This was the view out my back door last week: It has been cold and snowy forever, I think. In reality it has been more like three and a half weeks, but it feels like forever. At least the sun came out yesterday, which makes me feel less like stabbing people who complained about the […]
Archives for 2012
Did you know November is Gratitude Month?
November 8, 2012 by 14 Comments
Well, it is! I don’t know who comes up with these specialty months; probably the same people who come up with “Grandparents’ Day”. For the record, every day is Grandparents’ Day, just like every month should be Gratitude Month. Right? It’s like I tell my kids when they are coveting something new immediately after a […]
Hot Carl
November 5, 2012 by 18 Comments
Twice a year I find myself commenting that I am in awe that we, as a society, still deal with such an antiquated notion as Daylight Savings Time, and twice a year my husband tells me that I am starting to sound crazy when I launch a diatribe against it. And yet, although my children are […]
November 1st equals Christmas
November 1, 2012 by 8 Comments
There have been a number of Very Sad, Moderately Sad, and Mildly Sad things going on in the Boyhouse and in the world at large this week. Happily, general Halloween festivities and related sugary and non-sugary joy have cheered me, as well as the fact that as of 11:00 this morning, I have finished my […]
Give Mom the Rockets and No One Gets Hurt
October 29, 2012 by 16 Comments
Happy Monday/ Full Moon Day, everyone! We are just coming off the high of a long weekend – it was a PD day on Friday, which was joyfully spent painting clay creations and playing video games with friends. Thursday night was the much-anticipated Halloween Dance and it was everything everyone had ever dreamed of, and […]
Book Review: Hooked on Hockey
October 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
When Simon and Schuster asked me to review Chicken Soup for the Soul: Hooked on Hockey, I laughed to myself. Surely there are few people less qualified to review a book whose title is followed by “101 Stories about the Players Who Love the Game and the Families that Cheer Them On”. For one thing, […]
Domination by cookie baking
October 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
The Boyhouse is vibrating with excitement today. It’s the Halloween Family Dance and I am just going to say that I feel badly for the teachers today. They are going to be dealing with some bouncy kids. Also, my own kids snuck cookies before school this morning, so they may be riding the sugar train. […]
