I have a cold. And I’m the first to admit, I’m a serious drama queen when it comes to colds. I wallow in my misery and try to bring everyone down to my level. Tonight I prepared dinner for my children, as my husband gallivanted at his boxing gym. I had to reach deep to [...]
I sent Adam off to the pool with the kids so I can get a grip on the disarray in this house. I got some awesome birthday gifts, but they’re scattered all over the house. Doodles came home with packets of papers that are piled in precarious pyramids all over our counter. Adam found shelves [...]
The girl, this morning: Mommy! Happy birthday! I’m going to be extra nice to you today! And we can do whatever you want. What do you want to do? Me: Well– The girl: I’ll even go to the Res [the town Reservoir] with you! Me: I’m not sure about that. I promised your brother he [...]
I’m forcing my kids to take swimming lessons. Actually, I’m bribing them. With Zhu Zhu pet crap. If they both take the class willingly, they get some cage or maze or Richard Gere lookalike to use with their weird robotic gerbils that make no sense to me. If Pie consistently puts her face in the [...]
The preschool videos are done, the teacher cards are made. Two dozen cupcakes and one cake have been made and decorated for the end-of-year picnic cake walk and cupcake spin. Class gift for other child has just been sent off for completion. Relatives have come and gone and getting ready to come again. Adam is [...]
Doodles is in that in-between stage. He’s well beyond little kid. But he’s not yet fully a big kid. And his room reflects this shambles. Books teeter precariously on his bedside shelf. Robotic pieces pile on the table, next to a motorized dog and his now-neglected Bakugan. His closet is still brimming with dress-up clothes [...]
We subscribe to Boston Organics (is subscribe the right word? I guess so, but it sounds funny to subscribe to veggies). Every week a box appears on our front porch full of organic goodies. For a long time we had a CSA, but I found myself overwhelmed. I love eggplant, but I finally lost it [...]
I took a train to NYC before the rest of my friends in order to see my folks before they headed out of town. I hung with the ‘rents, the Tweedle Twirp came up, and we chilled till the haus fraus made it to Manhattan. Our first stop? Pedis. Down to Dashing Divas where the [...]
You all know that I watch most of those silly reality shows, things like The Real Housewives of Schenectady, where when they go away on vacation, they bring their entire closets with them? It’s all so exaggerated, the five bathing suits, the fourteen pairs of shoes, the thirty-seven tops for a weekend getaway. Or so [...]
I love the fluidity of summer. How everyone just moves in and out of the house and just lets the mood of the day take them. Yes, I know, it’s not technically summer, as Pie likes to remind me (“Is it really summer yet? How many more days till my birthday?”). But it feels like [...]