Oh well, this has been the quietest week ever, almost absurdly silent. Maria had a friend here for the evening, and they baked the sour dough starter, the friendship bread. The fragrance of vanilla and cinnamon filled the house and even the yard. Thursday we did make it to preschool with the 24 Amazing Princess […]
We finally made it to the lake last night about bedtime. t.c. was there waiting at the top of his lungs. Jay built a fire. I deep fried the shrimp. They played 500 while I read a magazine and the kids went nuts with the Polly Pockets and fighting guys. a toad they let go
I was home from work today by lunchtime, and it was looking like another long, boring afternoon for the kids, stuck in the hoooouse…we’re cracking uuuup. (I am, anyway. They seem a little batty too.) The gloom, ugh. So I persuaded James that we should go to the university, to the museum of natural history–you
Yeah, they are. This weekend, Julia dragged me out to the very ancient, battered swing set at my in-laws. I stood in the sun in my black jacket, trying to stay warm. And she chattered and chattered and chippered, on and on and on. As she pushed the empty baby swing, she told me, “I
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oh yeah, this gorgeous guy. he eats pancakes now, plain. the kids were concerned he had no syrup. noooo. no syrup, or we’d still be wiping things. Okay, I don’t do movie reviews. I don’t actually like movies that much. Well, that’s not true. I like romantic comedies…and adventures with good endings. For example, I
two squirrels i once knew Okay, tonight Kirsten and Heidi were here together by coincidence. Heidi ran with her dog, all the way from her house a mile away. She does this for exercise, I guess, and to tire out the puppy. Kirsten drove. She lives further away. So we were trying to talk, but
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Julia and I were at the grocery store, and there was a big photo of Jamie Lee Curtis beside some book she wrote. Julia noticed it, “Oh Mom, look! It’s that girl who stars in Activia.” I said, “Yeah, she’s a great girl.” Jamie, Jamie, Jamie, all the things you’re famous for, and my child
oh yeah, the little treasure hunters all dressed up for the wedding last fall They went down into the storage area behind the office… and had an adventure. A treasure hunt, he called it. Aww, give me a break. They took out Christmas gift tags, mittens, an old iron, music tapes, the long tail from
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Tonight before supper I took Maria out driving. She’s on her permit and needs the practice, and it was such a beautiful evening. Jay was painting windows on the second floor, so we had to take the little kids with us. It was a fine trip out. She didn’t run over anybody, crash the car,
Jay and I worked today. When I came home and asked the kids where he was, they said he was asleep on the patio. Really? Yeah. I found him, head on the metal arm of the swing, left leg twisted in a pretzel bend for balance, asleep on that little swing. When he woke up,
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