If you’ve been reading Heligirl for any amount of time, you know I’m a huge believer in positive discipline and doing all I can to work with my kids rather than punish them when they misbehave. More often than not I feel like I’m stumbling in the dark and crashing into some rather fragile things. […]
Daily Ramblings
My 2 ½ year old is a total and complete control freak. She must have full control over every last detail of every thing lately, down to coming into the room and demanding that I uncross my legs. And if control is not hers? Oh may God have mercy on your soul as she will […]
Every so often, you come across toys in precarious situations and no children about. I usually grab a shot, but often all hell breaks loose before I have time to post or tweet them. So here they are, for your viewing pleasure: And a favorite of mine, even though this does include children. I must […]
Each year for five years I’ve worked with a dedicated group of Whirly-Girls, the Museum of Flight, and a slew of great volunteers to put on a free helicopter and public service event in June. This year’s show was last Saturday. It’s a ton of work, a lot of cat herding and quite a bit […]
It was my very first prom that I was invited to attend. What can I say, I’m a late bloomer. I didn’t want to miss my junior and senior proms in high school, and due to the fact that I was vastly unpopular, I had to basically ask guy friends to go so I wouldn’t […]
Totally overwhelmed as I work to put on a massive cat herding effort known as my annual helicopter show this weekend. Due to my total lack of brain power now, I leave you with a famed Friday funny, care of my wacked sister of the Great White North, The Mayor of Crazy Town. Tweet
Nothing made me feel so insignificant as the popular girls. The way they looked down their noses, speaking in hushed tones and looking over at me in such a way that threatened me to not dare to eavesdrop, only added to the lonely, outcast feeling I had in high school. Straddling two very affluent neighborhoods, […]
You would be hard pressed these days to find someone who thinks Comcast is a wonderful, caring, fair company. This company is run by the paranoid arm of the Mafia. I’m just sure of it. The executives and management that are making up the rules are the same people that go around kicking puppies and […]
