A 2006 Wrap Up - "So Rock 'n' Roll!"
My year started sitting knee to knee with Jennifer Aniston at the Sundance Film Festival. Hanging out with her, Catherine Keener and the rest of the Friends With Money cast was the most surreal beginning to my year. Mind you running into Matt Dillon, Mark Ruffalo and Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't too bad either.
Sundance was when I rediscovered that I was actually an individual. I was without my husband and my kids, I was the woman I was years ago and I was loose. Not loose in the finding a man sense but loose in my spirit feeling completely footless and fancy free. It was so amazing to get to know myself again with a gorgeous group of girlfriends.
I connected with so many old friends but also had a year of wonderful new friendships. Friends who were so inspiring, compassionate and adorable beyond belief. There is nothing like the power of a good friendship.
One of these dear friends went to Tokyo with me to see Madonna which was unbelievably spectacular. I think the fact that we were so close to where we could almost touch Madonna's feet made it the experience of a lifetime. It was also the moment I realized I could have sex with a woman. She was that hot!
To add to my rock 'n' roll moments was when my husband was interviewed for a Rolling Stone article which for some reason sent my sex drive through the roof and still has yet to come down. He couldn't pay for those returns. Well ... you know what I mean. I also lived out my rock 'n' roll groupie fantasies when his band performed their yearly gig. Everything was just so rock 'n' roll.
In motherhood land I got a glimpse of what our kids are going to be like as teenagers when I repeatedly watched our daughter Madison with her hands on her hips say, "Whatever, Mom!" and Cody with his "Mom, you're so uncool" statements. How can a 7 year old tell me I'm uncool? Don't I define it? Moms are so underrated!
More than anything I couldn't believe how our kids became cookie cut-outs of my husband and I. They have the exact make-up of us. It scares me to death that my daughter has all of my genes and the attitude to prove it. On the opposite end of our hot headedness we are emotional wrecks. We both cry during sad movies and feel everyone else's emotion. I know I shouldn't be admitting that I'm capable of crying during a kid's movie especially when we're talking about a cartoon bear and a deer. It's so uncool. I must be a kind caring person, right!?
But the best of the best had to be my Japanese public toilet experience. I thought I was in the men's bathroom by accident but no I was in the women's toilet staring straight down a hole in the ground. It was a real hole where I was meant to squat like a Sumo. I was in heels, jeans and the works and couldn't get past how to do a proper squat and come out dry. So I kicked off my heels and hung up my jeans and undies and performed the nude wee. It was as good as my husband's first facial when the woman asked him to put a robe on and he didn't know if he should take his underwear off or leave them on for the facial. Boy that's a really tough decision considering it was about the face but Jack was so stumped he went with undies off! I think we can call it a wrap for 2006!
Enjoy your holiday and please do absolutely everything that I would do! Go crazy and we'll see you for more in 2007!
xxx
My year started sitting knee to knee with Jennifer Aniston at the Sundance Film Festival. Hanging out with her, Catherine Keener and the rest of the Friends With Money cast was the most surreal beginning to my year. Mind you running into Matt Dillon, Mark Ruffalo and Jake Gyllenhaal wasn't too bad either.
Sundance was when I rediscovered that I was actually an individual. I was without my husband and my kids, I was the woman I was years ago and I was loose. Not loose in the finding a man sense but loose in my spirit feeling completely footless and fancy free. It was so amazing to get to know myself again with a gorgeous group of girlfriends.
I connected with so many old friends but also had a year of wonderful new friendships. Friends who were so inspiring, compassionate and adorable beyond belief. There is nothing like the power of a good friendship.
One of these dear friends went to Tokyo with me to see Madonna which was unbelievably spectacular. I think the fact that we were so close to where we could almost touch Madonna's feet made it the experience of a lifetime. It was also the moment I realized I could have sex with a woman. She was that hot!
To add to my rock 'n' roll moments was when my husband was interviewed for a Rolling Stone article which for some reason sent my sex drive through the roof and still has yet to come down. He couldn't pay for those returns. Well ... you know what I mean. I also lived out my rock 'n' roll groupie fantasies when his band performed their yearly gig. Everything was just so rock 'n' roll.
In motherhood land I got a glimpse of what our kids are going to be like as teenagers when I repeatedly watched our daughter Madison with her hands on her hips say, "Whatever, Mom!" and Cody with his "Mom, you're so uncool" statements. How can a 7 year old tell me I'm uncool? Don't I define it? Moms are so underrated!
More than anything I couldn't believe how our kids became cookie cut-outs of my husband and I. They have the exact make-up of us. It scares me to death that my daughter has all of my genes and the attitude to prove it. On the opposite end of our hot headedness we are emotional wrecks. We both cry during sad movies and feel everyone else's emotion. I know I shouldn't be admitting that I'm capable of crying during a kid's movie especially when we're talking about a cartoon bear and a deer. It's so uncool. I must be a kind caring person, right!?
But the best of the best had to be my Japanese public toilet experience. I thought I was in the men's bathroom by accident but no I was in the women's toilet staring straight down a hole in the ground. It was a real hole where I was meant to squat like a Sumo. I was in heels, jeans and the works and couldn't get past how to do a proper squat and come out dry. So I kicked off my heels and hung up my jeans and undies and performed the nude wee. It was as good as my husband's first facial when the woman asked him to put a robe on and he didn't know if he should take his underwear off or leave them on for the facial. Boy that's a really tough decision considering it was about the face but Jack was so stumped he went with undies off! I think we can call it a wrap for 2006!
Enjoy your holiday and please do absolutely everything that I would do! Go crazy and we'll see you for more in 2007!
xxx
