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Kitchen ‘Capades
This morning I was greeted in the kitchen by the Mt. Everest of dishes, looming precipitously above me and sucking up all the oxygen with their stench. Didn’t I JUST do these? I wondered. Hasn’t there...
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Number Two
Number Two is a popular topic. It’s talked of between Husband and me, amongst all the play group moms, with the grandparents. Who has one, who wants one, who–oops!–made one accidentally. It’s really...
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…Super-Ego!
A Wednesday Momming Around Entry The other night when Z threw a fit because seconds of applesauce were not as readily forthcoming as she wished, Husband distracted her with a new chant: “Super-ego,...
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My Friday Five
A Friday Free-for-All 1. I really do love Sarah Dessen’s blog. There usually isn’t anything particularly helpful in it, which I like in a blog (as you can probably see if you’re reading mine). Hers is...
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Grace
By the time I’ve slaved over a pot of burnt rice and battled the side leg tackles of my toddler, I’m ready to chow down on the (unburned, new batch of) rice and curry stir fry cooked by loving Husband....
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Max the Noble
Naming inanimate objects has always been a hobby of mine. My favorite egg baby in middle school was Hester. I had a dust mop named Jorge in college, and my dwarf mandarin orange tree is named Frida....
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Yappy #1 and Yappy #2
* Good morning. It’s 4:12 a.m. The neighbors’ yappy dogs have begun to bark. 4:12 a.m. and 15 seconds: Z wakes up crying. 4:12 a.m. and 20 seconds: The Ever-Suffering Mother (hey, that’s me!) retrieves...
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Any Other Name
She calls me “Mom Mom.” It’s kind of cute, I guess, but it’s what I called my grandmother. So it makes me feel like I should be calling jeans “dungarees,” complaining about the dry heat of California,...
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One Small Banana to the Head…
…One Giant Leap for Mommies Everywhere So I promised I wouldn’t name any names. But I heard the greatest story last week, about a mommy who threw half of a banana at her husband’s head. First, applause...
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Again with the random bits.
I am topic-less. So. Once again, a Friday Five! 1. Pregnancy update. I can feel the baby move now, and I’m getting BIGGER and BIGGER. I see the size as a mixed blessing. On one hand, being humongous...
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