Of friends and 40 and La Ti Da

I’m driving to Chicago tomorrow morning to meet up with my two oldest friends: Renee and Viv. We all turn 40 within a two-month span, so we thought a weekend celebration was in order. Booyah! While there, I’ll also be meeting an online friend for dinner. Much to look forward […]

Smiles all around

First off, thanks to everyone for the very sweet and supportive comments on my last post. I’m doing just fine and dandy. Well, better than that really. I’m actually calm. A word I swear no one would ever have used to describe me before. So it’s nice — not getting […]

Day 2

So…you may wonder, what’s that Lori up to when she’s not posting on this site? Especially since the she in question hasn’t been posting all that much over the past few months. What I’ve been up to has been, sadly, nothing productive. In fact, the biggest reason that I haven’t […]

Groovy, man

My kid is listening to John Coltrane. In his room. As he falls asleep. He asked for it. “I want Coltrane, Mommy.” This is cool, yes. But I think his true request was, “I want coal train.” If he knew the difference, we might be back to “Ahoy there, mates!”

OK…who taught him that word?

The things coming out of my kid’s mouth lately? Priceless. And naughty. I heard “Shut up!” several times this weekend. Damn Tom Hanks and Pixar! Tonight, Scott had bedtime duty. He was chatting with Devin after reading stories and the child points to own his nipple and asks, with a […]