Another thing I’m looking forward to with the move is not having to keep up with the gardening any more. This house has flower beds all around it , more all the way down the slope out front, on the boulevard, in front of and behind the garage, and there’s also a small vegetable […]
This Mother’s Day column by Vox Day is one that I keep going back to re-read, when I get too worn out by the constant battle to maintain a level of civilized life in my home. He’s got it right that motherhood is not all cupcakes and cherubs.
I’ve quit my job; my last working day was last Friday, and on Saturday I crammed all my work stuff into the car and hauled it over to the office. So that’s why I was so busy last month. I gave my notice at the beginning of the month, and then spent all […]
These days, my life is like a big game of Candyland: I have a little marker for each of the projects that I’m working on, and I can only move each of them ahead a square or two at a time.
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OLC got her first eight teeth months ago, and then no new ones for […]
Things have been just crazy around here. First, our landlord was having five windows replaced, so we had to move a lot of things out of the way, and then clear out of the house for a day. The worst thing to move was our kitchen shelving. I had to box up […]
I am mostly caught up on post-holiday things now, and starting to make real progress again. This week I’ve been able to keep up with all the housework, and mostly keep up with work, but I’m really tiring myself out in the process. The superwoman routine is not sustainable. Someone at church […]
My grandma died about 12 hours after we got back home from our trip to Michigan. So out we went again. This time we flew, only affordable because of the bereavement fare (Northwest: 70% discount, must stay over a Saturday, have to become a WorldPerks member, their software for signing up to […]
We all got our faces licked by MFH’s sister’s pit bull–a good dog, but overflowing with energy.
I saw my grandma (alive) for probably the last time.
OLC learned how to press the buttons on a toy fire engine to make the lights and siren turn on. She later applied this new skill to […]
I am having the worst case of the “creeping cruddies” ever lately. By which I mean that I see crumbs and dust and little specks everywhere, and feel compelled to clean them up. But they just keep coming back, because OLC is a very efficient crumb generator now.
OLC continues to develop at light speed. This weekend, she learned to pull things on over her head. I came away from the computer, and found that she had festooned herself with….uh….unmentionables from the laundry basket. She was standing in front of the mirror admiring her work.
She also has learned a little […]