Yesterday the boys’ school held an Olympics assembly, and I don’t know if this is indicative of upcoming “ladies’ holidays” but I was completely verklempt the whole time, what with the children’s unabashedly enthusiastic singing of their school … [Continue reading]
I think I just slept too well.
January 25, 2010 by
I am aware that many of my readers are chronically sleep-deprived, so I don’t mean to brag about what I did Friday night. I slept – get this – ten and a half hours. I know! It’s remarkable, really. I woke up feeling groggy and my body was stiff from … [Continue reading]
PSA – What NOT to say to pregnant women
January 20, 2010 by
I was talking with a friend who is currently eight months pregnant about the strangely insensitive things that people say to gestating women. Then I read this post and thought that today’s post would be a public service announcement: things not to … [Continue reading]
Sophia Loren and her "face"
January 18, 2010 by
Did anyone see Sophia Loren on the Golden Globes last night? Why, Sophia? Why? WHY? Why would a beautiful woman do that to herself?It is sad to me that our society, our celebrity-obsessed, reality television watching, air-brushed and photo-shopped … [Continue reading]
Time keeps on slipping
January 15, 2010 by
It’s been a big week over here at Girl in a Boy House headquarters. Mark started swimming lessons at school, and it has been great. He loves it. I will admit right now that I fretted a lot – privately – about school swimming lessons, although that … [Continue reading]
January 15, 2010 by
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I don't know about you, but I am completely overwhelmed by the situation in Haiti. The images I have viewed are so incredibly unbelievable to me - people using their hands to pull bodies out of concrete rubble because of the total lack of heavy … [Continue reading]
You’re out of touch, I’m out of time
January 13, 2010 by
“Why do old people always talk about the weather?” I clearly recall asking my mother this question, probably flipping my spiral-permed hair with my mood-ring-adorned hand and rolling my eyes. Likely I was wearing a black Depeche Mode concert t-shirt … [Continue reading]
