In the height of holiday overindulgence last week, a good friend said “I didn’t want to make New Year’s resolutions, but at this point it’s impossible not to.” I understood. I’m not generally one for traditional New Year’s resolutions, although I am feeling kind of bloated and sugar high from my own indulgences. But, as […]
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
December 21, 2010 by
The impending combination of lunar eclipse, full moon, winter solstice, and winter break is wreaking havoc on my house. Faced with the first day of no school, Mark unravelled a little bit. I have noticed this phenomenon before, and so I know it is short lived, which is fortunate, because otherwise I would need to […]
I WIN!
November 26, 2010 by
I have been having a very stressful and emotional week, and that was even before it became apparent that my stressful and emotional week was exacerbated by the fact that it was coinciding with my monthly stressful and emotional week. You can imagine the tears and chocolate eating that have been going on around here. […]
Too Much Stuff! Or, why you should consider a charity birthday party.
September 20, 2010 by
A little while ago, my best friend mentioned that her daughter had attended a “charity” birthday party, in which the birthday child had requested donations to a charity in lieu of gifts. This struck me as brilliant. I’ve always wanted to have a big birthday party with lots of guests, but I didn’t want to […]
I have a bad case of the Fridays!
September 17, 2010 by
Which is to say I’m kind of tired. It has been a long and disjointed week, ending with the kids out of school today due to parent/teacher interviews. My husband was out of town for a couple of days, which always makes for a long, disjointed week. When he told me he was going out […]
E-evil Children!
August 22, 2010 by
It’s been a weird few days at my house; for example, yesterday it appeared that my children were auditioning for the role of worst children ever. Well, maybe not the worst children ever, I mean, they were not setting the house on fire or stealing the minivan for a joyride, but they were crabby and […]
There goes the garden
July 12, 2010 by
Q: What’s better than a good friend?A: A good friend who has kids that get along with your kids. Today a friend and I took our kids to an amusement park, which my poor deprived children had never visited before. In fact, not only had they never visited that amusement park, which is located less […]
