I am literally pausing in the middle of my all-the-crap-I-have-to-do-before-bed routine to say this:
…and another thing I hate about winter is all the freakin’ extra laundry!
There. Phew. Got that out of my system. I was just standing in front of my washing machine, digging through soggy socks and layers of undershirts and sweaters, dreaming of […]

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A week or so ago I was wondering why the crankiness in the household seemed to reach new thresholds. Could my kids all be going through some terrible twos/fives/eights phase simultaneously? Then I glanced at the calendar. Oh yeah! It’s the middle of February!  
February is not my least favorite month, not by a longshot. That […]

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This is pre-Christmas mind you and I feel buried beneath stuff. Why does my house, even when fairly neat, still feel cluttered? I purge on a regular basis - in fact, though I am not big on daily housecleaning, I do love to purge - still it feels like we have waaaaaay too much stuff.
I […]

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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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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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 From Helpguide.org:
Chronic stress wears you down day after day and year after year, with no visible escape. Under sustained or severe stress, even the most well-adjusted person loses the ability to adapt.
Please note the use of the phrase “even the most well-adjusted person”.
It’s not any one thing, you see. You could go down the list […]

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Safety keeps me up at night. I lie in bed and listen to the trucks. I can hear them coming a good distance away up our road, the drone of the tires rising, the pitch of the engine building, until they whoosh past, 18 wheels flying well over the speed limit going into a fairly tight […]

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I have to leave in 16 minutes. I eyeball the clock on the monitor and quickly calculate how long I can sit here and what more I can get done before I have to dash out the door, cursing myself for not leaving three minutes earlier.
I’m greedy with my time.
I can’t help it. Minutes slip […]

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It is 10:11 a.m. on a Saturday morning. I have been up since just before 7:00 - actually I was half-awake for awhile due to Jules wriggling beside me in bed. I tried to sleep through her thrashing but she finally won out. And now, after 3 hours and change of doing the mommy thing […]

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I am grateful that there are people who are caring, kind, and trustworthy enough to care for my kids when I cannot. I have, over the past eight years, availed myself of daycare centers, preschools, teenage babysitters and mother’s helpers, and numerous friends. Almost without exception, I have been impressed by how much these non-familial […]

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