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I Had Time to Shower Today

Ah, it was nice. The little one is off with daddy and the big ones are busy doing whatever they do when they're so quiet and companionable. I got to shave my legs and everything. Time to get organized. Big work week …
So he was born already, eight years ago. He was less than an hour old. He was so perfect and he barely cried. I stayed up with him most of the night, until they whisked him into the NICU after he suffered a bout of ap…
My Little Boy is Eight Today

I can remember being eight. I remember being in second grade. I had a teacher who was French, and her name was something like Minet or Minuet or Minette. I remember I made a white and black spotted paper mache dog. I…
On the Bright Side

Now that Easter's over (so freaking early in the new year) and my son's Birthday Extravaganza (the last one, as I've told him no more big parties after first grade) will be over on Friday night, the entire month of April…
Tell Me What You Think About This

Let's say you are an extremely, almost pathologically, responsible person, and you never ever ever buy anything on credit and you pay all your bills way in advance and you live well within your means and you live in the …
The Dark Side of Disney

One disturbing thing followed our trip: I had a dream that I was sitting on the floor of one of those big, Disney auditoriums (falsely advertised as having "no bad seats") watching Mickey Mouse wearing a top hat and can…
I'm Not a Fan of Easter, as a Holiday

(I'm calmer now. The wine did the trick. Re: Disney, if you want to go and experience the magic, my advice is read this. It's genius even greater than the genius, man. It's like Super Genius. Extra Special Super Cal…
Our Insular Vacation

Until last week, we hadn't had a family vacation in over two years. My husband puts in 60+ weeks on a regular basis. He worked on Thanksgiving weekend. He worked most of Christmas and in the months of December, Januar…
Why I Live Among the Pod People

Or, How We Picked This Neighborhood1. It's really beautiful here. Truthfully, I never thought we'd be able to afford it, and when the smallest little house in the area came up for sale, we suddenly could. Big, old tre…
But Regardless, You Still Have to Live With the Pod People

I can't adequately describe the Pod People for you, so you'll just have to form your own view based on my carefully chosen anecdotes. You can start with this basic physical description, however (caveat: if you are a Po…
PEOPLE *CAN* CHANGE, BUT ONLY FOR THREE WEEKS

I made it just about three weeks, I think, in my attempt to become a pod person, which is harder than you'd imagine, as it turns out. As part of my pod-person resolution, I resolved to wear only high heels for the rest …
AH, THE RAINIt has rained and rained and rained today. And I'm raining on the inside, too, because I'm so out-of-sorts with Xanga. What's up with all the new, funky stuff? It's bad enough with the minis and the friend…
WILL I, OR WON'T I?We found a gluten-free bakery, in Canada. The only one in North America, which, since it's in Canada, is necessarily far from me, as I am in the United States and closer to Mexico than Canada. I thin…
IN WHICH, ONCE AGAIN, I REALIZE I FALL SHORTToday we attended the Tiger Cub Pinewood Derby, which was a strangely painful experience, in a tragically funny way. Naturally my husband and I ridicule and disdain those pare…
I had one of those weeks where every day on the calendar is jammed up with things to do. Magdalena said yesterday she thinks I'm actually *busier* since I quit my job. Undoubtedly. When I was working, I had to go to w…