I've been reading some Anne Lamott. If you haven't read any of her books, you really need to. She is just fantastic. Her prose jumps right off the page and paints the most beautiful images for the mind and the stories she tells make me laugh and give me shivers and make me want to take the time to … [Read more...]
I Know You Put the Money Under My Pillow, Mom.
My six year-old doesn't believe in the Tooth Fairy. Is that bad?She also thinks Santa is a load of bull and the Easter Bunny is a crock.When she started to express ideas about the possibility of these mythical creatures being imaginary, we didn't try to convince her otherwise. Sometimes I feel … [Read more...]
My Middle
Oh, this girl. She is growing into such a beautiful little person. And believe me, it took a lot of tantrums and gnashing of teeth to get to this point. She was such an angry toddler and it was a constant battle of wills to keep her from freaking out a dozen times a day. She is still a firecracker, … [Read more...]
Gamma
My mom was here all week, visiting from the flatlands, and it was glorious. We drank five lattes a day, sampled goods from all the local bakeries, shopped, got my house a little less crazy-messy, and had a jolly ol' time.She is such a wonderful blessing to me and I love her to bits. Thanks for the … [Read more...]
Good Will Hunting
I have written before about my conflicted thoughts on eating animals. I feel ethically torn because if I look at nature, the cold facts are that animals eat other animals. Cheetahs stalk antelope, sharks chomp on surfers, and spiders wrap flies in a web of death before swallowing them whole. No big … [Read more...]
Rebel With a Cause
After four years, I laid my old camera to rest and bought a new Canon Rebel T3i. My old Rebel had served me well, but the new body is full of great features, includes a video option, has more than double the megapixels and is able to shoot in lower light. I like it.My next purchase will be a … [Read more...]
Take All of My Money, Dentist. No, Really. ALL OF IT.
My eldest daughter just got back from an $800 dental appointment. She had four (!) cavities to be filled and ended up needing two stainless steel caps as well as a generous dose of nitrous oxide to keep her from wigging out like she did on the dentist's first attempt at fixing the teeth.We brush her … [Read more...]
Favourite Things
Fall is my favourite and my best, as Lola would say. This season has been gloriously long and stretched out over sunny days and golden evenings and I have been doing my best to enjoy every minute of it, knowing I will soon be cursing the snow and the cold.Here are some of the things that have made … [Read more...]
Sweet ‘n’ Sour
The day Brinley turned two, she also turned sour.The formerly dreamy baby was gone and in her stead came a shrieking, hair-pulling, defiant little turd. She's still totally cute, but she is TROUBLE.Don't get me wrong, there are still many moments of sweetness, but she has thrown off my parenting … [Read more...]
Turkey Time!
I managed to evade cooking a turkey for the first 30 years of my life, but this year, this Thanksgiving, there was nowhere to run...nowhere to hide. It was my turn to broil the bird.If you'll know anything about me, it's that I have vegetarian tendencies. Basically, the only meat I will eat is … [Read more...]
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