After a dozen people showed up Sunday, June 1, to help with move in, leaving us with a house full of boxes, most of which now live in the basement, I decided I was NOT going to leave the house until it was organized and box-free. And then I decided that was just a stupid [...]
I’m blogging from our new place in Arlington, MA. We’re just outside Boston — specifically, we are 3 houses down from the bus that brings you to the terminus of the red line of Boston’s subway, which brings you anywhere IN Boston. It’s quite a change from the sleepy suburb of McLeansville, NC, where a [...]
I’ve been using up a lot of spare brain cycles on wanting to find ways to reduce my family’s use of resources and our footprint on this earth. We’re most likely heading into a recession, both as a family (ha ha) and as a nation, so I figure some serious forethought will go a long [...]
Some may ask why there are always more photos of my younger daughter in my gallery. Some even hint that maybe I LOVE one more than the other, or that I play favoritism.
I don’t play favoritism. I charge for it. I take cash only, as you just can’t trust the credit of kids these [...]
I just had a glass of wine that may make me fall in love with Cabernets again. And inspired me to actually write these words — that hasn’t happened in awhile. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a glass of Cabernet so much since the 2001 Estancia.
Lately, in my sporadic wine drinking, I’ve been flirting with [...]
My four-year-old has declared her independence from pants. As well, she would like to be liberated of all shirts that have collars or turtlenecks, and any long-sleeved shirts where the sleeves are too long. Rolling up the sleeves is not acceptable.
In addition, she will not wear the color white. Even if there is white [...]
Guess what I got my best friend for his birthday?
I haven’t seen him much lately since I bought him an XBox (with thanks to Brian and Alden for giving me lots of good information about what system I should get). He used birthday money from all the parents to buy himself Guitar Hero.
The [...]
Tea party with Daddy
There’s a lot going on developmentally with Laurel, who just turned 4 on January 8. She’s becoming a very social child, one who soaks up the social and then withdraws to form her own boundaries when she’s all social-ed out. She is so like her father in this regard that sometimes they both disappear in [...]
This morning, I couldn’t tell if I had just received one of those calls you just don’t want to get. My husband called me 5 minutes after leaving to take Kelsey to school and said, “Boy, you weren’t kidding about that black ice! Oh, I’ll call you back.” and hung up.
*dramatic pause*
Forward to 5 seconds [...]
