The good, the bad, and the uuuugly
The good: A is done with OT. This came out of left field this week. His OT called and said she thought he had progressed to the point that he didn’t need to continue coming this summer. We’ll have a …
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Bernstein and Copland and Bach, OH MY!
Oh my hell I have a lot of CDs. I’ve been burning my CD collection into iTunes this week almost non-stop and I’m nowhere close to being finished. If I’m really lucky, they’ll be done tomorrow, but it’s probably going …
Book review: The Ride of our Lives
Jen. Jen! Enough with the book reviews! Are your children going hungry? Have they bathed since school got out? Have you? Seriously, what’s with the reading? Beats me, I’m on a roll. Today’s selection (and this means I have to …
Book Review: House Lust
Oh my GOD, Jen! Another book review? What’s going on? Are you ill? Are you on bedrest? Is that how you’re reading all these books? What’s going on? Har dee har har. Giving up gluten has blown the brain fog …
What goes around, comes around…
When I taught flute lessons I had good parents, great parents, and “Oh-for-the-love-of GOD!” parents. The “O-f-t-l-o-G!” parents drove me batshit crazy when they couldn’t keep their schedules straight. These were the kids who were late, got the dates mixed …
Book review: Tales of a Female Nomad
I’m sensing a theme in my recent reading. I recently read Eat, Pray, Love, about a woman who leaves her life behind for a year to travel and find herself. Loved the book. And now, I just finished reading Tales …
Sometimes it’s great
Usually when people find out Tom works from home their first reaction is “Wow! That must be great!” You’d think so. Come to think of it, those women whose husbands have worked from home give me that sympathetic look because …
Another letter
Dear Body, I still haven’t received a response from the letter dated April 24th. Very rude to not reply, you know. Miss Manners would not approve. Did you think I wouldn’t notice? That I’d let it all pass? What do …
What’s on your playlist?
This week I got to thinking. Dangerous, I know. At Tim Russert’s memorial several days ago, they played music from his iPod. And I couldn’t help but wonder…did his wife or son just go through his iPod and pick something …
Someday, they’ll pay for their own therapy
Karen had a wonderful quote she shared yesterday. Go read it, I’m not going anywhere. You back? Good. Her post got me thinking about a small placard my mom gave me when A was born. Oh give me patience when …