Groovy Mom

Kat, from Miami Ink, will be opening her own shop and will soon have her own show: L.A. Ink. I noticed her absence on the Miami show, but don't watch it on a regular basis, so I was out of the loop. The site says she wanted to be back home, something she expressed while she was on the other 'Ink.]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/la_ink.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/la_ink.html Movies, TV, Celebrity Gossip Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:43:26 -0600 Curly Hair Care - No Shampoo Nappturality, with tons of curly hair tips and guides. I do follow some of the guidelines in the Curly Girl book for no-shampoo washing:

]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/curly_hair_care_no_shampoo_1.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/curly_hair_care_no_shampoo_1.html Curly Hair Care Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:02:01 -0600 MyBlogLog Community MoveableType to Wordpress. Just need to get up the motivation and brainpower to do it. I'm ready to start over a bit. . . . I'm looking through the Groovy Mom MyBlogLog Community and throught I'd go through some of the links. Here's some random ones. Visit them: A Typical Woman Toddler Tactics The Parent Blog Frugal Village DIY Naturally Purple Frog Cat It Matters To Me Got a blog or journal or site? Show me it here. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/mybloglog_community.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/mybloglog_community.html Blogging Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:29:55 -0600 Too Many Blogs MomCooks DiabeticMealPlanning This is scary, I'm sorry, but it is: TopMomma? Oy-yoy-yoy. I feel like an old-arsed lady when I say this, but boy-oh-boy the blog game has become saturated, has it not? There are people that have been around longer than me who know what I'm talkin' 'bout. I started back in '99 I think it was -- so almost a decade here. Read journals and such, surfed sites. But could identify a great deal of the journalers out there. Not anymore. Holy cannoli, there's a lot of them. And shooooot, when people caught wind that you could make some possible dough blogging? A lot more came along (yeah, yeah I got the Google ads up there on mine -- pays for the site, at least). It is nice to be able to find gazillions of people out there doing there thang, blogging, journaling and what have you. But, I gotta admit, sometimes I long for the good ol' days where google ads (or any ads) on blogs were non-existent and people blogged our journaled just for the sake of doing so.]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/too_many_blogs.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/too_many_blogs.html Random Babble Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:26:37 -0600 Fourth of July Happy 4th of July, Americans. Woo-hoo, yay, firecrackers and all that good noise. I have spent most of my day lounging around the house, checking email, feeding kids, showering, doing laundry. Thankfully I had the day off from work, always nice (well usually, sometimes when the kids are insane, I'd like the refuge of my quiet office). Tonight we're going to go see the fireworks. Fun. Might bring a bottle of vino and some munchies. A blanket. Maybe a radio. Sparklers, maybe. We're pretty darn broke right now and it is really hard. I don't know what it is about making more money and not having more. Seems like we should be ahead. I don't want to think about it. There's a carnival at the park where the fireworks are going to be so I KNOW the kids are going to be all whiny about rides. But we're saving up for a different carnival and there will be no rides tonight. Which will bring on whining, surely. Because we've done something wrong in our child-rearing and raised some really whiny kids. Not that I don't love them, but man. They are a whiny lot. Trying to combat that a bit. Anyone else have whiners? http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/fourth_of_july.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/fourth_of_july.html Random Babble Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:24:14 -0600 Spending Less in July 2007 join me, or comment, hop over to the forum to respond. I'm getting way too many spam comments and am disabling blog comments.]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/spending_less_in_july_2007.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/07/spending_less_in_july_2007.html Money / Being Frugal Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:50:10 -0600 New Forum Forums. Not so new, have been sitting around for a while. Groovy Mom used to have a forum years ago. Thought I'd get one back up again and see how it goes. There might be a few other changes around here too, but nothing major. Well, who knows. Heh. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/06/new_forum.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/06/new_forum.html Random Babble Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:39:05 -0600 Paris does Prison TMZ:

Paris Hilton was just ordered back to jail in Lynwood to serve out the remainder of her sentence! She'll get credit for at least 5 days already served. Hilton left the courtroom in tears, screaming, "Mom, Mom, Mom." Hilton was also heard saying "It's not right." One witness said that Paris was "physically escorted" out of the courtroom by a female deputy.

