Owie owie owie
A had his tonsils out yesterday. And his adenoids. And tubes put in. Poor baby. He was so excited going in, it was all a grand adventure. And then he woke up. The look in his eyes was “what happened …
Things you really don’t want to hear before 8am
“Mom, come look! Something amazing!” (barely into one cup of coffee…) “Huh?” (A has safety scizzors from nail-care kit in his hand) “I cut J’s hair!” (WTF?????) “HUH?” “Yeah, come see!” (Damn right I’m gonna come see!) “Where did you …
Lock up your daughters
The dog days of summer have hit and I got nuttin. Except…we have the dog days of summer, but what is the winter equivalent? That’s usually February for me…I guess I could call it the “oh God please let winter …
Shame on you, Mr. President
You vetoed hope. I don’t know how you can sleep at night. There are thousands of people, real, live, voting people out there in desperate need of medical advances to beat the diseases they have. Embryos, uh, don’t vote. They’re …
I wanna be a pirate
I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest last night. I loved it. It was exciting, it was fun, it was a great popcorn movie. I was left wishing I had a more exciting life; life in …
Certain only of uncertainty
A is five. The biggest hurdle with him, from day one, is the unpredictability, both good and not-so-good. As an infant, he rarely slept more than 2 hours at a stretch (this finally resolved itself somewhat by the time he …
Where are we going and how did we get into this handbasket?
Today I will fill up my car and very likely pay $3 a gallon. We live too far from anything to walk or ride bikes, and we’re not on a bus route. California is burning up, much like Colorado was …
It’s Official…
we no longer have an infant in the house. J is two today. Where did the the last two years go? Yeah, yeah, passage of time and all that, but where did it go? Wasn’t it just yesterday that he …
Calgon, take me far, far away
Ever have one of those days? You know, the kind of day where you wonder just what kind of wacky tobacky you were smokin’ when you decided it was a good idea to have kids? Yeah, me too.
By the numbers
10 years of marriage 13 years of love 3 pregnancies 2 sons 0 pets 2 different states 4 different cities 4 addresses: 2 rent, 2 own (both built) 4 vehicles 40 years of example from both sets of parents 7 …