Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Subtitled: Stream-of-ConsciousnessI need to follow George’s lead. There’s no way I could, though! I’d be all like “Who left these glasses lying on the counter?” and “I need to start the bread machine!” and “Could someone sort this box of markers? Half of them don’t have their cap! ”Like I said.I need to be more like George......except when it comes … [Read more...]
I am tempted to think that, in my Back-to-Back Birthdays post, I made you feel guilty with my reference to taking last-minute Christmas card photos.That it's only December 2nd, for heaven's sake.That there's plenty of time to take this photo but now you feel More Pressure. Thanks a lot, Minnesota Mom!Am I being ridiculous?If so, I'm used to it.But … [Read more...]
Updated to Add: As of this very early Saturday morning hour, (it’s 5:15, if you must know), not a single comment has been left on this post! Not a one! Not a two! Not even Lawrence Welk stopped by!(Obscure allusion. Forgive me.)Are you away on holiday? Are you just now returning from Thursday’s tryptophan-induced haze? I did receive a private … [Read more...]
…the oven has been preheated for over three hours, waiting for me to bake something. (You think I’m kidding but I’m not.) Still it sits, still it waits, still it wonders…where is she?…the cap on the brand new bottle of baby wash breaks off (naturally) and the bottle of baby wash gets accidentally knocked over onto its side (like, last night?) and … [Read more...]
It's a funny time of the year, isn't it? The streets are crowded with ghouls & ghosts while the church halls are filled with pint-sized saints.(We'll celebrate both the secular on Sunday and the sacred on Monday, which, I am DISMAYED to discover, is not a holy day of obligation this year. Aargh and aargh and I'm very frustrated.)(But I … [Read more...]
Yep, that’s me.And were it not for the occasional comment like hers—and yours—I would probably stop seeking proof that you were out there altogether.No, I wouldn’t.Yes, I would.No, I wouldn’t.Okay, fine. You have probably figured out by now that with this blog, anyway, there are no guarantees. I do apologize for last night’s pathetic, desperate, … [Read more...]
So much to say, so little time to say it...Anthony--I mean, George--is a great big needy thing these days. We were at piano today for two & a half hours and, well, it was all I could do to keep him from shrieking. Poor Angela. She was so bored that she was reading a book upside down and I could tell--I could TELL--that all she needed was some … [Read more...]
...when all I want to do is join the toddler on the couch;...when a half-opened container falls out of the over-crowded fridge and lands with a splat on the mat and my feet;...when my bean & bacon soup is met with derision at lunch;...when one son is hard on the other son in public, causing my mother's heart to break and my justice-loving blood … [Read more...]
I told Jem to go outside and get some fresh air.So he did.As you can see.Also, why is there a clump of dirt on my deck?Can you come clean it up for me?Finally, and for the record, I (too) will be taking my own advice and getting some of this “fresh air” that’s supposed to be so good for you—fresh air (found in abundance, I’m told, at the local … [Read more...]
Update: Thank you for the feedback, everyone! I will be returning to this subject after my break. My apologies to anyone who does not have an unhealthy relationship with food. I do, and because I am looking to amend this bad habit…I’m going to write about it.Not the typical light fare with which this blog has been concerned, I know! It is easier … [Read more...]
