Avon World Sales Leader and Granny
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Heather talks about overcoming depression on today's Momversation.
- @TheHeatherB Royksopp, their latest is perfect for upping your heartrate.
- Babies who wake up at 4AM should be forced to push a handcart through Iowa in winter with her pregnant sister wives. And sing as she walks!
- Leta: "STOP FOLLOWING ME, COCO!"
I wonder where she picked up that exclamation.
1. Angie said:
I need lipstick to live - long live Avon
2. Kris said:
How could we be mean? Because we love you so much, how could we not love Mom?
I find I am waking up with eagerness to check the Photos Everyday section. Thanks for posting them. I am curious, so I wonder whether you will someday post about your family's willingness to appear on such a popular blog. I also wonder whether anyone in your family (you go, George) has actually been recognized in public by a blogger or a paparazzo.
3. cursingmama said:
I've always wondered what the Avon World Sales Leader looked like. Hey! I'm First! WOO HOO
4. Illuminn said:
Even though they could be to blame for all our emotional insecurities and obsessive-compulsive behaviors, Moms are still the most fantabulously wonderful creatures in the world.
5. cursingmama said:
Darn - I didn't type fast enough to be first. Maybe next time.
I did forget to say (since I was typing so fast) that I loved the photo, and your grandma's silver hair.
6. patricia said:
Exactly the image in my head. We love Dooce's mom!
7. joe said:
sorry, h.b., i couldn't resist--the dinner we had with your mom at chi chi's was the best dinner at chi chi's ever. glad you're good, hi to jon and leta, and enjoy park city.
8. beerzie yoink said:
Um. Nice earrings?
9. jansell said:
Oh, so we're welcome to rip on granny? Just kidding. They're cute. The kids in the front are cute, too.
10. beachgal said:
I don't think anyone would say anything mean about your mom. I mean, come on, she's mainly responsible for our favorite blogger, YOU! Yay mom and Yay Granny!
11. JuJuBee said:
Mom is a hottie and so sweet to take Leta for the weekend. Be careful...you might end up with a little Mormon on your hands. If she comes home wearing thong panties, be very afraid.
12. julie said:
Chi-Chi's is closed forever..good bye fajitas.. goodbye corncake.. goodbye hot and spicy salsa
:~(
13. Daisy said:
Very elegant looking!
14. dave p said:
So that's what you'll look like in 30 years...
15. red said:
agreeing with everyone else -- how could we not love your mom?! she looks lovely, and i am betting she's a wonderful lady. yay Dooce's mom!
16. kim said:
her hair looks just prrrrfect. ;o)
it's priceless to see mom and grandma happy and healthy together at a family-party - i'm telling you - enjoy that!!
17. Karen said:
Go mom!
And go Leta. Ya gotta love that kid.
18. Gordon said:
does she sell to rural virginia? My wife uses the skin so soft(Tm) with vinegar as a fly repellent. avon makes the best all in one sun screen/fly repellent/skin care stuff in the world.
19. Tracy said:
If I'm not mistaken, I think there's also a pic of the A.W.S.L. in the September 2 entry (the one where Leta's trying to rip her mom's lower lip off).
20. sab said:
Actually your mom seems like a pretty cool lady!
21. Tracey said:
I love the pictures you take every day. This is always my first check of the day, to see the photo of the day and hear about what's up with you all. Take care!
22. amy said:
How could anyone say anything mean about a woman who TAKES your child for extended periods of time?! The woman is a saint dammit..
23. Christine said:
This is probably just the art professor in me, but -- wow, that is a beautifully composed image. It reminds me of something Edgar Degas would paint. Very nice.
And DooceMom looks nice, too. :)
24. trudie said:
oh, i love it! now that's the kind of hair my mom needs. poor woman has no hair--i'll be virtually bald when i'm 35. looks like dooce won't have that problem, though. does avon sell hair products? i'd better get started now.
no more chi chi's? my husband's going to freak. anytime his parents ask us where we want to go, he always says chi-chis. and his parents always think he's being serious. what a terrible end to a great family joke...
25. Daisy said:
I swear to God Avon Skin-so-Soft is a cure all for EVERYTHING! They should use it on Cancer and AIDS patients.
26. Laura said:
Every time you write about her, she seems more a model of efficiency and kindness. It's like what beachgal said. What's not to love?
27. moose said:
I love the composition of this photo. Oooh.
28. Danna said:
Nice photo. Reminds me of Christmas.
29. eileen dover said:
I second the Degas comparison - very astute. Dooce, your compositional skilz are the shiznit.
30. G~ said:
LOL! Well, I can see why she's the World Sales Leader!! She looks every bit the part of a beauty products sales woman...all tailored and primped.
A very nice looking woman, that Avon mom of yours, Heather. ;) Looks like Leta has nothing to worry about since her parents AND her Grammy are so cute, huh?
*grin*
31. Mir said:
Lovely photo. And your mom is so much younger than I pictured! (Oh, that's not her, on the right?)
