- Attending Tupperware parties and bringing home leftover deviled eggs.
- Driving a station wagon. The original beacon for Yes, I Have Stretch Marks.
- Having a martini at 5pm every day. Damn. Not doing that one yet. Whyyyyyy?
- Baking cookies for the PTA parties where we really discuss the best ways to cook a pot roast and not so much how the children are doing in school.
Worrying about my thighs.- Listening to Carole King on the car radio where I belt out tunes when no one else is in the car.
- Trying to make anything that Julia Child was baking on television, but noooooo I have to look at that skinny Giada when I watch a cooking show. Bring back the voluptuous Nigella, please.
- Perfecting my skill at using spray starch when ironing. Sadly, I have not a clue.
- Using my electric standing mixer bowl to create delicious treats. I wouldn’t even know where to begin with that sucker.
- Clipping coupons on a regular basis, organizing them into lovely little piles, and being able to find them when it’s time to go to the grocery store. That is so not happening in my lifetime.
- Being able to discuss which cereal has the most vitamins and minerals for my family. (13? Is that enough? Oh, I don’t think so. Look for something with at least 42 so I don’t have to take a Flintstones vitamin, ok?)
- Slowing down in the drug store aisle to casually and nonchalantly find out the age I should be to begin taking Geritol.
- Worrying about fiber. Wait. I do that now.
Obviously, I read too much Erma Bombeck as a kid since I based my grown up life on her. Still, I have yet to attend a Tupperware party. Instead, I spent my 36th Birthday last week in South Beach learning how to salsa and merengue and no, I did NOT come home with a new tattoo, but Erma would probably be proud even if I did. I wanted to be either Erma, Sophia Loren, or Charo when I was a little girl. Somehow, I think I accomplished it. Cuchi-cuchi, y’all.
There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt - Erma Bombeck
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Leigh Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
Welcome back….I hope the trip was everything you needed it to be!
~L.
Lara Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
i find myself wanting to say things like, “i love you!” and “you’re wonderful!” and all sorts of non-judgmental, i-don’t-know-what’s-going-on-but-i-care statements. but they all sound condescending to my ears, like i feel bad for you. on the contrary, i still think you kick ass like nobody’s business. i’m just sort of here, watching from the cheap seats and admiring the feisty heroine of an unwritten story.
so HI from the cheap seats!
Dave2 Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
• Blogging every single day.
Tom Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Ya know, you were in Florida during spring break. I’m going to start looking for the new “Girls Gone Wild 2007″ dvd.
Fabiola Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
Welcome back!! I hope you had a wonderful vacation. Mine started yesterday and we are going away next Friday for 2 weeks.YES!!!
Fabiola
Missy Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 5:47 pm
Happy Birthday and so glad to click on your site and see new posts. I know it wasn’t that long you were gone but it felt like forever!! Welcome home!!
nelle Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
Happy B-Day!
Um… unapologetic fan of Carole singing Up On The Roof…
Yolanda Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 7:39 pm
Happy Belated Birthday! You are definitely deserving of that vacation- I hope it was restful and rejuvenating. I refuse to turn my tv to Giada, too much like watching a living breathing bobblehead.
tanyetta Said,
April 10, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
stopping by to say hello
kapgar Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 4:44 am
Does this mean I can say “happy birthday”? If so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Yeah, why aren’t you downing martinis every day? I’d have one with you. Well, I’ll settle right now for the fact that you’re still blogging on occasion. It’s always good to see a new feed alert from your site.
wifey615 Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 5:17 am
Happy Birthday Kelly!
You know, Nigella does come on Food Network @ least on Saturdays, which is the only time I watch. Giada makes me ill with her perfect little self
You should start on the Martini’s tonight. I know you could incorporate it into your schedule…
deannie Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 5:29 am
Never been to a Tupperware party either and I am WAY older than you. I do own it though…does that count?
hugs!
Karl Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 6:55 am
Happy Belated Birthday!
-S. Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 8:12 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Glad you had such a great time on the beach. My B-Day was 3/11 and we are the same age. I Have been to a Tupperware Party, in fact many of them. I also sold it for a while as did my mother when I was a kid. (Sad?!?!)
Did you ever watch Paula Dean on Food Network? That is my kind of cook. Chubby and cooks with lots of Butter, Sugar and anything Fatty!!
-S.
Elizabeth Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 9:14 am
MOCHA!!! I thought you quit blogging! I am so happy to see your coffee beans background and your sweet face at the top of the screen!! SMOOOOOCH!!!
