Did I leave you hanging? Are you dying to find out what happened? All weekend were you wondering: Nicole, please tell us about your clematis, PLEASE? Well, I will tell you – the clematis is just fine. I repeat, the clematis is just fine. Mere hours after my last post I received a call from […]
Just This
May 9, 2011 by 10 Comments
On Friday Jake’s kindergarten class had a Mother’s Day Spa Day, in which all the moms brought in deck chairs and lounged in the darkened classroom to the sound of soothing spa music while their five year olds rubbed lotion into their feet, rubbed their shoulders, and brushed their hair. After untangling the brushes from […]
Wake me up when September ends
October 1, 2010 by 10 Comments
Last Friday I realized that there was going to be a joint family birthday celebration on the weekend for Jake and my dad, and, like always, I needed to buy a gift for my dad. For some reason I always, always leave his birthday gift for the last minute, and then make a panicked rush […]
NOT crazy. Just hormonally deranged.
September 2, 2010 by 6 Comments
The first day of school went great, so I will not bore you with the details. Instead, allow me to tell you what happened on the last day of summer vacation. It was cold and rainy. I thought a fun activity would be to print out invitations for Jake’s birthday and then have the kids […]
T-9 to the Big K
August 25, 2010 by 4 Comments
I have been fielding the following two questions of late: 1) Aren’t you SAD that your BABY is starting kindergarten?, and 2) Can you BELIEVE your BABY is in kindergarten? Now first, I am not sad that Jake is starting kindergarten. In fact, I’m a bit worried that I’m not sad that Jake is starting […]
Joy is an Inside Job
July 22, 2010 by 3 Comments
I heard that quote the other day and it made me smile. Happiness, despite current thought, is not some gift-wrapped package we can open after following the lead of that Eat, Pray, Love woman. It isn’t something we can depend on other people for, although other people can certainly add to our happiness. I read […]
