When my husband goes out of town, I miss him most in the morning. He is a morning person, as is M. Not me. Last night, when M went to bed, I persuaded her to set the alarm for 6:15 am instead of 6 am, which she prefers. She is a morning freak of nature–a 7-year-old … [Read more…]
I have the great good fortune of serenity time courtesy of my neighbors who took my two children over to play right after church. I love neighbors. I am blessed with excellent neighbors. So, I sat down to lunch and the Gazette.  First, if you’ve ever wondered about the photo on the top of this … [Read more…]
Can you believe that I’ve been blogging a whole entire month? I was thinking that it had been a while, so I went and checked my very first post and it was from December 14th! It’s funny, because when I did it, I thought that I was going to share with a few friends who … [Read more…]
Perhaps you all think that I’ve been Slacky-McSlackster because it has been the longest stretch ever that I’ve gone without a post. Au contraire! I am systematically going through all of those links I put together to try to get on everyone’s email lists and RSS feeds to serve you better! And it all takes … [Read more…]
We have groovy modern windows in our otherwise decrepit old house, and one of the perks is that I can open them from the top. It’s perfect for harvesting icicles. We lay out a towel and I give each girl the longest icicle I can reach, then go downstairs. When they yell for another one … [Read more…]
So, I attempted to be useful while J was doing gymnastics today–both the girls are loving it, and the next session at World Class is starting next week. Incidentally, J’s little friend has decided to switch to dance and J said, “I’m a little sad that she is in retirement from gymnastics. We are very … [Read more…]
As, in, I’m toast. We’ve hosted 12 different relatives, eaten through 4 or 5 batches of magic cookie bars, and been school-free for over a week now.  I was on the phone with my mom yesterday trying to help her Priceline some hotel reservations from her car during their marathon trip back home. This is … [Read more…]
It ain’t my favorite holiday. I’ve had a dull time, and a decent time, and a couple of horrifyingly bad times. I’ve gone out dancing with the girls, where we suffered from the high expectations of New Year’s Eve: each venue seemed either not good enough or too expensive, so we’d wander to the next … [Read more…]
So far I’ve gathered up more than 70 links to share with you! My list includes places that appear to be really unbelievably fun, and I can’t believe I’d never heard of them. It also includes obvious ones, sure, but conveniently located in one place for you to bookmark and use forever and ever–oh, happy … [Read more…]
My big girl questioned me pretty hard on the whole Santa issue a while back, when she was only 3 or 4. I mean, come on, shouldn’t they remain naïve at least through kindergarten? Anyway, she was persistent, looking for inaccuracies and loopholes and. . . I’m just not so good at lying. Finally, I … [Read more…]