32. Lesley said:
I have a friend whose husband became, out of the blue, a born again, and he and his whole congregation prayed for my friend's soul every Sunday and at prayer meetings (because she wasn't into the whole born again Christian schtick. Of course, they're divorced now.
33. Michael said:
If that's your mom in the brown, I'm just wondering (by her hair) if she was the model for Mom on Futurama?
34. Michael said:
She seems to be a very elegant lady, indeed. I just wish I could see her smile. I do enjoy your photo of the day series very much. I wish I could implement something similir for my blogger site, but alas, their software is not as versatile as Movable Type. What I wouldn't give to have categories!
35. Michael said:
That should've been "similar" in my previous post. Man, do I hate making typos! :O/
36. Christi Lee said:
Very pretty picture. Some of the others mentioned Degas. The young girl looks like the little ballerina from on of his paintings and the back round looks like the garden tea painting.
Very neat.
I was going to make fun of your mom, but then I was afraid you'd uh, cut me with-hot-forks-of-displeasure, No need to get all hot-forks-of-displeasure on me.
I was just kidding about making fun of your mom. She seems like a very good grandma. Very classy.
37. Another Laura said:
Your mom looks very elegant. I'd buy a lipstick from her. And my kid only resembles me when his feet stink - otherwise, we're not sure I really contributed any DNA to him.
38. SuMMer said:
What a hottie mom and granny there! You've got nothing to worry about in your old age.
I just wanted to point out that you get some very amusing ads sometimes. Right now, thee's one for the 'Freedom Tower Silver Coin', and one for a World Trade Center artifacts and memorabilia auction. Hmmm, interesting...
39. tiffany said:
She has Texas hair!
I'm not being mean I swear.
40. Gretchen C. said:
That's one classy lady.
You have to love those baby farts. Both of my boys produce extremely terrifying ones; Matt, at two weeks old, could produce farts that sounded like a 45-year-old man after a heavy night of burritos and beer. He'd do it in public, and people would stare accusingly at ME.
41. Carny Asada said:
Here's the thing: We went to Best Buy yesterday; we held the Canon Digital Rebel and the Nikon D70 in our hands; we took pictures of teen-agers walking through the aisles and startled them with our rapid-burst flashes.
And... (gnashing of teeth)... we fell in love with the Nikon D70. HOW HOW HOW could you introduce us to a camera that will suck an extra $300 out of our pockets? That is not the act of a loving blogmistress.
By the way: Cute mom. But you knew that.
42. wixlet said:
your mom's hair (and your grandma's, too) makes me miss my grandma. she would go to the beauty shop every week and have her hair washed, curled, and set, and sleep in a beautiful satin night cap every night so that her hair would keep its shape. i never knew my grandma to have hair that didn't act as a single unit--it would have withstood hurricane-force winds, i promise you. i guess that's the quintessential 'texas hair', but i always just think of it as hair like my grandma's.
43. Michelle said:
Your mom is the Avon World Sales Leader? Holy Crud that is amazing!
Whatever your family thinks about your blog I have a feeling that they are immensley proud of you and love you Jon and Leta beyond words.
44. George said:
My mom has Texas hair, but she actually lives in Texas. Oh yea, about the matchmaking, it would be difficult for me to move from Provo, since I am in school and all. So lets stick to people in Utah and Texas for now, since I do visit my parents every now and again.
45. Amanda B. said:
Holy moly dudes, I just ran into Britany Spears and her new husband in Picadilly. Of course I HAD to say something to her, so I said, "Congratulations on your wedding!" She said "ok...thankyou" (undertone: go away weird person, i'm trying to pick out my beverage). Awesome.
I don't own any Britany albums, but I think she's gotten a really hard rap. So for the record, she was not, a)broken out b)pregnant or c)fat in any way shape or form. She's tiny tiny and super pumped. Gorgeous!
The husband...well...
I had to tell you guys because it was a very exciting event in the middle of a crappy workday.
And now I must dance!
*Oops I did it again...I freaked Britany Spears out...in the middle of lunch...ooh bebe bebe...*
46. the husband said:
People. Don't mess with the southern hair. Trust me.
47. Carrie said:
The hair is....is....oh, I'm speechless. It's just amazing, seriously. and the picture is beautiful.
48. LT said:
She's no George ;)
49. HazelEyedPisces said:
dooce, ya gotta high five leta for me. farting women unite! any family of dooce's will be loved, therefore none of us will make fun of mom.
50. Amy said:
I love the way the little girl's shirt is so clear, you can see every detail of the lacey stuff.
Don't worry, I'm sure you'll soon be able to buy back your soul on eBay.
51. Judy said:
My friends son farts so loud he wakes himself up, he's somewhere arond 5 months old now...
52. ness said:
my mother sent me some avon double-action foot sloughing cream, and it is truly the work of the angels. and that anew glycolic peel? hoo boy! please pass on my sincere thanks to your mother for helping me look pretty!
