Thursday, June 15, 2006

Body Detailing

This is apparently the latest in spray on tanning. A "detailer" "air-brushes" the tan on you. You can tell her which areas should be darker or lighter. There's a special running for $99...

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Comfort Clothes

Just as there is comfort food - meatloaf and mashed potatoes, with an emphasis on the mashed potatoes - I'm finding there are comfort clothes. Clothes that seem to be the right thing to wear when life gets a bit overwhelming. They're generally loose, on the warm and fuzzy side, and in soft dark colors - faded navy blue is optimal. Then a good night's sleep, and life starts looking brighter again. Or at least it should.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

A Mom's Worst Nightmare

At an end-of-school party last night in Santa Clarita, I was told that in Sand Canyon high school at least one kid each year doesn't make it to graduation because they're killed in a car crash. This year was expected to be an exception, but then on Memorial Day a couple of kids, driving at 120 mph, flipped over and were both killed...

Shocking stuff.