Random Weekend Thoughts

I'm the opposite of sharp and witty today. I think I'm going to blame the fact that in five days I've been to four different places to buy groceries (the grocery shopping has been epic this week) and the fact that my brain is filled with so much … [Continue reading]

T = Valentine’s + Four

Since we were on! vacation! last week, the boys missed their class Valentine parties, and so came home yesterday bearing their “mailboxes” stuffed with cards and candies and miniature Play-Doh’s, causing me a little anxiety for only sending plain old … [Continue reading]

The flight

As I mentioned earlier, I am just back from a warm vacation, notable because it was the first big vacation with the kids. Generally we are the road-trippers to see in-laws, or short-flighters to see my grandparents. I have to admit that the reason we … [Continue reading]

I’m Baaaacccckkkk!

I'm back from six days in Palm Desert, CA, and it was such a great trip: warmth and sunshine, and copious eating, drinking, and being merry. I have many fun stories but mostly I just want to say that this was our first big trip with the kids and it … [Continue reading]

No. I don’t like Pina Coladas.

Music. It speaks to us. It’s like when you fall in love for the first time and you listen to “What a Wonderful World” and you identify with every single lyric – I DO see trees of green AND red roses! – and then maybe you break up with that love and … [Continue reading]

Romance and changes and old people, oh my!

I have a piece - about romance, ooh la la - up over at Yummy Mummy. See you there, I hope! … [Continue reading]

Stroller-free

We sold our stroller this week and although we haven’t used it for many months – I can’t even recall when, exactly, we used it last – it feels strange that it is gone. For the first time in six years, I am stroller-less. At one point I actually had … [Continue reading]