Here it is, Wednesday of time change week and not one complaint has passed my lips. Not one! My husband, in years past, has generally adopted the traditionally masculine attitude that my vehement feelings against the observation of Daylight Savings Time and the subsequent semi-annual fuck up amounts to Nicole Making A Big Deal Out Of Something […]
Fear Leads To Anger, Anger Leads To Suffering
April 16, 2012 by 9 Comments
I had a fairly eventful weekend, social-wise. On Friday I had dinner guests, and I made a roasted vegetable lasagne – look for the recipe over at the cooking blog in the next couple of days – and it was absolutely delicious. I was raving to a friend over the pure delight that is roasted […]
PSA: Don’t be a dick.
November 23, 2011 by 8 Comments
Do you remember back in the day when you were trying to get pregnant, and it wasn’t happening very quickly, and everyone you knew was getting pregnant, and you were sad and frustrated and felt like stabbing every single person who asked “So when are you going to have a baby?” or who carefully examined […]
Boring, Useless, Who-Gives-A-Shit Information
November 9, 2011 by 11 Comments
Many, many years ago, before my mother-in-law discovered email and all the associated animated emoticons that could be utilized therein, she used to send me actual written letters, usually accompanied by a piece of knitting she had been doing – the knitted dishclothes I prefer, for example. In one such letter she had written all […]
Nostalgia and almost-birthdays.
September 12, 2011 by 4 Comments
I know this past weekend was a tough one for many of you, and so please accept my virtual hugs and kisses. I did not watch the news all weekend, and I largely steered clear of the Internet, but I did think about those of you for whom this past weekend was very, very difficult. […]
Yee-haw
July 14, 2011 by 9 Comments
The rain that has been coming down since Monday has stopped, and, in the manner of mothers everywhere, I have just sighed with relief and shooed my children outside. The noise level has been unbelievable around here. We played Go Fish and the sounds emanating from my children were ear-shattering. Mark dislikes “winning” games, and […]
Floral Update and Rockin’ the Bump
June 13, 2011 by 12 Comments
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 […]
