I swore I wouldn’t write another post about the renovation, and yet it consumes me, dear reader. My life is swallowed by the renovation, and the working around the contractor’s schedule, and the I need to choose a light fixture thinking that I have right now. I’m even boring myself. Be thankful you don’t need […]
First Step (Ask Her Out and Treat Her Like A Lady)
The first step in the kitchen renovation is done! Does anyone else immediately get Step By Step by Eddie Rabbit stuck in their head after saying the words “first step”? Or is it just me? I also cannot say – or listen to – the words “Here’s the situation” without mentally rapping the entire second half […]
Barkley, the high maintenance dog
“Oh, you’re the worst kind. You’re high maintenance, but you think you’re low maintenance.” – Harry Burns, and/or my husband. Every day, I set out two sets of clothing for the following day: my yoga clothes, and my regular clothes. I need to set out my yoga clothes in order to dress quietly and sneak […]
Warning: Shinpads Will Not Prevent Injury From Getting Run Over By A Wayward Car On The Soccer Field
The past few days have been unseasonably warm, record-breaking warm, and yet yesterday at 5:30 pm – one hour before the first soccer practice of the season – the sky grew black and the rain started to pour. It was, as always, a festive start to the season. The practice was held in the rain, […]
Volunteer Fatigue and Mrs. Robinson
The boys went to Aggie Days with their school yesterday. They came home, alternately raving with excitement about it and complaining about the crowds. Those are my boys! They talked about the sheep shearing – sheep are, Jake informed me, very good listeners – and the corn mazes. The parent volunteer for their group was […]
Nicole’s Gone Kind Of Wild
I got home at 8:00 last night from a weekend at the in-laws’, home to a mountain of laundry, an empty refrigerator, and the need to detox and/or go on a cleanse. My poor body. That is all I am going to say about that. This morning I reluctantly went to the grocery store, extremely dissatisfied with […]
Just call me Flylady
I have a confession to make that may make me unpopular or perhaps even shunned from the community. I’m going to take a deep breath and be out with it. Here it is, my dirty little secret: my house is always clean, neat, and organized. Now please stay with me a moment – this is […]