Seriously it is all so grouse. The whole situation is entirely grouse. And sad. I about puked when I heard she was on house arrest. If you're going to put a chick like that on house arrest, put her in the ghetto without a cell phone, her dog and her parents. For real. As ridiculous as the whole thing is, I can't help but feel some pity for the girl. She just doesn't even know, yo. Although, seriously, probably the best thing, instead of jail, would be to hit them in the pocketbook. Have her pay a heafty fine, donated to some charity. What's jail going to do?]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/06/paris_does_prison.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/06/paris_does_prison.html Movies, TV, Celebrity Gossip Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:02:59 -0600 Monkey Bread Recipe Monkey Bread recipe in the food blog. I made it a few weeks ago for the last day of Spanish class and then again today. It is yummy, but really I shouldn't be having such sweets in the morning. I should know better, but I'm a slow and stubborn learner. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/monkey_bread_recipe.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/monkey_bread_recipe.html Cooking / Recipes Sun, 20 May 2007 11:54:18 -0600 Richard Jeni Suicide link]. Found here. What is it about comedians? Chirs Farley comes to mind as I ponder Richard Jeni's suicide. People who are incredibly talented and delightful entertainment to many, but very complicated individuals on the inside. Sometimes it seems that "mental illness" breeds a creative and spunky soul (or the other way around, however that works). ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/richard_jeni_suicide.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/richard_jeni_suicide.html Movies, TV, Celebrity Gossip News / Current Events Thu, 17 May 2007 21:43:52 -0600 Rape is Hilarious Rape is Hilarious. Follow the link here for more food for thought.

But being overcome in the bodice-ripping, shoulder-grabbing, shaken-and-tossed sexual encounter of films (and soap operas and romance novels, where female characters more often marry their rapists than report them) is yet regarded as the most coveted ovation a man can bestow on a woman, the purest expression of his raw desire and an irrefutable commentary on her irresistible desirability. Only driving a man to almost-rape you is definitive proof of your allure as a woman. (So we’re told.)

I can't say anything that would sum it up better than she did, so I won't try. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/rape_is_hilarious.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/rape_is_hilarious.html Outside Links Tue, 15 May 2007 15:10:30 -0600 ReviewMe A Scam over a month for payment and my attempted contacts has, so far, not yielded any response. Nothing. Nada. I'm worried. I wrote them again, asking for payment. And now am googling to see if I can find anyone else in a similar situation. I'd love to update this soon saying the money is in my account. We will see. But for now I'm very leery. Updated: May 16, three days later. They contacted me back and they paid me. Whew. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/reviewme_a_scam.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/reviewme_a_scam.html Outside Links Sun, 13 May 2007 16:04:03 -0600 Paris Hilton is Going to Jail My public need me, says Paris Hilton

Jail-bound socialite Paris Hilton urged fans today to sign a petition to pardon her "mistake" because she provides beauty and excitement to "(most of) our otherwise mundane lives". [link]

If that's not scary, I don't know what is. Sadly, there's probably some truth to that, for some people. I'll admit to watching reality TV and Paris-y shows on television. I do it mostly when I want my brain to relax. Kind of weird, I know. But it is junk food for the brain with no calories. Of coarse you can see all kinds of "Paris Hilton Goes to Jail" videos on YouTube. Paris' life is the fantasy of many young women, being filthy rich and thin and famous. Doesn't get better than that, right? I know a lot of people blame government for the ills of society, but look around. There's a LOT more factoring into what society is becoming plastered on billboards, magazines and television. People in power that young boys and girls idoloize and want to emulate, serving as nothing but to be rich, powerful and reckless. People watch them because they are a train wreck, but then somehow get sucked into the wreck themselves. When people in other countries think of America, do they think of Paris Hilton? ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/paris_hilton_is_going_to_jail.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/paris_hilton_is_going_to_jail.html Movies, TV, Celebrity Gossip Wed, 09 May 2007 08:13:17 -0600 iGoogle and Go Away Paris iGoogle? A Google-based homepage? I don't know if I'm totally behind with the hip Google times, but I'm kind of digging iGoogle. Totally fun is this LabPixies page where you can get gadgets for your iGoogle or for your webpage. Games, calculators, weather... Browsing through the games I found one that I've been playing for years (mainly on hand-drawn "boards") Another interesting site: GoAwayParis.com. No, it is not referring to the French, but to the lovable gal we all know named Paris. Interested? Go to Citizens For a Better America on Myspace. Listen to the catchy toon. ]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/igoogle_and_go_away_paris.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/05/igoogle_and_go_away_paris.html Movies, TV, Celebrity Gossip Outside Links Random Babble Webby Shtuff (HTML, PHP, CSS...) Fri, 04 May 2007 19:58:20 -0600 Email Icon Generator

You can make your own here with this Email Icon Generator. There's email icons for Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, MSN, Hotmail. Good stuff. Psst... I found the link on Technical Bliss.]]> http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/04/email_icon_generator.html http://groovy-mom.com/old/2007/04/email_icon_generator.html Webby Shtuff (HTML, PHP, CSS...) Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:00:38 -0600