Remember that saying – When the cat’s away, the mice will play? But what does the cat do when the mice leave?? My kids are away this week. They went to their grandparents’ house last Sunday and I am enthusiastically reclaiming them in two more days. Seven days. That’s the longest I have ever been […]
I am bored with gratitude. I know it’s good for me to be all appreciative and whatnot. Yay for what I have. It’s all good. But I want to be in a place where I don’t have to trick myself into being happy with all the riches of day-to-day life. Where my kids say “We […]
…for me anyway. My saga begins in October 2010. My (now ex) husband had just informed me (for the 2nd…and not final) time that he wanted to leave. Good times. I had dropped my kids off with my Mom and as I drove to my dentist appointment I was thinking about how very very tired […]
I may have mentioned recently how much I love this kid. She’s a standard on the “what I am thankful for” list. And one of the best things about her is that she is solidly and completely HER. The very Sprout-ness of her. She does her own thing, she is her own girl. She was […]
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. – Buddha Gotta love that […]
There are certain words I am cool with using to describe myself. Brunette. Mom. Daughter. Super awesome cool chick. Domestic goddess. Maybe writer. But I don’t like using that D word. I am not comfortable with describing myself in terms of what I am not. No longer a child. Never tall. Not athletic. No longer […]
The days are long, but the years are short. – Gretchen Rubin Yesterday I took Sprout to the Rite Aid to get stuff to build acrylic nails. Not because she wanted long nails, but because she had cracked a nail on her “fret hand” and was worried about her ability to play guitar in her […]
Tater is home sick today. His eyes hurt. (How awesome is that picture??) I am unclear on whether this is the precursor to actual sickness, or some sort of headache, or code for “I need a mental health day.” Regardless, he is home. Watching Phineas & Ferb (which is apparently more soothing to the eyes […]
Checking the mail is a small bright spot in my day. It is unclear why I enjoy it so much – Publisher’s Clearing House isn’t sending me a lot of checks. The daily haul is usually a few catalogs I can’t afford to look at and some bills I’d rather not pay. But I still […]
My darling son wrote me a lovely letter for Mother’s Day. I love that kid. (I love his sister, too – she made me a beautiful sculpture of a flower out of a bar of Ivory Soap). The content of his letter was (and I apologize to him in advance if sharing this is inappropriate): […]
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