KC Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 9:21 am
I’m just sitting here with a grin from ear to ear… If only we lived the life we had planned out as youngins… oye… we’d never be living the life we were meant to live!!!
Happy birthday… How were those margarittas? Any cosmos?
Ciao bella,
KC
Shirl Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 9:42 am
Erma Bombeck always said when she died she wanted her tombstone to read “I told you I was sick”. I wonder if it does. I always loved that.
Be sure to put on a Frank Sinatra CD when you start mixing the martinis. Cheers!
Rebecca Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 11:58 am
Hey Mocha!
I just turned 43 yesterday, but I so loved your list! Thanks for sharing it! I hope that you had a great trip! But I love Nigella way more than Giada! Now that is a woman who sure has been through life and come out the other side stronger!
Have a great day!
dana Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Happy Birthday! I’m glad you enjoyed your vacation!!! We really missed you!
I don’t think you look a day over 25. Seriously. I’m 28 and I look older than you.
J to the Wall Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
I am 100% with you on all of that except for…..Tupperware…I love it….and Geritol….not with you on that one. Sorry.
RWA Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
I must have missed something. I could have sworn you were shutting this thing down as a result of your new job, but oh no, you’re still here!
I’ll scroll back through the archives to find out what’s been going on.
Mocha Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
I’m trying to quit you people. It’s hard. Stop loving me so much.
Mike Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
36, is that how young you are. I thouhgt you were 29 AGAIN! Ain’t life grand. We have all these preconcieved notions about what it will be like - Yeah Right!!!
Quitting, you are not a quitter. Step right on up to that keyboard and make it smoke. You know you want to. LOL
Belated Happy Birthday. Next year you get to be 28. Whoo Hoo!
Mrs RW Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
Hmmm…36. Was a good age, I think, except I can’t remember that far back. I think 36 was when I still had a waist. Erma has gotten me through lots of life’s little curve balls. From her I learned that it’s better to laugh than cry. And to tell each one of your kids that you loved them best.
You were missed.
katy Said,
April 11, 2007 @ 6:51 pm
Brava, chica!
Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday–I wonder what I thought I’d be doing at this age. I really never thought that far ahead.
KM
Nora Said,
April 12, 2007 @ 7:01 am
Glad to see ya. What shoes did you wear? My two year old son would have made you proud at his recent birthday, as he opened his presents the only thing he walked around the room to show everyone was his new shoes.
Cordaville Said,
April 12, 2007 @ 7:49 am
Happy Belated Birthday! Glad you enjoyed it.
Cordaville
Jenn Said,
April 12, 2007 @ 6:35 pm
You would TOTALLY play Charo in the movie! Where IS Charo? Oh my God! Are you really Charo? Is this Charo’s secret blog???
Caffeinated Librarian Said,
April 12, 2007 @ 7:39 pm
So are you actually back? Can I move you back into the active blogs in my Bloglines now?
And LADY, what were you thinking? 36 is not nearly old enough to be doing all that crap…I mean Carole Frickin’ King? Who are you and what have you done with my Mocha?
Oh, yeah…and happy birthday too. *grin*
kate5kiwis Said,
April 12, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
love your nigella buzz: she is my muse. one of them.
Missy Said,
April 13, 2007 @ 2:08 am
Welcome home! HAPPY Birthday! I hope things are going well for you and that you are feeling fabulously refreshed after your vacation.
Aloha,
Melissa
Psycho Cyclist Said,
April 13, 2007 @ 6:49 pm
Nigella rocks!! Love voluptous women, especially ones that can cook.
Welcome back. Let’s both ease back into this blogging thing.
jess Said,
April 14, 2007 @ 12:25 am
Happy birthday momma.
MizAngie Said,
April 14, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
You sound refreshed! Good!! I always wanted to be Sophia Loren, too. She’s still a hottie.
Tiggerlane Said,
April 16, 2007 @ 10:27 am
I totally dug Erma Bombeck as a kid…her “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries…” book was my favorite.
Erma would be WAAAY proud of you! Besides, screw the spray starch. I don’t know anyone besides the dry-cleaner who does it right.
Beth Said,
April 16, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
God, how I used to love Nigela….now, you knew she ate what she cooked. Giada eats that one little bite and THAT’S IT!! When have you ever seen an Italian woman with NO HIPS?!!
Bring Nigela back!