Shannon, Author at Shannon Bradley-Colleary

I am Hubbell

Great Scott that man was gorgeous! Do you remember that scene in The Way We Were? It’s the one where Barbra Streisand calls Hubbell because

Who’s The Fairest Of Them All?

Sisterly Competition Bridget and I were lying in bed reading last night when she activated a sleeper cell to commit jihad against me. “Mommy, who’s

10th Wedding Anniversary

Shhhh. I’m at the San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara for my 10th wedding anniversary. Don’t tell anyone who might try to find me. Including

Screwed by the Spring Sing

When I come in from work today I find Bridget flung across her bed scribbling furiously on a yellow legal pad. She’s using a thick,

Arnold Schwarzenegger aka Arnold Schwarzen-ass!

I’ll Be Back Eleven years ago Arnold Schwarzenegger told my husband he would be a “SCHMUCK” if he didn’t get me to sign a pre-nup

Married Sex: Fact or Fiction?

Sarah and Simon had been married ten years. They had two children, Octavia and Penelope, ages two and four. Their angels and their succubae.

Utah and Alcohol Don’t Mix

Utah is beautiful. It has a gorgeous snow-peaked mountain range, a moonscape salt lake basin, Mormons who raise big families with well-mannered kids and a

All About My Mother

Blaming Your Mom Here’s my sob story accompanied by violin in A minor. My parents divorced when I was two. Both remarried. My dad once

My Kids Have Stealth Super Powers

The kids chose our costumes Halloween ’09. Should’ve tipped me off to their true identities! It’s 3 p.m. I’ve picked Clare (8) and Bridget (7) up

The Great White Huntress

Shopping Addiction Hanging The LolaHolly Shift out to dry. To prepare for hunting

How Demand TV Ruined My Life

I’m about to make glassy-eyed love to my Demand TV. The girls are in bed after I read the illuminating Captain Underpants to them, tickled, scratched,

Spring Fever For the Over-Achiever

These Ukranian Easter eggs are overkill. Who’re they trying to impress? Are we supposed to live up to this fucacta? This will be brief. Because

Do You Fall Down?

Does anyone besides me fall down? Because I seem to fall down a lot. I’ve fallen down, epically, at least three times in the last

Leaving Las Vegas (minus the booze)

We’re on our sixth hour of driving from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City to visit family for spring break. Collectively Clare (8), Bridget (7),

The American Girl Doll Birthday Party Rip-Off

This doll bed cost more than my cesarean What is more wholesome than an American Girl Doll? There’s Josefina Montoya who tries to preserve what

Other People’s Kids Suck!

Other people’s kids suck! Because they’re hyper, foretelling a career jacking cop cars to sell for parts in Oaxaca while high on crank. Our kids

Celebrity Stalkers: Is Katie Holmes a Scientology Prisoner?

Needy Katie The problem with being a mom in L.A. is that we’re celebrity magnets. Stars — who spend their lives jetting to

Laser Hair Removal

Aka — Pruning the Lady Garden My L.A. mom friends include: A former editor at Forbes Magazine An architect, a lawyer from the Slovak Republic

Kids Who Hate Change

Henry and I had the execrable audacity to repaint our 8-year old daughter’s bedroom against her will. Two more heinous crushers-of-the-soul have never existed. Upon