Summer Solstice, historically, is a time to celebrate the joy and warmth of summer, and an opportunity to release fears and sadness. It honors the feeling you get when you open your door and walk out into a perfect, sun-shining day. Make the most of today, folks, even if you’re not one of the barefoot hippies I like to call my friends. Summer is here! My weekend was bittersweet. I put Emo Boy on a plane to Arkansas for four weeks, got naked at the airport (those new fangled security scanners)... 

N8V Running shares her culture, heritage and children with the world. Durrah brings us the June ATS featured video! Melia guest blogs on MOM! Better yet, she reveals her love for Al Gore! June on HippyMom! Lessons on how to NOT be an UnCool Girl. Another night in Spectacular Me’s bed; alcohol needed. The Alien wraps up her time in Mexico, all warm and cozy-like.  

That’s an awesome title. I had an awesome weekend. I’m concerned at how much I actually use the word, “awesome,” lately. Awesome. This weekend’s awesomeness included a trip to Baltimore. Baltimore isn’t really that awesome, its actually pretty bleak and can be somewhat foreboding, but if it was good enough for John Hughes, its good enough for me. I finally got to another baseball game, an event I uncharacteristically love even as I laugh at the weirdness that sports... 

Its Monday…well, Monday night and I’m drinking a well-deserved martini. Three of four kiddos are in bed, one is happily traveling back from his own Memorial Day vacation with his friend and I have, once again, survived a road trip with the kids. I can’t take all of the credit this time (for once!) because I had my trusty sidekick, Freedom, helping to wrangle the masses. Mr. Amazing strikes again, yo. We ended up leaving on Friday night because, well, there really wasn’t a... 

No, not flying, but I’m leaving for the weekend, with Twitches and Freedom in tow, to see my amazing friend, Durrah and her troupe do some dancing. Then, we’re going to hit the beach where I will not gawk at anyone in a bathing suit, because I refuse to objectify women anymore. At least today. Its a good thing the beach doesn’t happen until Sunday. I’m going to take the weekend to observe people, because I read an article that said I should do that more, so I shall do that....