Feminine Wiles

To be honest, I don't like being asked questions.  I don't like being cornered.  I don't like thinking I may not have the ...

Returning home from school yesterday, Darling Daughter uttered the five words sure to warm any mom’s heart:  It smells good in here . I’ve ...

Hi.  I’m Cheri, and I have two cell phones. No need for eye rolling.  I’m a stay-at-home mom, and being employer-free, I need only one pho...

OK.  I’m not in school, so I don’t have a report card to look forward to next week.  (Not that I’m certain, however, that everyone Chez Wi...

“Mom, we need to cook.” Were more inspiring, gratifying words ever spoken? Darling Daughter (DD) and her darling friend (DF) indulged...

Darling Daughter and Sensational Son (“Sensational” only because “Awesome” would result in the initials AS, and other than a snarky 14-year-...

I’m already bracing myself. No, not for the start of school.  I’m preparing for the return of Darling Daughter (DD) and Satiric Son (SS...

School's out. Not, as Alice Cooper eventually proclaimed, "forever," but at least "for summer." I know this, fir...

My 14-year-old son had band practice today. He also had baseball practice, but he's had baseball practice for the past five years. B...

I want to be good. Really I do. I want to eat the right foods and burn off the necessary number of calories each week. I want to go to chur...

Oprah (no need for a last name, right?) often trumpets, "Moms have the toughest job in the world." All right, first the obviou...

I spent the better part of today with my feet up in the air. And I'd appreciate if you'd get your mind out of that gutter. I sprai...

Although I'd been a copywriter for years, as recently as one year ago I could not have written a blog. Not that I didn't want to. ...