Author Archives: casey coombs

Dear Hallmark, I cry at commercials. I don’t normally bawl at commercials. Until this year. This whole keepsake ornament campaign you’re running? Allow me to hand over my credit card so I can give you the applause you deserve. The one with the little girl doing the victory dance after she makes a goal? And then herContinue reading “Deck the Hallmark with Grand Marketing.”

There are so many of you who LURVE Indiana. Indianapolis specifically. Um, why? Just asking, there just seems to be an awful lot of you LURKERS from Indianapolis that made yourself known when Jennifer announced she was going Hoosier. WHO ARE YOU AND WHY AREN’T WE FRIENDS? Most of my Indiana friends are transplanted Utahns.Continue reading “Indiana is no place for children.”

I am not a small town girl. Period. xoxo-Casey

Princesses have overtaken my life and thrown up on every part of it. Princess purses, princess cakes, princess phones, princess pillowcases, princess dresses, princess toothbrushes, princess CDs, princess movies, princess dolls, princess bows, princess shoes, princess balloons. Princess, princess, princess. Anyone with a three year old girl is nodding their head in commiseration. I swearContinue reading “Until they smoke a joint, they shall reign.”

 Wondering what kind of birthday cake you’d get if you were my kid? Well, you’d get a chocolate fudge cake (from scratch) with dark chocolate buttercream (from scratch) covered with fondant (from scratch) that pretty much looked like Barbie as the Island Princess. And it would sing. Four different songs. And it would have a matching tiara for you.Continue reading “Fondant dreams and buttercream wishes.”

Ooh, this should be fun. Do you have a recurring element in your dreams? the moosh dreams about kitties and puppies and occasionally a pony is thrown into the mix. I used to have dreams about all my teeth falling out, chewing on them and then spitting them out. It’s just as gross as you’dContinue reading “Dream a crazy dream for me.”

Anybody remember the boy I told you about? Patrick? The one that got away with crushing me and breaking my heart? Anyone? Anyone? If you don’t remember or need a refresher course go read about him here and I’ll wait. After writing that I realized that I’m not alone in the unfinished business department. An awful lotContinue reading “Now with closure and a lot less baggage!”

When the moosh came out I didn’t instantly fall in love with her. I thought it was cool she came out with all her parts in the right place in seemingly right proportion. But I was not in love. I wasn’t in love with her when I brought her home. I wasn’t in love withContinue reading “The one where I admit to not loving my kid.”