We had a recent, unexpected development here over the weekend. While I’ve been trying to reassure myself that it happened for a reason, and that a year from now I will look back on this time and say, Thank God for that, it is still a major curveball. It is going to force us to […]
Life at My House
Thanks for the memories.
8 years ago you came into our lives. Fisher-Price Ocean Wonders Healthy Care High Chair. You were around for a lot of firsts. First solid food… First haircut. First birthdays… You even managed an appearance on a second birthday. You were there for family meals. And celebrations. You tolerated the kids covering you with stickers. […]
A Christmas Miracle
The other day I went to the gym with a friend. We were running on the treadmill, and I was telling her about Mount Poo-suvius. She told me a story about her grandfather, and how he was very religious. How when he was faced with a difficult situation, tough times, no money, whatever, that he […]
All I really need to know I learned from a Costco receipt.
I’ve been a bitch to my husband again. And again, don’t get me wrong, it’s not for nothing. He deserved it a little bit, but I need to get over it. I haven’t really spoken to him, unless it was absolutely necessary in about 4 days. I fell off the sleeping-in-the-bed wagon a little while […]
Mount Poo-suvius
I had a seriously shitty day on Monday. And when I say shitty, I mean shit. eeeee. Number 2 is on a movie making kick. Every night he and Numbers 3 and 4, and sometimes 5, go down into the basement to make a movie. Two nights ago the four of them were down there […]
The Christmas Bucket List
I hate winter. But I love Christmas. I love the lights. I love the tree. I love the smell of pine needles. The feel of the fireplace. I love Gene Autry, Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Mariah Carey, and Harry Connick Jr. I love Rudolph and March of the Wooden Soldiers and It’s a Wonderful […]