Putting the OM in OMG
The other night, our dinnertime conversation centered on names, and whether the names we give our children are self-fulfilling prophecies. I've always been fascinated by names and how they change with trends and generations. The book Freakonomics has … [Continue reading]
Happy New Year everyone! I am going to admit right now that I love the New Year; I love the idea of fresh starts and new pages and YES, we can start a fresh page of our lives every single day and YES, we can (and I do) make changes and goals any time … [Continue reading]
It's Friday, right? Yes. It's Friday. I'm in that happy state of mind that occurs between Christmas and New Year's in which I'm not one hundred percent sure of the day or what I'm supposed to be doing, but it's FRIDAY. Yes. It is. It's also time … [Continue reading]
Happy Winter Solstice! As of today, we will have exactly seven hours and fifty-three minutes of daylight, which is NOT VERY MUCH. However, at least we aren't in the Arctic! And days start getting longer tomorrow, so there's that. Also! We are in the … [Continue reading]
"Why? Why would you do that?" my husband asked me, looking at me like I had just escaped the asylum and was planning to sell all our possessions, move into a circus tent, and eat my own shoe. The shocking thing I was planning to do, in fact, was to … [Continue reading]
I'm going to preface this post by saying that I'm on my eighth cup of coffee and I have taken two Advil Cold and Sinus, so things could get interesting. Also we are at less than eight hours of daylight, it's almost a new moon, and holy moly things … [Continue reading]
Is Mercury in retrograde or is this the prelude to Ladies' Holidays, I wondered blearily to myself yesterday, conceding my tiredness could also be due to general busyness, I-guess-I'm-that-age-now interrupted sleep cycles, and the pervading darkness … [Continue reading]
