Last week I went to Number 5’s first grade winter concert. I didn’t take any pictures, and I didn’t record any songs. I pretty much never record any of that stuff. Because if I do, I never watch it again. Ever. (I did record some of Number 7’s preschool concert last week, but that was […]
Christmas
It’s Christmas. Chill out.
It’s Christmas Eve, Eve. Once again, I’m not really ready. None of my presents are wrapped. The house isn’t clean. We haven’t made gingerbread cookies and I have like five crafts I was hoping to do with the kids that aren’t going to get finished. Or even started. I could easily do the two-days-before-Christmas-freak out. […]
Full Circle
Here in Connecticut, most kids (well, moms really) get gifts for their kids’ teachers at Christmas. It is also quite common for the class mom to collect money from parents to buy a larger gift from the whole class for the teacher. To be honest, it’s gotten to be out of control. This year, in lieu […]
toy (n): an object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.
A couple months ago I discovered something horrific in my house. Rainbow loom? No, worse. The entire Caillou CD collection? No. Worse. Drugs? Condoms? No. Even worse. A couple months ago I discovered fucking Shopkins in my house. I have no idea how they got there, where they came from, or who supplied them to […]
If you still need to get someone “something to read” for Christmas, save yourself some money and read this!
From now through December 12, Amazon is offering a $5 off deal on any print book purchase of $15 or more (not Kindle books). If you are doing the something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read, four gift rule for Christmas like me this year and are still in need […]
Koselig
I am nearing fifty years old. Fifty! I don’t feel like a near-fifty-year-old. But that’s not the point of this post, really. I detest winter. And I have spent the past forty something years dreading it. Complaining about it. Hating it. You know how many total years of dread that is? That’s more than twelve years. […]