We are relaxing after a less chaotic week. I will have to bill some hours this weekend but I can handle that. I’ve also requested kid-free exercise time for Mother’s Day, which is the only present I want. (Besides the inevitable kid-handprint-art, which I anticipate is coming my way.) We built Craig’s big-boy bed yesterday….
Category: New Orleans
Leftovers
It’s all leftover food, leftover feelings around here. We brought a lot of food home from the wedding, which has helped keep us eating good dinners even though Mama didn’t have a weekend to shop and cook. We also brought a lot of feelings home – Sunrise Sunset kind of feelings and others, the ragtag…
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Another workday home with a feverish kid. One of the toughest things about being in a two-working parent household is convincing folks that kids actually do get sick this much. Yes, truly I need to be out this often for doctor’s appointments, dentist, eyeglasses, fevers, tummy bugs, broken pinkies, and the like. I promise I am…
Spring Weekend
This was a brilliant, spring-like weekend in New Orleans. (Spring comes early this far south.) Friday night we went out to dinner at a Mexican place known for quick seating, quick food, and not-terrible margaritas. The boys all pretty much stayed in their chairs, ate their food, and were well-behaved. It was a gift, after…
2016 Resolutions
I began this draft of Resolutions in December and forgot all about it, and am pleased to say I have already made some progress on most of these! Read for pleasure, and don’t feel guilty about it. Progress so far: very good, much facilitated by Christmas! I read a forgettable Agatha Christie on my Christmas-gift-Kindle, and…