http://desperatehousewives.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:55:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just saw the cover of The New York Times Magazine for today... Sunday, January 25, 2009.  The headline reads, "What Is Female Desire?"  and the sub head goes on to encourage us to read Daniel Bergner's article entitled "What Do Women Want?" where "A postfeminist generation of researchers is discovering things ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/25/what-women-want-new-york-times-magazine-jumps-on-roxys-bandwagon/ It may not have a beat that you can dance to, but I think you'll all agree that Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech is lyrical and music to our ears. London and Maddie have the day off from Mendham Township Elementary School in honor of ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/19/music-monday-martin-luther-king-jr-edition-i-have-a-dream/ Rex and I are still wishing people a Happy New Year, but I'd say there aren't too many more days we can get away with that, and we'd better get our last handful of New Year's cards out in the mail on Tuesday, along with a Happy Martin Luther King ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/16/4-h-prep-new-years-party/ Maddie came home from her weekly gymnastics lesson at Randolph Gymnastics in Randolph, New Jersey, beaming with pride.  "Maddie's got news!"  her sister, London, called out.  "I'll tell you all about it at dinner," Maddie said secretively. Turns out that after training for a couple of years in Novice I, Maddie is ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/13/congratulations-to-maddie-one-step-closer-to-the-olympics/ I'll probably end up posting this over on Rex's Recipes for the New Year, maybe even with photos, after we get a chance to try it out... but in the meantime, I thought I'd share a recipe for Mary's Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Pancakes: 1 large egg 1 cup Flour 1 cup Buttermilk 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/13/marys-old-fashioned-buttermilk-pancakes/ I had a few different thoughts on this week's Music Monday pick for my Today.com blog about WOMEN... Mariuca has "Twisted" by Keith Sweat on Mariuca's Perfume Gallery, which made me think of his "Make You Sweat" as part of my Winter Work Out theme... but my bones have been ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/11/music-monday-if-i-should-fall-behind/ ... if you're squeamish about graphic gross stuff.  Just before Christmas, my computer crashed, and I've been using an older computer (the one that crashed in August) with all of my programs reloaded on it.  In the process of getting this computer to feel more like the one that crashed, ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/09/dont-read-this-post/ I woke up this morning and realized that I was supposed to be this week's "Mystery Reader" in London's second grade class at Mendham Township Elementary School, and that 1) I had neglected to send in any of the daily clues and 2) although I have worked from home on ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/07/i-lost-a-battle-of-work-life-balance-and-let-my-daughter-down/ Since I haven't pulled together all of my New Year's Resolutions in time to get started on January 1st, I'm thinking of starting over on Chinese New Year.  This year it will be celebrated on January 26th, launching into the Year of the Ox.  One thing I'd like to be better ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/05/taming-the-paper-dragon-in-the-year-of-the-ox/ What kind of blog about WOMEN would be complete without a little Tina Turner, and this one is "Simply the Best," dedicated to the love of my life... Rex! If you're here via Internet Explorer and can't see the video, please try Firefox or another browser. I call you, when I need ... http://desperatehousewives.today.com/2009/01/04/music-monday-simply-the-best/