Number 7 has been asking for a dog for a long time. For like three or four years. She REALLY wants a dog. As evidenced by her 2019 Christmas List. For every birthday and every Christmas Number 7 asked for a dog. Back in 2017 when she started asking, I told her it wasn’t gonna […]
Life at My House
Storm
The Puzzles
I love puzzles. I didn’t really discover this until about five months ago. A little background first… Before I got divorced when I was still living in the old house, one of the things I really wanted was a puzzle table. It was right when the pandemic hit and in the middle of my divorce […]
It’s What We Did For Each Other
I don’t know about you guys, but this was a pretty challenging summer for me, and it followed and extremely challenging 18 months. Getting divorced in the middle of a pandemic while homeschooling two of the kids and moving to a new house was, um… Well it fucking sucked. One of the things keeping me […]
I’m Worth It.
I used to hate the process of taking a shower. I only looked at it as a waste of really valuable time. Time I could spend doing other stuff. I don’t feel this way anymore. And the only reason why is because I’ve totally changed my thinking around taking a shower. Because you know what? […]
Proud.
Number 5 is twelve years old. She’s on the swim team, and in two weeks there is a swim meet called Age Groups here in Connecticut. Age Groups is a swim meet that many young swimmers in CT want to qualify for. You have to have certain qualifying times in order to go. Number 5 […]
Meant To Be
The moment I stepped foot in this room when I checked out our new house for the first time with my parents and my friend Allyson (who was also my realtor — AND THE FORKING BEST REALTOR IN THE WORLD)… I knew. I knew this was going to be my new home, and I knew […]