About this Burbia Blogger

- added on 03/10/2008

Sally Owen

Sally Owen, who lives in North Carolina, holds down a fulltime job and also manages a household that, at present, includes one husband, one teenage daughter, one preteen son, three rats, four fish, one dog and a blind leopard gecko.

Blogs by Sally Owen

Can't Get Your Act Together? Embrace Your Inner Eccentric

For many years, my goal has been to get myself together and do a better job juggling the responsibilities of home and work. You know: clean and tidy house, well-behaved children, crossed-off to-do list. Recently I've decided to forget all that. My new goal: Eccentricity. This came to me after watching the Frank Capra movie ...read more.

It's Toilet Paper. It Fits In A Holder. It's Not Particle Physics.

On more than one occasion I have been advised that all I need to do to make my life easier is to get my husband and children to do more around the house. I find this suggestion irritating in the ...read more.

Dead Frog In The Freezer. That's The Good News

It started when I was looking for the dead frog in the freezer. Why was I looking for a dead frog in my freezer? And (an equally valid question) why was a dead frog in my

Michelle Obama & Other Early Bird Exercisers Are So... Tiresome

I hate Michelle Obama's arms. And her legs. This is not because I care about the propriety of the First Lady going sleeveless or wearing shorts -- as far as I'm concerned, if a 45-year-old woman is buff enough to show the world, I'm all in favor of her doing so. Quite honestly, she was one of the ...read more.

Nightmares -- Wearing Pajamas at Work? -- Can Come True

I have made some sartorial errors in my 14 years as a working mother. I have gotten to work and discovered that I am wearing one black and one blue sock -- or shoe. I have stapled my hem in place. Once I dropped my daughter off at daycare ...read more.