Bootsy Ross
- Location
- North Hollywood, California, USA
- Birthday
- June 16
- Title
- Mama
- Company
- The Ross Family
- Bio
- I am Sam. No one really calls me "Bootsy," but I do wear combat boots...to church. In the past, I have worked in a library, deli/general store, summer day camp, numerous retailers, telemarketing call center, daycare center, several theatres (movie as well as live, where I worked onstage, backstage, assistant teaching, teaching, moving the furniture, turning on and off lights...you name it, I probably did it, or at least I helped a little). I was a part-time nanny, an art-class model and one of those people who demonstrates products at department stores. Really. I probably missed a few. Now, I am an at-home mom to 3 daughters, which means I do all of those jobs and more ~ every single day. The pay is lousy, but the incentives are great :) Happily married to the love of my life since 1996. Love still, truly, is the ultimate trip. I have been vegetarian since 1984, and enjoy cooking, sewing (not very well, but I still enjoy it), reading, writing, dancing with my girlfriends and going to a good, loud show. I digress. Often. Almost constantly, really. Get used to it.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Change of Life
February 16, 2012 07:56PM - Look out, 2012 ~ here I come.
January 01, 2012 06:39AM - Confessions of an Embarrassing
Mom
October 29, 2011 10:56PM - The Skinny Gal Speaks...again
October 06, 2011 12:52PM - ...just give me a minute to
stand
up...*grrrrroooooooaaaann*
July 13, 2011 10:37PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Well, I don't run at
all, anymore. When I did,
however, I
found that, unless
I w…”
February 20, 2012 06:26AM - “I originally posted this
on the 1st, but, since I think
I am
transferring my
blog…”
January 18, 2011 12:38AM
Bootsy Ross's Links
Change of Life
No, not THAT "change of life." Just...hmmm... You know those moments in your life when you feel like someone flipped a switch and, suddenly, that train you thought you were on is headed down a different track? Yeah. That kind of change.
You might remember my post about why I… Read full post »
Look out, 2012 ~ here I come.
2011 called. It wants a do-over. I can't blame it. I mean, there were some utterly craptastic moments there. In fact, I would go so far as to say that 2011 contained some of the very worst moments in the lives of many people I know and love. So, as I… Read full post »
Confessions of an Embarrassing Mom
I'm the embarrassing mom. Most of my kids don't know this yet, but I think they're all at least starting to get a clue. It's not a new development. I've always been the embarrassing mom; they just haven't been old enough to care.
But now, when I stop to spit… Read full post »
The Skinny Gal Speaks...again
I've thought about writing this for a while here. In fact, I am reasonably certain I have written similar things elsewhere, and they probably have helped me achieve the overwhelming popularity I enjoy with the masses.
Do you hear those undulating masses? Listen!
...
...
*cricket… Read full post »
...just give me a minute to stand up...*grrrrroooooooaaaann*
Several times today, a kid asked me for help, or to come look at a fabulous Lego creation, and I found myself uttering those words. And groaning. As if rising from my chair were the most difficult task I'd undertaken in years. About the fourth go-round it occurred to me ~… Read full post »
Kids Today...revisited.
I had a long chat yesterday with a teacher who is very disheartened and worried about the future because, he says, he has never witnessed a group of children so mean, cut-throat, and lacking in compassion as the class he has this year. I am not one to say, "What's the… Read full post »
Taste, and Adjust Seasonings
Every recipe should end with those words. Isn't that what we all do? We follow a recipe...sorta. Maybe, the first time we make it, we follow it exactly. Then, we think, "hmmm...could use a bit more ginger..." or "I don't like the broccoli in this. Maybe, next time, I'll… Read full post »
Why I Run
I was a late bloomer. Really late. Like...30. Seriously. When people ask me what I was into when I was a kid ~ what music I liked, what my style was, what I liked to do... ~ I just sort of...*shrug* I wasn't into anything, really.
I feel like I… Read full post »
Teenagers Rock
...and will, one day, rule the world.
I heard it a lot when the girls were younger ~ maybe especially
because I have 3 girls, and girls do have that reputation for being
more emotional than boys, especially during the teenage years
(we'll talk about that in another entry, someday, perhaps)
~… Read full post »
*ring* *ring*
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's 2011."
"So...THIS is what they mean when they talk about 'ringing in the
New Year?' Weird."
"Yeah, well...it's the modern age. The times they are a'changin'.
Right?"
"Guess so. So...um...I'm kinda busy with the champagne and Auld
Lang Syne over here. What did you want?"
"Just thought I… Read full post »
Yet Another Blog?
Indeed.
I've had a few over the years, and I enjoy writing. I think, in a way, it helps me hold on to my sanity. There's just something about sitting down at the end of a day (or the beginning of a day, when the children are all rollerskating out… Read full post »
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