“This is the greatest day of my life!” Jake said this morning. “I got Finn McMissile toys and I learned how to button up my pants!” He stood on one foot for a minute and added thoughtfully, “I don’t really feel older though. I could still stand like this when I was just five.”
Nostalgia and almost-birthdays.
September 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
I know this past weekend was a tough one for many of you, and so please accept my virtual hugs and kisses. I did not watch the news all weekend, and I largely steered clear of the Internet, but I did think about those of you for whom this past weekend was very, very difficult. […]
If I have to, I can face anything! I am woman!
May 28, 2011 by 11 Comments
I unclogged the gutters today! I know I’ve written about this before, but every time I perform a job like that, I feel like raising my fist in the air and singing “I am strong – STRONG – I am invincible – INVINCIBLE – I am WOMAN.” Hear me roar, I unclogged the gutters! I […]
Mayday! Mayday!
May 2, 2011 by 13 Comments
After watching The Wedding on Friday, I sank into what can only be described as a state of complete obsession and sloth. I performed the absolute minimum in terms of child maintenance, instead staring at the television, watching and re-watching the highlights, pausing only to trade wedding-related analysis with my mother and grandmother over the phone about […]
Birthdays, Mommy Makeovers, Easter, and Earth Day
April 22, 2011 by 6 Comments
It was my birthday yesterday, just in case you missed the announcements and my not-so-shy reminders from the rooftops. I love birthdays. I think everyone should be celebrated on their birthdays with an outpouring of love and affection and maybe even some cake. I was the happy recipient of an ice-cream cake, two new yoga […]
All the cool kids are doing it!
January 6, 2011 by 10 Comments
And so will I – a Year in Review. Yes, I know it is the sixth of January and most year in reviews have already been posted, but I was far too busy writing about people who eat toilet paper and watching When Harry Met Sally. So what happened in 2010 over at the Boy […]
