It is a Tuesday evening. Every work-night last week – including Friday – I worked until midnight-ish, after giving the children my dinner hour. It’s been a lot of nights on the couch, dialed into the network and typing while the children snore upstairs. I’m a little tired but now that I’ve sort of accepted…
Category: Dear Friends
Productive Weekend, Ahoy!
So last week, some friends of ours were all going to see Stevie Nicks (opener: The Pretenders). We were invited, but long story short I married a miser who hates Stevie Nicks, so we ended up not joining. However, one of the spouses ended up having a work thing, and I was invited to take that…
Live from the City of Angels
I’m writing this from a giant fluffy nest of pillows and futon in my room on the eleventh floor of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I’m here for a couple of days, celebrating the marriage of one of my favorite people, a law school bestie. I flew out yesterday morning, billing time on the…
Recovery
I have my feet up, after making a turkey sausage/green pepper/onion lasagna plus a batch of cauliflower chowder. Both are chilling in the fridge, ready to be re-heated for the week’s dinners. All of the boys have had lunch, and the big boys are watching tv in the other room. The baby is upstairs in…
Mary Speaks
I’ve always disliked that song “Mary Did You Know” (sorry if you love it!) It plays this time of year on repeat, and I switch the channel whenever I hear it. This is partly because it is pretty cheesy (see also: Christmas Shoes), but it is also because I feel that it is a rendering…