53. mm said:
Heather, as an addl money making endeavor (not that google isn't working out well!), would you be able to "sell" avon for your mom via this site? You could be a sub-distributor for the AWSL, probably making her some bucks as well as you, if I understand the avon business model. I'm sure you have plenty of built in customers through this site!
54. Super Turtle Girl said:
What are you talking about? Avon rules!
55. Cate said:
I'd buy Avon to help support Dooce!
56. Dipali said:
Does anyone else feels that just one photo or one post per day is not just enough for us , the dooce-lovers ?
We want M O R E !!
anyone with me ?
57. mari said:
I love that you said you would cut anyone who bad-mouthed your mom. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
58. Lorie said:
Hey, I like the idea of buying Avon to support Dooce! I never thought of that, and I buy Avon periodically. Something to consider!
59. future mrs george said:
Must.Have.More.George.
60. ling said:
there was this avon ad on uk tv today and it reminded me of you. like "hey i know the avon world sales leader's daughter" even though i don't really
61. Gia on Guam said:
I was really quite surprised when I saw that there was to be a photo of the AWSL. I would imagine that some family members would prefer to stay off the #1 search result for "poop in my ass" ... one of them being her. But of what I can see, she really looks very elegant. Everything you would expect a southern lady to look like. REPRESENT!
As for Leta's bottom system vocalization, A GEM! Jon expressing himself at a very tender hallmark moment, the background music starting to swell to a crescendo and Leta lets it RIP!
62. Ammer said:
Your mom's hair is like my grandmother's hair. Everyone says "Texas hair", but it's Southern Woman Over 50 Hair. 30 more years and I too can have hair that will stay in place even in hurricane force winds.
63. Liz said:
That is such a cool picture!
64. pretendingsanity said:
Just a small warning from the aspiring avon world sales lady that celebrated her childs 1st birthday while pregnant with the second child: now that the procedure has been reconvened, be very, VERY careful... caring for a one year old and a two year old at the same time is no easy job. Have fun being very, VERY careful!
65. Kelli said:
George - I have a female cousin who's a junior at BYU...though she might be a little too much of a good lil' mormon girl for a guy who's related to Dooce, and who names his cat "Ass Face" (that WAS you, wasn't it?).
My cousin - she's cute, anyway.
66. George said:
Yea Ass Face was mine... maybe I could meet your cousin? Anyways... send me an email gboone31(at)hotmail. I'll probably regret putting my email on here, oh well.
67. Browser said:
George -- it's a different picture posted not yesterday's three stooges....stop talking about yourself.
68. future mrs george said:
George needs a blog! :)
69. Jelene said:
it's like totally required for all women over 50 to have that hairdo. my mom has it, my mom's best friend has it... i'll probably have it. *no*
... it's funny how my counter on my blog quadruples everytime i comment on here. i can't imagine how many visitors you get on this thing. if you got a nickel for everyone that passed through, you'd be a millionare.
70. coolbeans said:
Is that the real George? For real?
Picture of the day is oustanding, as usual. Thank you.
Also, you should be watching (or TIVO-ing) E! tonight. There will be cowbell.
71. Tim said:
My mom sold Avon when I was a kid, in Memphis too...I wonder if she knew your mom... We only had avon soap and sunblock for years...
72. Mary said:
I have a question, since you brought it up (sort of). Why do Mormons fold their arms during prayer or other important events? I grew up with a Mormon family and thought it was just them. But apparently it's not?
73. Lauren said:
There is nothing in the world quite like the scent of Skin-so-soft. I have 12 bars upstairs right now, gonna go have me a shower.
74. Very Mom said:
Kris, (poster #2) I saw Dooce's sister at Copperton Park over Labor Day weekend. I about peed my pants and had to refrain from running up to her for an autograph.
75. david williams said:
wow nice photography!
76. future mrs.george #2 said:
too bad george is all the way in utah. and too bad he's already been spoken for by "future mrs. george". Oh but wait, if I'm not mistaken you mormon folk wouldn't be opposed to my becoming the 2nd "future mrs. george", now would you? :)
George, you rock my thong panties off.
77. Suzy said:
Okay, if your mom is the Avon World Sales Leader, my mom HAS to be the Avon World Purchasing Leader! I still have various trinket boxes, lip glosses and hair brushes bought from Avon...wayyy, wayyyy back! Avon brushes NEVER DIE!!!
78. George said:
Bring on the polygomy.
79. Peter Hentges said:
"Bring on the polygamy."
You tell 'em, George!
80. future mrs george #1 said:
bbwwahahahaaa @ polygomy!
George you are priceless!
81. Stacy said:
I second the Avon idea. I live in Texas, but I would still buy from your site if the shipping was reasonable. Maybe just have a link to the avon site so we could log on and purchase things from you? I think it would ship from the nearest warehouse but give the credit to you.
82. Lindsey said:
Mean!? She's a total fox!
Besides, who doesn't love Avon???