Much of my childhood, unbeknownst to me, was centered around my Grandfather’s ongoing health and livelihood. Sometime before I was born, the doctors told my Granddad that unless he got active and lost some weight, he would die very soon. My Dad immediately began trying to figure out what he could do to get my […]
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Parenthood 2.0: The Response
Oh look!! I finally got an answer from Tech Support regarding my Parenthood 2.0 issues and questions… Dear Motherboard, Thank you for your email to our tech support department. We will try to address all of your concerns and make suggestions for Boy Child 1.0 System Improvements. Regarding the system crashes caused by running Boy […]
A Foodie Conference, From the Non-Foodie.
Last weekend, I stepped out of my comfort zone (which is right here behind this computer screen) and attended the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival. By myself. Without knowing a single soul that would be there. A bit intimidating, but also exciting. I went because I love food. I really love food. But the minute […]
Regarding Those That I Mother.
As a blogger, I find myself quite self-conscious about not drowning my corner of the internet with vast quantities of photos of my kids. Despite the fact that I have really cute ones. (Am I allowed to say that?) But you know what? Yesterday was Mother’s Day. And the day before that, I wrote. About […]
Happy Mother’s Day, from Time Magazine.
You might have seen it by now. You might have even seen it before it came out, like I did. Time Magazine, in an apparent celebration of Mother’s Day, published the following issue on Friday: “Are You Mom Enough?” The title immediately infuriated me. The challenging, smug look on her face, the nannie-nannie boo-boo (no […]
Typically 2,310 Miles Apart.
I’ve had opportunities to get to know several of you a lot better lately, and I’m loving it. …Meridith has been, by request, making me aware of differences in dialect and habits between me and Australia. …EleanorJane, my resident differentialist between New Zealand and I, just moved to England and, therefore, has a whole new […]
Parenthood 2.0
Dear Tech Support, I recently upgraded my software to Boy Child 1.0. I’m also running Girl Child 5.0 and was previously running Boy Child 0.11 without incident, but upgrading to 1.0 seems to be causing some conflicts. Boy Child 1.0 is constantly overrunning Girl Child 5.0’s processes, creating both programs to either freeze up or […]
She Has a Dream.
“Did you see this picture I’m working on? I’m an artist!” “Yes, you’re a very good artist!” “Well, I’m an artist now – while I’m a kid. But I’m going to be a Princess Ballerina when I grow up.” “Well, you can do the ballerina part, but probably not the Princess part.” I immediately regretted […]
What Happens in the Bank…
I’ve had to do a lot of banking lately. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m an accountant during naptimes. And so I’ve recently needed to open up a few new accounts for a business. Unfortunately, a stay-at-home-Mom cannot go into a bank branch during naptime. So one has to take their two children along with them […]
The Unoriginal, Ungourmet Cook.
I need to ask you guys a crucially important question. I love to cook. I’m usually too busy blogging lazy to do much of it, but I enjoy it nonetheless. However, I’m not some super-fancy blogger toiling away at 3 AM developing recipes and discovering new ways to use rare white truffles from the Croatian […]