I’m writing this on the couch, accompanied by a sick, sniffly Jake, who is busy watching Phineas and Ferb. Oh, September, the return to the petri dish that is the elementary classroom. Actually, the boys each had a minor bout of the sniffles during the first week of school, which turned out to be only a one-day affair, which […]
Mermaid flounces and acid-wash jeans. Oh my.
October 11, 2013 by 6 Comments
Wednesday night I had a bit of a scratchy throat, which I chalked up to my School Council meeting; waking up Thursday morning feeling like I’d been run over by a bus, I realized this was not the case. I get sick so rarely that I always feel a little affronted by it, like my […]
This episode brought to you by The Simpsons
October 2, 2013 by 4 Comments
Did you check the traplines? is a question that my husband and I have been asking each other since Saturday, like we’re old-timey settlers trading furs at the Hudson’s Bay Company for blankets and tobacco. Happily for us, the answer has been they are empty which is good for both my mental state and for […]
The toll of shopping at Costco
March 15, 2013 by 11 Comments
Congratulations to Maggie, for winning the random draw! I picked up the prize yesterday on my trip to Costco. Can you spot it in my minivan? No, silly, it’s NOT the case of tetra pak almond milk. Nor is it the giant family size package of Snapea Crisps – those are ALL for me, family size […]
"And then I posted that as my status, and three people liked it."
February 7, 2013 by 15 Comments
Remember that old Simpsons’ episode where Apu went without sleep for several days and then thought he was a hummingbird? I feel like that, except for the no-sleep thing. I mean, I haven’t been sleeping that well but I have been sleeping; during the daylight hours I have been flitting around exactly like a hummingbird, […]
One Week
January 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
The first week of January is gone, and I’m completely scattered, so here are some random things going on in the Boyhouse:1) The boys go back to school tomorrow, and I am having my usual last-day-of-vacation mixed feelings: happiness about the return to routine, and melancholy about the fleeting nature of time, and what city […]
COME ON DOWN!
January 4, 2013 by 11 Comments
Yesterday I optimistically cleaned the house, sanitizing all the surfaces and disinfecting doorknobs. I baked muffins and indulged in such self-care rituals as applying moisturizer, blow-drying my hair, and shaving my legs for the first time in many days. I just finished reading How To Be A Woman, and while I enjoyed it, and felt […]
