We survived mediation. The Guardian ad Litem suggested that we come to a temporary agreement allowing the children to visit their mother in California for the summer, and we worked out the details with help of the mediator. I do…
Dialogue With Elderly Cat
Shelley: Open the door. Me: No, it’s raining. Shelley: Open the door. Me: Look, it’s wet out there. You don’t like getting wet. Shelley: Open the door NOW. Me: Fine then. (Opens door to top deck. It’s really drizzling, not…
Miscellany
A friend asked me about mercury disposal last week, so I did a net search. I found a great site that tells you how to dispose of or recycle just about anything—Earth 911. Today’s cool link—Cosmic Evolution And thank you…
What Do You Want Your Kids to Know?
Following up on this post, I saw a Marilyn Vos Savant article a few years back about, “What to Teach Your Kids Before They Leave Home.”
Squee!
Happy Mothers Day! I must gloat. Not only did my sambear post a lovely entry that made me cry last night, I finally have my carpet steamer! A deep-cleaner of my very own! I am SO happy! While it may…
How Do You Become an Adult? And When?
I followed the link from dslartoo‘s interesting post today to Are We Grown Up Yet? Study Says Not ‘Till 26. I’m not really surprised by the survey results. I knew that my views on adulthood—both who qualifies, and when people…
More Moving Talk
Ever have one of those days when you’ve been extremely busy, but feel like you didn’t really get anything done? I know, as I look back over my task list, that I did accomplish things. Significant things. Things that involved…
Fun Things
Mom took the girls to the Rennaissance Festival this Saturday. They had a great time—in costume, of course. They never miss an opportunity to dress up like that! real_pochacco stayed home with Papa (that’s my father, not Sam). He was…
Net Connection Still Unstable
So this is day three of the uncertain net connection. A tech is supposed to be here tomorrow (yes, on Sunday) to replace the cable modem, as it is supposedly the culprit. I do not, in all honesty, anticipate having…
GAL Visit & Geekery
littlefirefae and real_pochacco‘s Guardian ad Litem is supposed to be here at 4pm to look over the house. I suppose she’s just going to make sure that we have bedrooms and indoor plumbing and food in the kitchen and so…