He made this bouquet himself. Told me which flowers to cut before I pulled the poor things out of the ground. I can’t believe they’re still alive. My mom and her dude came up today and now we have a new toilet (hooray!), a cleaned-up back yard, and a tidy […]
Oh, my aching feet!
Weekend was fun! Walked around the outlet mall on Saturday. Walked around Antioch on Sunday. Walked around the Chicago Botanic Garden on Monday. Walked, walked, walked, walked around downtown on Monday as well. I have blisters. Sigh. It was great to catch up with Renee and Viv and to just […]
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 […]
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!”
Because all I’m in the mood for lately are low-brow yuks
Go ahead. Click the link. I dare ya!
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 […]
Good thing my pride wenteth a long time ago
Airplane bathrooms don’t bother me. I prefer to do my business before and after the flight, but if I gotta go, I go. On the flight from Colorado Springs to Minneapolis, nature called. So I strode to the rear restroom, dutifully placed two sections of toilet paper on the seat, […]
What do you need?
I started packing last night. I decided that I wouldn’t leave it for the last minute this time. And I was doing quite well with the endeavor before half of the electricity in our house went out during a storm. The half that controlled the lights in the bedroom. I’m […]