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my friend is on TV!


(technically my friend’s sister, but she’s my friend, too dammit!)

odd mom out is a new show on monday nights on bravo. written by and starring jill kargman, it’s quirky, funny, smart and co-stars the (scene-stealing) newcomer KK Glick.


when i knew KK, she was called kristen. she is the 4 years younger sister of my best friend beth. the first time beth slept over my house in 7th grade, we made an Iroquois longhouse diorama and took screwdrivers around the house tightening all the screws on the light switchplates.

i slept in KK’s bed dozens of times from 7th through 12th grade. she and beth shared a room and KK would often weekend nights sleep over a friend’s house, leaving a free bed for me to poach. beth and KK have a cool older sister and brother, their brother in particular was himself a friendly allstar athlete and had lots of friendly allstar athlete friends who were always hanging around their house – it was basically heaven for a 15 year old girl, and i slept over there a lot.

back to KK – she was quite a bit younger, but still funny and not annoying – she was into sports and did her own thing with the acting – i remember seeing her do summer music as a little 10 year old kid, singing “Go to Timbuktu!” (Oliver, I’d Do Anything) and ‘summer nights’ from Grease. 

going to woodloch


we went on many vacations with her family – woodloch pines in the summer and killington in the winter. i wish i had some pictures that include KK with me here in NC, but instead here’s my mom and beth riding in their maroon woody minivan to the poconos.

barney & oreo


the only other KK-related photo i have here is this, and this is a sad story which might end up on odd mom out someday – it’s KK’s christmas present bunny, named Oreo, we kept him overnight at our house for a day or two beforehand to help with the christmas surprise, here he is with my rabbit Barney. i think Oreo lasted about 1 day before he tragically died somehow of natural causes in his hutch. it was probably traumatic for KK.  pretty soon thereafter, they ended up getting Murphy, a small white ball of tail wagging fluff who loved to lick.

christmas 93


anyway, i am so proud of KK for following her dreams and landing this amazing role on major Big Time TV.  she plays dr. vanessa and is calm and hilarious. she is so much like her real self, it’s hard to believe she is acting.

in last week’s episode, they said my name! kind of.  jill is telling her husband to find love and remarry if she should die first, and she suggests he remarry ‘lolly mctammany’ – haha!  see the 30 second video here: Odd Mom Out

see KK saying funny things:
KK tours Jill’s Bedroom

check out
KK Glick on Bravo

KK Glick’s personal website

KK Glick’s twitter.

KK Glick’s instagram.


so maybe check out the show if you like to laugh. i’d like to nominate KK Glick for an emmy.  

in her honor, here is a video of van halen “dreams.” 

and also one of extreme ‘more than words.’ 



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ruff time for pups

since the passing of nacho just 2 months ago, 4 of my good friends and family’s dogs have gone to join him in doggie heaven.

betsy had to say goodbye to tally.


kid D had to say goodbye to baxter.


sargentina had to say goodbye to baron von sleevenstein, aka steve the dog.


and then my parents had to say goodbye to henry.

it’s been ruff! i would like to extend my sincerest sympathy to these 4 families – losing a beloved pet is traumatic and takes a lot of time to heal from that loss. 

the only thing that i know of to speed the healing has four legs and rhymes with fluppy.

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daily sugarhoney: sugarflashbacks

these are from the past few weeks that i didn’t get around to posting.

sugarhoney with her almost 4 year old friend. i mean come on!

sugarselah




pouncey is on base.




 (kevin took these last 3.)

“sneeze”



“dazed”



and last but not least, sharing a tongue:




they’re all getting along pretty well. eli is still being cordial, sugarhoney respects that. sugarhoney wishes you all a sweet weekend.

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holden dog portrait by teylor smith

a couple months ago i invited any budding artists to send pictures for our handmade/kids art gallery in the dog’s room.

i heard rumblings via kid D that her daughter teylor was working on a painting, and what color was holden‘s old collar?

last week the anticipation grew via this mysterious instagram:

“We must have looked at one thousand images before she found one she felt like she could draw. She then practiced, and practiced and practiced. Tonight she finished Holden. This is your sneak peek.”


look! it’s little holdie feet! keep in mind that teylor is 6 years old. 6. Six. not even 7 yet.

and then it arrived! straight from oklahoma – behold!  the finished portrait of holden as a puppy!

holden painting by teylor smith


how freakin adorable is this? she really captured his eager to please personality.

holden painting by teylor smith 

eli wants to get a closer sniff. 

holden painting by teylor smith 

all the dogs are very impressed and only slightly jealous. i am going to get a frame this week and hang it in a most honored and highly visible spot in the gallery.

thank you teylor! bravo! keep up the good work – you have real talent & your painting brings us so much joy!

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SHV at HSMF

High Sierra Music Festival jammed on this past weekend in California.

I was not there, but a slew of Skippy Haha Vintage shirts made the trip.

Behold members of ALO and Tea Leaf Green happily sporting SHV torso shields on stage.

photo by Wally Meerschaert


(L to R) Josh Clark in Lynyrd Skynyrd t-shirt, Bo Carper in vintage western, Trevor Garrod in embroidered 70’s western, Steve Adams in Hot Tub t-shirt, and Dan Lebowitz in picnic gingham button down.

Viva rock!  Festivaaaaaaal!