The Mushroom Owns What?

Healthy Choice Portabella Spinach Parmesan: Pretty darn tasty for a frozen entree. But on the ingredient list: "Baby Portabella's." Really ConAgra? Not a single copy editor or proofreader caught that?

Watched Batman: The Dark Knight with the kids. Not a great idea, not so much because of the violence, but because it was annoying to answer their endless questions: "Isn't he good?" "Why are they chasing Batman?" "Why can't they just throw the bombs out of the boat?" "Is the Joker drunk?" But sometimes they surprise me with their insight. During the final scene when Harvey had Gordon's son, T said to me that when he's older and if he had a son and somebody was going to kill them, he would tell the bad guy to shoot him because he would have had a longer life than his son. I was really moved by this, but then was reminded of T's youth when he said, "but first, I'd try to kick him in the wiener."

What Did She Wear Before?

Yes Kelly, now that you're a mom, it's important to show some restraint in your clothes and dress as a Playboy bunny for Halloween instead of, let's see, Eve in the Garden of Eden? A re-enactment of Botticelli's Birth of Venus? Thank god Brad left before Max showed up in just a loincloth--he may have suffered cardiac arrest.

Luke and Margie have fallen far down my list of TAR contestants I'm rooting for. Luke, if you act like a bitch, don't be surprised to be called a bitch, and it has nothing to do with your deafness. Their two collisions were almost identical, with the roles reversed, but only Luke and Margie bitched and moaned about being the victimes both times. Ugh. Oh, and don't pull the deaf card when out of the other side of your mouth you talk about wanting to be treated as if you weren't deaf. Tammy and Victor have moved up my list, mainly because of Tammy. Methinks I may have a bit of a girl-crush.

Like father, like daughter

As we were finishing dinner last night, H excused herself to go to the bathroom. Then she started rustling around the kitchen while doing the potty dance, so I asked her what she was doing, as I thought she had to go. "I need reading material," she replied. She grabbed the school directory and disappeared into the bathroom.

Oxi-Clean it!

T and I were watching TV and a commercial for Oxi-Clean came on. He was mesmerized by all the images of stains magically disappearing, and after it was over he said he wanted to buy a big tub so he could put it on H and make her disappear. So clever, observant and mean, all at the same time. That's my boy!

I will always have a special place in my heart for Blake Lewis, but damn if that Adam Lambert isn't freaking talented.

Random notes

Another funny conversation with H:

H: Mommy, who did you go to prom with?
Me: My [boy]friend, Dean.
H: What if somebody asked you to go and you didn't want to go with him?
Me: (silently ponders question)
H: Should you say, "no thank you" or "no thank you, I'm already going with someone else" even if you're not really going with someone else?
Me: You shouldn't tell a lie and should just say "no thank you."

Where does this stuff come from?

Three feet of snow during our ski trip last week. Not to sound too much like a spoiled complainer, but powder is exhausting!

Kelly was a raving lunatic on Real Housewives last night, but Bethenny (I think I finally spelled her name right) was downright rude and hostile to her. I'm dying to know the backstory of when they met a couple years ago--clearly something happened! They are all crazy. Still love Jill, though she has to not let Mario and Ramona get under her skin.

This is the most boring season of AI ever. Thank god for Adam (bona fide talent) and Kris (eye candy).

And the freaking NCAA tournament has messed with my Amazing Race recordings twice. I figured I was safe during the NFL off-season so didn't account for any overruns. Off to find recaps of the last two episodes.