I’m so glad there are so many of you on the same page as me, in the “ladies’ holidays” way. It makes me feel much less insane, although the word “peri-menopause” is coming up a wee bit more than I would like it to. As an aside, my grandma had some very helpful advice regarding […]
Snow-pocalypse
September 11, 2014 by 6 Comments
It has been such a strange week. It started out like this: Which morphed into this: We put on a happy face, after all, the kids were all building snow forts and having a blast. The snow was going to melt, so no big deal, right? Yesterday morning I drove to yoga at my […]
The 2010 Olympic Mascots, Four Years Later
June 16, 2014 by 6 Comments
Approximately fifty-two months ago, something magical happened; that magical thing was the 2010 Olympics. The kids at the time were in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, and they were extremely interested in the Olympics: the events, the location, and the mascots. Especially the mascots. At one of my myriad book fairs, there was a book about the […]
Sex Ed, Who-Gives-A-Fuck-About-Volunteering, and The Simpsons
June 4, 2014 by 7 Comments
Today I realized that as of tomorrow, there are only three more weeks left of school! June is a bit of an odd month, isn’t it? On the one hand, I’m desperately ready for the summer to begin – lazy days, no more running back and forth to the school six times a day, no […]
39 Clues…about being 39
April 22, 2014 by 20 Comments
Yesterday was my birthday and I turned 39. It’s the start of my last year in my thirties! Some people feel gloomy on their birthdays, but not me. I love birthdays, and also, I don’t want to be dead, which is the alternative to aging. Bring on the age, I say! One step closer to […]
Welcome to Crazytown, Population: Me.
March 11, 2014 by 2 Comments
I know I seem all easy going and flexible, but the reality is I am a very rigid person. Each week I write in my day-timer – the old-fashioned PAPER kind, can you imagine? – the tasks that I need to do that week. Some of the tasks are everyday housekeeping ones: what I’m making […]
This Post Is Steeped
February 7, 2014 by 17 Comments
Today I received an email from an insurance broker about a mix-up, and she very earnestly apologized for the “incontinence”, which has been making me smile all day. I’m sure her coworkers would be more in need of an apology than me, given the puddles and all. I’ve been re-reading Alias Grace, and in the […]
