I feel like I’ve been picked up and shaken by that vicious terrier known as Mardi Gras. There are bags under my eyes and the middle toe of my right foot is still totally numb from wearing high heeled strappy black sandals (with crystal adornments!) to the Orpheus ball, along with my too-tight, too-many-years-ago black…
Category: Holidays and Celebrations
Child of God
Liam, my sweet man who gets more delightful by the day (he’s just so UP FOR IT and READY TO GO and EAGER, YOU’D BETTER BELIEVE IT, LET’S GO FRIENDS!)(I think ALL CAPS is a good way to describe him, actually), was baptized on Sunday. The baptism was surrounded by a lovely weekend involving visiting…
Santa Presents Coda – Subtitled, What a Non-Issue!
OK, so the Santa presents things was, and will likely remain, a total non-issue. In practice, it was such a minor difference, that my husband’s and my argument seems nonsensical. At the heart of the argument, really, was the heart of parenting – the things you feel your parents did wrong are things you fervently…
Another Resolution!
I can’t believe I forgot this one! Also fun – 8. I resolve to work on my “look.” I got makeup this year for Christmas, and I’m going to use it. I’ve never been, and will never be, the girl who matches her eyeshadow to her outfit – that’s just not my look, no disrespect…
2011 – Planning Ahead
I like making goals for self-improvement, and now’s as good a time as any, so here I go. 1. I resolve not to have a baby or get pregnant in 2011. This will be different from 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, so don’t ever say I am not capable of change. 2. I resolve that…