Does Your Mom Buy You Undies Every Year?

Hi Guys,

It’s Jess this time. I was out braving the crowds this weekend, doing some shopping for my mom and my boyfriend’s mom (among other lucky present recipients). I played it safe with my gift purchasing, but I was wondering if you’ve ever bought your mother something positively inspired for the holidays.

Or, even better: has your mother ever given you something absolutely bonkers or inappropriate for Christmas or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa? A subscription to eHarmony? A year’s supply of Victoria’s Secret Underoos? A flowbee? We want to hear all about your most hilarious gift experiences. Leave them in the comments section!

Facebook Advice Needed

What do I do? This girl I was playing boggle with wants to be my friend. Why?

Hope you are enjoying this week.

Love, M

Not THAT Kind of Threeway

Backstory: My mom wanted a Conair 3-way curling iron for Christmas.

mom: I also want a three way for christmas

me: what do I look like? Your pimp? If you want a threeway, well you’re on your own, although you might want to run the idea by dad first

mom: huh? your father doesn’t care about what I do with my hair

me: whats a three way have to do with your hair?…or better yet, I’d rather not know

mom: well usually curling irons are used for hair

me: curling iron? oooohhhh, we were SO not on the same page on this one

Dad’s “Man-Spirit” Is Long Dead

Backstory: My dad is the only male in our family, with my mom and then my two sisters and myself. He is constantly out numbered. In fact my husband is convinced we killed his “man-spirit” years ago. My dad is also a weepy kind of guy, cries more then my mom by far. Poor dad.

Your dad just walked in to take my lunch order. He is my slave, no wait, he is my bitch. Hey bitch! I want some lunch! Your dad would like to say a quick hi, but he’s too busy being my bitch. Love you.

Mom’s Been Hanging With Snoop Dogg Again

Just a few more hours.  Think about next week and the fun food and prezzies at my hizzy!!!

Mom Discovers iTunes

I can’t even believe you can get all this GREAT stuff for FREE!!!!! In the past hour I have downloaded through itunes hours of news shows from CSpan (I can believe that’s free, as we do pay for that news with our cable bills), hundreds of NPR, PRI, and BBC stations and shows, Wall Street Journal morning, which I never knew existed but nothing else the WSJ has is free, Grammar Girl, which is super duper and in such short clips that you don’t get bored, Economics Magazine which I used to subscribe to and quit because I don’t have time to read it, and on and on. I have free music too, from public radio stations. There is so many catagories of listening on itunes, it would take a year to get through it all. This must be how the early Americans felt when Jefferson and Franklin announced the first public library.

Cupcake Liners: Potential Fire Hazard

I don’t know why, but it just popped into my head that it really isn’t the best idea to store your paper cupcake liners in the oven [even when off, you never know]. Please remove them and store with your Tupperware.

Food for Thought

Backstory: Ever seen those BK Whopper Jr. commercials? Evidently, my mother has.

Please don’t ever walk around dressed like a burger.

Twitter Treif

Backstory: My twitter said “just made a bacon cheeseburger and ate it. yum.”  I’m Jewish.  My Mom thought this was a Shanda.  (It was turkey bacon.)

You had a bacon cheeseburger??????????  Nooooooooooooooooooo.

i didn’t know you knew LOL

mom: I’ll have to be satisfied with Mamma Mia
me: why? did you hear that being played somewhere?
mom: I sometimes hear it in stores
me: well that could be b/c the songs are by an actual band, ABBA, not just from a musical soundtrack
mom: Oh, well, I still hear phantom once in a while
me: phantom is so five minutes ago
mom: So am I
me: HAHAHA
you just made me laugh out loud!
mom: lol get with it
me: sorry
i didn’t know you knew LOL
mom: maybe i am not as five minutes ago as i thought

What’s Another Name For Pirate’s Treasure?

Backstory: I’m a middle school teacher and have been getting tons of Christmas presents, which I refer to as my teaching booty, from my students.

So did you get any more booty today?

Dog Poop Update

I took Rufus for a walk and he pished and pooped, after being home alone all day without a single accident that I could locate!!!!

It’s unfortunate that he peed on the upstairs hall carpet yesterday and pooped on the den rug this morning. Luckily, his morning poop was dry and left no stain. I treated the rug anyway. Nice to have to do when I have to be at work by 8 a.m. !

Celebrity Baby News

I saw in the paper that some guy in a band and his skanky wife had a kid.

