Due to obvious reasons, I began my Grand Minivan Challenge two days late. On Friday, I packed up the two kids and headed to pick up our borrowed ride from Serra Honda. Ali wasn’t quite understanding the concept of a car store, so I got grilled all the way there… “So how are we going […]
Belief System Status: In Peril.
I have never made my personal distaste for the minivan a secret. Nor have I hidden the fact that I desperately long to be able to take advantage of the awesome minivan superpowers – just without the sinking feeling that driving a minivan would inevitably cause in my soul. When we added Noah to our […]
The Post that Proves I am an Idiot.
We went on a walk Tuesday night in our suburban neighborhood. As we were coming down a hill about a block from home, Ali suddenly stopped walking and silently stared at the ground in front of her. A snake! (That exclamation point was in excitement, not fear.) I happen to be completely fascinated by snakes. […]
Covert Lactational Medication Operations.
Caution: Not for the faint of heart. Or men. Or DEA Officers. I’ve been in a state of utter nursing panic. …a panic which I absolutely promised myself that I would not allow myself to experience this time around. I’d been doing so well… even when, at three months in, I knew I wasn’t making […]
Wedding Vows, a Decade Later.
Chris, being the more creative and eloquent half of our marriage, personally wrote our wedding vows. We said those vows ten years ago today, and they were beautiful and meaningful and everything you would want them to be. But to be honest, I don’t remember a single line from them. And yes, I asked – […]
The Secrets of Pisgah.
So. To celebrate our tenth anniversary (coming up on Thursday), Chris and I went to Pisgah this weekend. Yes. Pisgah. But you know what’s weirder than a town named Pisgah? The fact that there are two towns, in Alabama, named Pisgah. I discovered this by trying to map my iPhone to our destination. Then I […]
In Which I Became Student Work.
There’s something about having a baby and the following attempts to regain a not-sharing-with-another-human body that makes one want to change things up a bit. Get CRAAAZY. You know, like put on makeup even if one is NOT leaving the house. And wear clothes that aren’t two sizes too big. And especially try something new […]
Scoff, All Ye Northerners.
I drove in my first snow storm yesterday. Yes!! It was a snow storm!! As in, snow was blowing from the skies!! And some of it was even sticking to the ground! And the more bizarre part was, it was TOTALLY unexpected. Which, I thought, was impossible in Alabama. You see, when there’s even a […]
The Latest on the Greatest Show on Earth.
As of Friday night, Chris and I officially earned our Mommy (and Daddy) Scouts Badge for “Taking two kids, one that is under six weeks old, to the Circus, not getting home until 11pm, and living to tell about it.” And it was worth it – even the ridiculously priced light-up spinning toy souvenir that […]
Recipe For the World’s Most Bizarre Weekend.
Start with a Three Week Old Baby: Who, despite his preciousness, does not sleep good on Friday night, therefore also adding in one Very-Sleep-Deprived-Three-Weeks-Post-Partum-Mommy. On Saturday morning, stir in a Four Year Old’s Birthday, starting and ending with complete sugar overload: (Sugar Overload shown in recipe provided by Krispy Kreme and my amazingly talented friend […]