Archive for November, 2008

How the other half lives.

We are just wrapping up the third whole day without Mr. A going to work.  (Actually, he did to a little work from home last night, but it was only about 3 hours.)
I wonder if this is how it feels in other families?  Where everyone is in the house at the same time and work [...]

Whoops!

Thank you Mortimer’s Mom!  I completely forgot to repost my traditional Thanksgiving post.
Never fear, one day late, here it is:
Jesus and the Ancestors Send Us A Kosher Turkey:
So on Wednesday, my mother-in-law showed up at our house with a large frozen turkey. This was especially strange because we had all decided to go out to [...]

Sparing you

I am not going to write a post about things I am thankful for (for which I am thankful? Grammar is bothering me this week).
Yeah, yeah, I am thankful.
I really like my life.
I love my kids and my husband.
I have good friends.
I love where I live (town though not necessarily my house…though the house is [...]

Giving thanks

There are many things I am thankful for in my life.  Today, as I have been reading other people’s travel and extended-family-visit craziness, I am thinking mostly of one thing:
Now that we live near our family, we only have to deal with a 1 hour drive and 4 hours of family time.  It is the [...]

I heart Google.

Tonight, M tried to save her gum by wrapping it in her sweatshirt.
Maybe this is something all 5/6 year olds must try at some point because I distinctly remember trying to save a chewed piece of gum by putting it in the pocket of my overalls when I was in first grade.
Back in the day, [...]