They named the kid Bronx Mowgli no shit. Try to top that one……………

A New Drug to Worry About

I just heard on the news that sugar is as addictive as HEROIN!  OMG…also results in food addiction.. You might have to commit me!

What Are You and Your Mom Doing Over the Holidays?

Hey everyone, Doree here. We’ve been getting tons of emails over the last couple of weeks detailing how excited moms are that their kids are coming home, and it’s made me think about what I have in store over the next week or so.

Basically: My entire family (mom, dad, brother, sister, sister’s boyfriend) are coming to have Christmas dinner at my boyfriend’s parents’ house. Eek! Needless to say, the potential for hilarity/embarrassment around the Christmas dinner table is very high. (By the way, the only actual Christian at the table will be my boyfriend’s father, so I guess it’s really more of a Hanukkah dinner. Or as The O.C. liked to call it, a Chrismukkah table.) My mom’s bringing dessert and (of course) we’ve gone over the menu a few times over email–and have finally settled on apple crumble, “something chocolate,” and a fruit-covered cheesecake. Yum.

So I’m curious. What are YOUR holiday plans with your mom? Any potentially embarrassing episodes on the horizon? Leave them in the comments, if you would.

Get Some F*&8&#$ Manners!

You know I love you very much and am truly proud of the emerging adults you have become. This email is of a serious nature, and I hope you will take it as such. At the end of 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney gives a little commentary on whatever strikes his fancy. This particular evening it was about the use of expletives (dirty words, he whispered) that  profligates our culture. His point of view is that it is plain old bad manners.  It is disrespectful to those who hear it and it reflects badly on the person who uses it. Though I am guilty of this rarely, (though Dad will say otherwise) it pains me that you two lovely people have such bad manners. You two are both adults, and this language is nothing to be proud of. Perhaps, you could start a new movement and be in the forefront of speaking in a manner that would reflect well on your. Looking into the future, there is nothing cute about hearing a 3 year old say the f word or s word.  I too will clean up my act, so to speak. I love y
 ou, MOM

The Perfect Two-Dimensional Man

mom: I found the perfect guy for you!
me: oh really?
mom: YES! He’s Jewish. He’s a doctor. And he’s really cute.
me: that sounds perfect. what’s his name?
mom: I don’t remember, I have to look it up.
me: where are you looking it up?
mom: On the internet.
me: on the internet?
mom: He is a character from this movie I watched with Sheri, “In Her Shoes.”
me: he’s a character from a movie?
mom: Yes, but he’s so cute.
me: he’s not a real person.
mom: I can just tell he’s a very nice boy.
me: you’re delusional.
mom: I’m only thinking of you.

Mom’s Pep Talk

hi thanks for the note..
i hate that YOU do this to YOURSELF also..

YOU are CAPABLE and OUTSTANDING>>why don’t YOU believe that? daMMIT!

I’m going to bed..extremely exhausted..

tomorrow i get that filling.wed am a dr. appt..ugh..
talk to you tomorrow then..
i need to make it look christmasy here..

ok..nitey nite..get that FUCKING work done! dammit..YOU CAN DO IT!

loveYOU bushels,
momxooxox:)

Nighttime Plans

Plan ahead get all your work stuff put out before we go to dinner so that when you get home from the show you can hop in bed and be asleep by 11pm. You can do it!! Mom

p.s. no sex that night!!!!!

Oh, Shenandoah! Where Lawyers Roam

Backstory: I just moved to NYC to be a lawyer. After five years, other states with which NY has reciprocity will allow you to be admitted without taking a bar exam.

me: i’m sick

mom: Oh NO!!!!

me: i know
it’s awful

mom: OV VEY! What about chicken soup?
Are you getting enough sleep, you do have a full schedule? maybe you are allergic to work.

me: i am not getting enough sleep b/c i can’t sleep in the mornings

mom: Actually, I think it is allergic to NY.
You will be cured in 4 years and 10 months when you move back to the midwest.

me: why are you so sure i’ll be moving back to the midwest in 4 yrs and 10 months?

mom: You will have had enough of NYC by then and can grandfather into another state.
The midwest is near your loving family.

me: oy vey

mom: Lucky girl!

me: are you trying out drugs these days or something?
you’re a little nutty

mom: By the way, I am not nuts, I am wise.
Go to bed sweetheart

me: i am

mom: “Oh, Shenandoah”

me: oh lord

mom: “across the wide Missouri” OK, I too am going to try to go to bed. I truly hope you feel better tomorrow. I love you so much, MOM



Love, Mom