Weekly Run Down

My most popular post this week was actually TWO posts. That almost never happens, but it's cool that it did. (Did y'all plan that?)

First up was my post of actual quotes overheard in a fine art museum. Okay, fine. I told you the nonsense that my family uttered as we walked the galleries at Crystal Bridges.

The second most popular post was the tale of my little environmentalist, however misguided she may be.

I dealt my Five for Friday celebrities I wish would come to my family reunion.

In the Examiner Enterprise this week, I talked about the ways to make your family reunion memorable. You can enjoy your family reunion whether you like it or not.

Have you joined my Goodreads Bookclub? First up is Lost is Suburbia. Join us for lots of fun!

I also had a fabulous chat with the good people of Ozarks At Large in Fayetteville. Check out how sophisticated I sound. I wasn't even medicated, y'all!

Next week, I'll be heading to southern Oklahoma and Texas to pimp my book, yo. Hope to see you down there!

Weekend Update

It's been a busy week for Momma.

This week, my daughter's birthday party from the rejects of Pintrest was the most read post on Minivan-Momma.com.

Over at Chick-Wit, I pledged some crazy things for a million likes.   And I chatted it up with my chicks about The Unfinished Life of Elizabeth D.

In my hometown newspaper, The Examiner Enterprise, I posted about lying to your kids. It's not all bad.

And finally, as co-producer of the Listen To Your Mother--Oklahoma City show, I was pleased as punch to call for submissions. I hope YOU'LL submit to or for us. ;)

Weekend Update

Where have I been this week?? Well ...

I met with my fellow OKC Mothers, Misti and Julie and we plotted and planned our Listen To Your Mother show. I waxed poetic about it HERE.

I made some not-at-all-snooty sangria over at FunnyNotSlutty.com. Check that out HERE.

Over at the hen house that is Chick-Wit.com, I make a bunch of predictions for the new year. I believe I gave the Long Island Medium a run for her money. Read my forecast HERE.

My column hit the presses at my local newspaper. In this column, I chat it up about the college football bowl games. Find out if I ever see the end HERE.

And finally, I held hands with my girls Stephanie and Mari and we jumped feet first into this new adventure called Oklahoma Women Bloggers. Y'all? It's pretty cool.

The Season of GivingAWAY: From the Henhouse

I know cool chicks. I can't think of one of my chick friends who doesn't ooze coolness from her very being on a daily basis. And because I know cool chicks, I get to do cool things. Today, the cool thing I'm doing is pimping my fellow sister chicks from Chick-Wit.com. Normally, I'd tell ya that pimpin' ain't easy, but with these chicks, pimpin's a breeze.

Weekly Run Down

What a great week for Minivan Momma! I blogged every day for the Arkansas Women Bloggers Blogtober Fest Challenge - if you missed any post this week, you should certainly go back and read them! Fun stuff!

Last week, I was a guest on Book End Babes where I reviewed Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire.

On Chick-Wit, I interviewed my chick Mari Farthing about her fiction debut. Have your registered for your signed copy of her anthology? You'll want to do that TODAY!

Weekly Run Down

Be sure to check me out as I boot scoot all over the interwebs.

And speaking of boots - you've registered to win a $150 gift certificate to Country Outfitter, right? No? Go do it now!!

I prepare for the zombie take over as predicted by the Mayans at Funny Not Slutty.

Psychic? Me, too. At Chick Wit, with my girls Dani & Mari, we dish on the Long Island Medium.

One million moms don't control me. I control my own self over at Chick Wit. Y'all know it's hard for me to control my own self, right?

Finally, you can find me at Amazon and Barnes and Noble pimping my book, yo. You've read it, right? Have you left a review? Read, review, rejoice: these are my commands.

Where in the WWW???

This week, Dani, Mari & I talk about XTina's Photoshop. Beauty or bomb? Let's hear from you...

I publically plea to be Jen's matron of Honor.

