Hi there, and welcome to Suburban Turmoil! Did you just see me on the Today Show? Then you’re probably looking for this post: This is What Happens When you Order Ridiculously Cheap Clothing From Singapore You’ve also gotta see the post containing all the photos readers sent me of their own cheap overseas clothing mishaps: Here are […]

January is my absolute favorite month, because it marks the season premiere of the best show on television: ‘The Downton Bachelor!’ This season promises to be the most dramatic yet! If you missed Episode 1, here’s a quick recap… Season five of ‘The Downton Bachelor’ begins by introducing us to Chris Soules. As the humble-yet-muscular son […]

I feel like I’m the last person on earth (or at least, in America) to have seen the Blue Man Group. But honestly, those guys always looked a little creepy to me. Did I REALLY need more fodder for my nightmares? No. I did not. However, my seven-year-old son felt differently. He watched the infomercial on the […]

I said in my last post that I’m writing less now about my kids- which is true — at least here on this blog. The truth is, though, that I write about them plenty on Facebook. It just seems better suited for the subject. For one thing, they often say funny or perceptive things that […]

Can it really be December 31st? 2014 has flown by and brought with it so many twists and turns. As I look back over the last year, I can’t believe all that’s happened in just 365 days. All in all, 2014 has been a very family-focused year. I’ve made a conscious decision put most of my […]

Last week, I asked you to tell me about the most offensive/stupid/ridiculous things said to you while you were pregnant- and boy, did you deliver! Hundreds of comments and e-mails later, I’ve discovered that most of the offensive remarks directed at pregnant women can be boiled down to a few basic truths- truths that every […]

Hey, remember that silly little post I dashed off just before Thanksgiving? The one about a package of clothing that arrived from Singapore and contained a bunch of tops and dresses that were SUPPOSED to fit me, but instead fit my teeny, tiny ten-year-old daughter? O. M. G. Y’all. First, it was discovered and written about and apparently […]

Wednesday night, after everyone else had gone to sleep, I was still awake. I had some anxiety about our turkey and needed to talk it out. So I took my dilemma to Facebook and wrote the following update: This year, we had the bright idea of ordering a deep fried Thanksgiving turkey from the barbecue restaurant […]

  Scrolling through Facebook a few weeks ago, I came across this photo on a friends’ page: Now this was my kind of coat! But… NastyDress? What the heck was NastyDress? Intrigued, I clicked on the link– Yep. It was pretty nasty, all right. Most of the dresses would get a girl arrested for indecent exposure […]

On Halloween afternoon a few weeks ago, I was backing out of my driveway when I saw something totally unexpected. “What the…” I said softly. My daughter, who was seated beside me, turned to see what I was staring at and gasped. “I don’t believe it!” she squeaked. Two doors down, my neighbors were busy decorating their […]