It’s an odd thing, when your parents move out of the home in which you lived throughout high school. I thought I had gathered all of my belongings from their house years ago. I was wrong.
From the depths of the garage, they found these choice nuggets of my past and handed them over.
A touchy-feely pre-teen [...]
It’s January 6th. Six days in, and I’m already playing catch-up. With work, with household responsibilities, with mothering responsibilities, blogging responsibilities. Really, how could this happen? It’s January 6th for Pete’s sake! (And, by the way, who the heck is Pete?!)
I’m organized. I have lists. I schedule things by the minute on these many lists. [...]
Twas the night before Christmas, and…mama and papa were drinking some vino waiting for kid #2 to finally fall asleep so we can kick this Santa gig into high gear! I don’t have time for attempting Christmas rhymes tonight, just the straight stuff. The straight up vodka over the candy cane cocktail, if you will.
Last [...]
I had a real weekend. With family stuff. Laying around on the couch watching movies. Going on a few impromptu family adventures. Sure, I was sick for the first part of it. Sure, we were mentally already “there” since we were told tall tales of a possible ice/snow storm that might cause us to be [...]
