Angelo’s and Vinci’s. I have been coming to this place since I was a kid, and I still adore it. It is a feast for the eyes. The entire interior is a cornucopia (and I rarely don’t use that word often) [...]

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AlbumTalk: The Faith Tones

Elaina knew she was the pretty one in the group, even though bitchy JoAnne thought she was.
Where to begin. Where to begin. Are those home-made fleece,or worse yet FELT,  pull overs they are wearing? And the hair. Oh my god THE HAIR. No one light a match! Truly the poster children for Aqua Net. And [...]

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Coming at you LIVE. Sorta.

Kinda excited.
Today I take the plunge and risk rejection and failure. Hey, look its my short lived acting career all over again!
I made a little video of MY HEAD to commemorate this day.
Which confirms I am a huge dork. HUGE.
Enjoy.

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I am a bad guest.

Me?
I was asked to guest post over HERE.
And I am pretty sure since I post a photo of my rear-end…it will be the last time I am asked.

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AlbumTalk: Dreamin Wild

Siamese twins Donnie and Joe pursued their dream of psychedelic rock to much success.
The band broke up when one of the bothers wanted a solo career.
It didn’t end well.
*Plenty more AlbumTalk. Search for in on my sidebar. Page coming soon. Right Shauna??

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My little heartbreaker.

This jewel of Valentine’s Day coloring busy work project was found this evening in my 8 year old’s backpack (Oh yeah like you clean it out before the end of the weekend. Jeez.) I am both amused and disturbed. "Goatee-wearing Cupid Angel of Death" is not really what one expects to see come from [...]

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