This is my last post for NaBloPoMo. Thirty days of posting has gone swiftly, to my great surprise. I will try to keep up with posting, if not daily then nearly so.
As we head into December, where do we stand?
School dominates my thoughts. Edward needs something different. His teacher agrees - she is very willing […]

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I stopped by the natural food store for a few gluten-free items on my way home from the parent-teacher conference today. It’s a small place, not a large selection, but I can get my bagels. The trouble started at the checkout counter. Somehow, I ended up in a conversation with the woman ringing up my […]

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Anybody here seen Davey’s glasses? Anyone?
Anyone?
Because sometime between when he came home from school, specs firmly on his face, and when we got in the van to go pick up his sisters at daycare (half day for the boys, not for the girls), they vanished.
They are somewhere on our compound. I turned over every square […]

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I don’t like to use the word normal anymore. Not since Davey was born. So many things happened between August 2001 and into 2005 that I now understand normal to be a cardboard construct of our own making. So what I say instead is “typical”. Like this, “Davey learns more slowly than typical kids.” Or […]

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I am not in the mood to post tonight. It has not been a bad day, neither has it been a good day. Much tension (internal). And to top it off, I just tried to publish my post and the server flaked out and the (what I promise you was scintillating) post was lost.
(Ok, I […]

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I just finished watching the ends of the Patriots-Eagles game (live) and the Broncos-Bears game (Tivo).
FOR THE LOVE OF THREE FLIPPIN’ POINTS! The Patriots won by three (boooo! hisss!) and the Broncos lost by three (double boooo!).
Not only do I love the Broncos, despite their fitful season, but I loathe the Pats. Loathe. Don’t get […]

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Happy birthday, Dex! You may be an old man, but you’re my old man.
We ventured out today in search of something, anything entertaining. In a stroke of genius, Dex suggested the Ecotarium. We’d been once before and had fun. Of course, we only had two kids then.

The kids were all fascinated with the taxidermied animals […]

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Yes, yes, I did it. I woke at 5:07 am after a refreshing 4-1/2 hours of sleep (punctuated by the cries and subsequent wriggling of one golden-haired toddler). I hit the start button on my coffee maker, dressed in the kitchen, and grabbed my keys and travel mug of joe. I was seconds from making […]

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One of the cool things about living in New England is the everyday connection to history. I have been a life-long afficianado of American history, so living near places like Concord and Lexington thrills my historic sensabilites. This year, Edward’s third-grade class took their traditional field trip to Plimoth Plantation and to the Mayflower II. […]

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The question that comes to my mind as I sit here on the cusp of yet another 4-day weekend, with bonus holiday and birthday fun, is if I can make it to the far side of Sunday without having to resort to raiding the stash of Christmas presents in a desperate attempt to entertain the […]

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