Dec 18, 2012
Have you ever noticed that, sometimes, thing have to get worse before they can get better? Like when you are cleaning your house? Sometimes, once you start a big project, it has to get a LOT messier before things start to come together and look nice again? Does that only happen to me? Or does [...]
Dec 11, 2012
I’m sick. This is no little stomach virus like I had last weekend. I was able to power through that – I was able to say, Scrooge-like, “Bah! Stomach Virus – I do not believe in you. You are but a bit of undercooked beef – you are but a blot of mustard.” No. This [...]
Nov 13, 2012
The other day when I asked (on Facebook) if I should replace my current chalk wall design with a Thanksgiving theme or just go right ahead and do Christmas, the response was unanimous. I really thought that someone, would be all enthusiastic for the more wintery of the two Holidays. I expected at least a [...]
Nov 9, 2012
When I was little, when we all were little, the very idea that Christmas was a whole year away gave me a little pain in my heart. For truly, I thought, I could not bear to wait that long. The time from one Christmas until the next Christmas was at least 3 years. Or so. Right? [...]
Mar 7, 2012
The truth is that our feet stayed dry. By the end of the evening our hands, arms, and sleeves were dampened but the feet were fine. After much prodding from my in-laws (i think the first time they mentioned the aquarium-as-Christmas-gift was probably two years ago) I gave in and my kids are now [...]
