Dianelaneyfitzpatrick

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A former newspaper reporter and editor, Diane Laney Fitzpatrick is a freelance writer with three children - two in college studying music and journalism, and one living and teaching in Moscow.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University, worked as a newspaper reporter and editor before becoming a stay-at-home mom and freelance writer. She's done a multitude of volunteer projects at schools, her church, and for the homeless, minorities, women's issues, and political causes.

Diane and her family have lived in six states in the past 20 years, making her intimately familiar with moving and relocating families. She currently lives in and writes from Jupiter, Florida.

"Just Humor Me," Diane's blog, is on Blogspot and on her personal website. She also blogs about Empty Nest and is a contributing columnist at Commentarista.


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MY BLOGS

  • Just Humor Me http://just-humor-me.blogspot.com/

    Growing up in the ‘60s, being a teenager in the ‘70s, raising kids, moving all over the country, and trying to stay afloat living in South Florida, Just Humor Me is a modern day housewife’s journey through the day-to-day funny moments.

LATEST ARTICLES ( 307 )

  • I'm New in Town So Naturally I Wanted to Spend the Day at the DMV

    Town Naturally Wanted Spend

    I had such high hopes. My hopes were as high as Coit Tower. My hopes were higher than the hill I have to walk up to take my dog to the park (which is high,... Read more

    Posted on 21 July 2013 HUMOR

  • New Girl Hair Issues

    Girl Hair Issues

    For a self-proclaimed moving expert I’m kind of a dumbass. Once again, I forgot the worst thing about moving: finding a new hair person. Read more

    Posted on 13 July 2013 HUMOR

  • People to See, Places to Go, Butterflies to Save

    People See, Places Butterflies Save

    I’ve got a lot on my plate right now, and like most people, the more I have to do the less willing I am to actually do even a tiny bit of it. If I have 30 thing... Read more

    Posted on 05 July 2013 HUMOR

  • How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change Your Life?

    Many Lightbulbs Does Take Change Your Life?

    When I walked into my house for the first time as its new co-owner, I was so relieved that it had been cleaned I gave a little yip. Read more

    Posted on 28 June 2013 HUMOR

  • This Isn't HGTV, Missy

    This Isn't HGTV, Missy

    I don’t think it’s a secret anymore that my husband loves HGTV. His happiest moment of any given day is when he flips on the TV and that channel is still on fro... Read more

    Posted on 11 April 2013 HUMOR

  • Hello, City Life!

    Hello, City Life!

    I’m trying like the dickens to live the life of Lisa Douglas before she chose chores over stores in Green Acres. But real life and 50 years of America’s urban... Read more

    Posted on 05 April 2013 HUMOR

  • Rocking the Temporary Life

    Move #2 of 4 is done and I'm as settled as I'm going to be in a temporary apartment in San Francisco. There's a reason I devoted a whole chapter of my book on... Read more

    Posted on 28 March 2013 HUMOR

  • When Perfect Timing is Actually the Worst Timing

    Whose idea was it to put out a book on moving at the exact same time that I'm moving? This ranks up there with My Permed Bangs Calamity of 1984 in decisions I'v... Read more

    Posted on 25 March 2013 HUMOR

  • Movecation Recommended

    Movecation Recommended

    As a self-proclaimed moving expert, I will now update my moving advice to include the following: "Never . . . " Wait. "Always . . . take a vacation approximatel... Read more

    Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR

  • Switching Gears

    Switching Gears

    And since this might be the last chance I get to run a photo that has nothing to do with anything, here’s a funny one. Even though I know those kids didn’t writ... Read more

    Posted on 06 March 2013 HUMOR

  • KISS and Make Up

    KISS Make

    Have you ever been to Sephora or Mac or a department store makeup counter and seen a woman sitting in a highchair getting her makeup done? What an idiot. Right? Read more

    Posted on 20 February 2013 HUMOR

  • Cuts Like a Knife and Not in the Sexy Bryan Adams Way

    Cuts Like Knife Sexy Bryan Adams

    I want it to be known that I have shown great restraint in waiting until today, Wednesday, Feb. 6, to blog about my husband’s stitches, which happened on... Read more

    Posted on 06 February 2013 HUMOR

  • Trouble in Candy Land: The Rise and Fall of the Heath Bar

    Trouble Candy Land: Rise Fall Heath

    I’ve been proven wrong again and I’m starting to doubt my own inarguable authority on popular culture topics. I had read somewhere that Heath bars were made by ... Read more

    Posted on 28 January 2013 HUMOR, SATIRE

  • It's Not Easy Being Bottle Green

    It's Easy Being Bottle Green

    And when I say not easy I mean that in the most First World, pompous ass kind of way. I know, I shouldn’t say that anything about my life isn’t easy when there... Read more

    Posted on 22 January 2013 HUMOR

  • The Clicker is the Kicker

    Clicker Kicker

    Yesterday was the first day of dog school for me. Not for my dog, but just for me. Unlike real school, parent’s night is a week before the school term starts. Read more

    Posted on 17 January 2013 HUMOR

  • Masseur Me!

    Masseur

    Am I the only middle-aged woman in America that is just now realizing how good it feels to get a back rub from a stranger? I used to say I wasn’t the massage... Read more

    Posted on 14 January 2013 HUMOR

  • Hotel Shampoo? Yes, Please

    Hotel Shampoo? Yes, Please

    I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that I'm having some great hair days on a vacation. I would count my blessings, but I'm too busy trying... Read more

    Posted on 08 January 2013 HUMOR

  • So Matt's Big Breakfast It Is

    Matt's Breakfast

    I was on a plane to Phoenix yesterday, reading magazines because if we had turned on our iPads to do any 21st-century-method reading we might have brought the... Read more

    Posted on 05 January 2013 HUMOR

  • Busted by a Mannequin

    Busted Mannequin

    Thanks to my friend Lynn, who sent me a link to this story, my relationship with mannequins is completely deteriorated. If you’re too lazy to click on the link... Read more

    Posted on 02 January 2013 HUMOR

  • If My Dog Were a Person

    Were Person

    She would be a thumb sucker and have a pacifier and chew gum and chew on her pencils and smoke. And snuff wouldn’t surprise me either. She’s the most orally... Read more

    Posted on 30 December 2012 HUMOR