I need to get away, far, far away from the little aliens. And I don’t mean Florida, or Texas, or any of those earthly locations. I’m in the midst of planning a trip to Mars! So if Mommies In Orbit starts her calculations and they are correct, given her…
Here’s hoping everyone had a safe 4th of July, I know we had some blastin’ noise going on in our neighborhood. Every year, Mommies In Orbit spends the 4th with her faithful companions, The Black Dog and Smart Border Collie. We hang out in the A/C and watch the…
There are many activities we like to participate in on the Fourth of July. There are also about 5 things that we don’t want to hear from our kids while celebrating on that day.”Mommy, how many fingers on my right hand am I supposed to have?”Mom, I’m not trying…
Does anyone remember band groupies from days gone by? So whatever happened to those people? Oh yea, some of them are parents now, and some are over the hill, like Mommies In Orbit! I was too young for Woodstock, but when it came around to the mid seventies,…
Mommies In Orbit was over the moon and way out of her orbit last night. Keith Urban stopped by St. Louis on his tour and played an awesome concert. This was my fourth concert with Keith and he really went out of his way to see that everyone had a great…
What is the definition of “chaos?” According to the web dictionary, chaos is “a condition or place of great disorder or confusion,” in other words, my house! And who makes all of this confusion possible?? The wranglers, of course. Who am I referring to? Channel Chick and Rocket Boy. …
Remember those freaky little troll dolls that appeared in the 1960’s? Maybe your Grandma had some of these perched side by side with a couple of creepy antique stabbity dolls. I always wondered why Grand-ma-ma had ONE lonely Troll doll on her side table, always struck me as kinda bizarre. Well…
Anyone HAD it already with summer break? I’m almost afraid to ask for fear of sounding like a freak. Yes, Mommies In Orbit is ready to pack up the wranglers and send them back to school! A ten year old wolverine! X two.No two situations are alike, so it’s…
Pluto, do you have room for me?Here in the tween orbit we have experienced quite a bit of celestial whining lately. I have become the social director for two 10-year olds, the concergie desk, the driver and a human target for moods of all sorts, all for the…
So here we are moving right along into Summertime. The humidity is sky high, the thunderstorms come and go and the flowers are bloomin’ crazy! Rocket Boy is finished with camp and chompin’ at the bit to aggravate the hell out of his sister.Channel Chick however, is ready to take…