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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Bubbe for Barack!

I so rarely write anything political in this blog, but this was the best political push I’ve ever seen. Note, not really suitable for viewing at work.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1808434&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

Too Much Information?

I believe in giving my kids thorough and honest answers to whatever questions they ask. I might have to reconsider. Today Pie announced, “Last week my water broke. And then my baby was born!”

Going Postal

I have a nemesis. This is quite exciting for me, because I haven’t had a nemesis since Adam was at HBS (ah, RS, where are you now?). But now, now I have one. And it is… our mail carrier! I’ve never loved our mail carrier–she shoves envelopes in magazines and flyers so they’re hard to [...]

The Switch to Winter

I’ve undertaken the massive project of switching our wardrobes over from summer to fall/winter. This is only massive because all of those clothes were in storage, so it involved a trip to the storage unit, hauling out the boxes of clothing, driving them home, carrying them up the stairs, going through children’s drawers to see [...]

Guilty Admissions

Okay, I admit it. I almost hope the debates are canceled tonight, because I really, really, really want to watch the Grey’s Anatomy I Tivoed. Yes, I am a bad American. Deal with it.

Middle of the Bus

The boy is inconsistent. Occasionally I beg and beg for a scrap of information, and nothing comes. Sometimes I blackmail and I get an odd tidbit or two. Then sometimes, out of nowhere, a spewing of information erupts from his body as if he just can’t contain it anymore. I’m at the computer. Doodles comes [...]

May the Force Be With Him

At tonight’s Town Day festivities: We’re eating hot dogs on the lawn, listening to Ben Rudnick. Doodles becomes agitated in an happy way.Doodles: Mom, mom! Mom, look!Me: What? What?D: Mom, it’s E!Me: A? Where?D: No, not A. E! E!Me: Who? Who is E?D: Moooom! From my class [can you hear the duh in his voice [...]

The Kids Found a Shortcut from Kitchen to Office

Hope You Don’t Need to Pee

Our bedroom