I got through NaBloPoMo, as ridiculous as it was to commit to posting at least once a day for a month. So of course that small success has led me, in a moment of more-than-usual-lunacy, to sign up for Blog365…
Lazy Day & Posting Articles
It has been such a lazy day. All our body clocks are completely confused. It’s going to be so hard on Sam to get up Monday morning! These days have been sweet and uncomplicated. I just had a delightful candlelit…
Reading
So, the Crazy Hip Blog Mamas want me to talk about what reading means to me or my child. How about both? You might have noticed that I talk, a lot, about reading. I think Now Reading shows at least four…
Packaging Boyhood
From the latest Dads & Daughters newsletter: Our friend Dr. Mark Tappan is co-authoring a book, to be called “Packaging Boyhood” about marketing to our sons. The book aims to “scrutinize the world of boy power, and the ways media…
It Was a Lovely Day
Please note: Yes, I am referring to today, the 12th, which is my birthday. Those close to me know that I generally hate my birthday, as it’s a reminder of multiple miscarriages and other nasty things happening around this time…
The EM Curse
I’m viewing this entry on my ginormous 22″ monitor. My hero acquired it via freecycle, and toted it from the previous owner’s house to our car and into our house again. It has some insanely lovely resolution and so on,…
Rumbles from the Recliner
Not from the grave, oh no, not yet! It’s been too long to do a real “this is all that has happened in my life.” Writing it would exhaust me, and reading it would likely bore you. If you want to…
Finally, home & cat stuff
The last installment of the update—home stuff Sam and I are adjusting to sleeping at a new height. Yes—height. I’ve lusted after a captain’s bed for some time, because of the storage possibilities and how much more walker/wheelchair friendly our…
Give Sambear hugs!
My poor baby survived appendicitis — two weekends in a row! He finally saw a doctor this week and drank the nasty barium shake so they could see his innards. The verdict is that the appendix needs to come out, preferably…
Quote of the Day, Happy Half-Hour
“We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” — Stacia Tauscher, quoted in The Change Your Life Challenge by Brooke Noel. One of Noel’s suggestions is to have a regular “happy…