And Mari kinda, sorta defends Barbie. Yep, you heard that right.

Where in the WWW?

Catch me on the WWWs:

I kick neighborhood lemonade stand butt on Funny Not Slutty this week.  Let them eat pie, I say!

This week on Chick Wit, Mari, Dani and I kick John Mayer to the curb - do you agree that's where his stinky self belongs?

Mari asks, in a straightforward, totally tubular kind of way, that the current generation find their own way, or at least leave her beloved era alone.

Dani Stone takes suggestions on a "story" now that The Closer is closing up.  Be sure to give your suggestions!

Chick Wit

Dani and I cuss and discuss the whole Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson relationship and sound off on Twilight as well. Trampire? What are your thoughts?  

I had fun talking about the one-night-stander of the Olympics, Ryan Lochte. He's so real and honest and I just loved looking at him talking about him.

Mari shares a special love story with us - VEGAS STYLE, BABY!

Check out all the Chick-Wit this week.

This week's Chick-Wit

Mari and I dish about what makes a man hot on Chick Wit this week.  Read the tags on this post and tell us it's not all about hotness.  What defines sexy for you?

Softball is apprently not Olympic-worthy anymore. I discuss what is worthy of the Olympic's world stage.  What about you? What's your favorite Olympic event?

Stop by and say "Heeeyy!" to our guest chick, Dani. She fills in for an annivesary celebrating Mari. Dani dishes on talk show fluff.  Stop by and make her feel welcome.

Wanna be a guest chick? All you need to know is right here -- we look forward to hearing from you!

Chick Wit: Fifty Shades of are you serious?

I didn’t find Fifty Shades of Grey all that kinky. Say that at your next family reunion and you’ll pretty much silence a room of 40 people. I know. I did it. I silenced my entire family last month when I said, in casual conversation, that the content of Fifty Shades wasn’t as twisted as I’d imagined. (What? Don’t y’all talk about sex books at your family reunion?)

Seriously, I'm clearly hanging out at the wrong family's reunions.

The truth is that there was so much hype leading up to my reading these books that the actual “kinky f^@$ery”, as Christian and Ana call it, was just kind of blah to me. Honestly, I was more taken aback by the fact that she could walk on any given day since the story had the happy-yet-emo couple bumping uglies no less than four times. I also wondered why in the world EL James (author) could write such intimate details about their trysts in the elevator, (and the living room and the closet and her office) but never mentioned that they “cleaned up.” Not even a roll of tell-tale toilet paper was placed by their bed. Or in the elevator. Or on the boat. Or in the car. Good grief, I hope they cleaned up!

To keep reading and to chat with us about Fifty Shades, click HERE.

Chick Wit: Of Reality TV

My chick, Mari & I have a new project:  Chick-Wit.com!  Each week we'll dish about something fun, and we invite you to dish right along with us.  Mari is fluent in Aqua and I speak in Lime -- who knew?

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Way back in the olden days (1992), back when MTV played music videos, they tried out a new idea.

This is the true story... of seven strangers... picked to live in a house...work together and have their lives taped... to find out what happens... when people stop being polite... and start getting real...The Real World.

Six episodes. Seven young people of different backgrounds, coming together to see where they mesh and where they … well, whatever the opposite of mesh is. I missed the show, but my good friend videotaped it (shut up) so I could watch it & it was fascinating. I was hooked. On to season 2 (with Dom the Scottish, lovable alcoholic) and then season 3 (Puck! Pedro!) and 4 (they’re in London! So cool!) and 5 (what were they doing in the shower?) and then we moved out of the country and we lost track of the show.

You were lucky to have moved. I fell in love with Jon, the cowboy from the LA season. His sole purpose was to experience more life than his small, cowboy town had to offer and I adored him for it. After he left, it just wasn't as appealing. (What? I was young, single, I'd have hit that...)

Click HERE to keep reading!