We have fewer airline troubles coming home (I don’t think I wrote about how we had to board our flight to T&C three times – same plane – had to disembark and re-board three times.) We stayed with an Atlanta friend that night, going to get beer and pizza at his pretty awesome brewery (Slice…
Category: Holidays and Celebrations
Meal Planning On a Rainy Sunday Afternoon While Being Pestered By My Child
We had more parades yesterday – St. Patrick’s Day. When Mardi Gras is late (as it was this year), this Irish parade comes up too soon. I haven’t had time to get over being sick of parades. I know, I know – so spoiled. In any case, the parade goes right by our house so…
Mardi Gras 2017 – Picture Post 2
After a full day of parades two weekends before Mardi Gras Day, Liam woke up unable to walk. He couldn’t come down the stairs – he couldn’t bend his left hip or leg at all. I thought maybe it was a parade injury – too rough up and down off my shoulders or something. A…
Mardi Gras 2017 – Picture Post 1
So picture me a little frazzled, with a varied and lovely network of tan lines (because who remembers sunscreen in February?), wading through drifts of cheap plastic beads, moon pies, empty Bud Light cans, fried chicken bones, and purple, green and gold feathers. (And drained Gatorade bottles. We did remember to stay hydrated.) The season has come…
2017 Resolutions
So it’s de rigeur these days to call them “intentions” instead of “resolutions,” but I’m sticking with “resolution” because I like the sound of the word “resolve.” Only a few, and along the same themes as I always do, but after the gluttony and sluggishness of December, I would like to approach 2017 with a…