The Reluctant Grownup – Page 127 – Growing old gracelessly.

A Little Superhero Redemption

My jailers redeemed themselves yesterday . . . sort of. We are in Day Nine of the poverty — paychecks have come in but not cleared, so the money is tantalizing…

September 29, 2013

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Still Breathing

The home computer is currently dead (YES!!! AWESOME!!! Unexpected expense # 243 for this year! So glad we have a savings . . . account . . . er .…

February 28, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Talking Quirks

Tars instead of star. And everything is a starfish, even stars in the sky are “tarfish” Chockit and Swimmin’, said in a stratospherically high voice. Talking to “Weem” the way…

October 10, 2010

Parade #1 – Cleopatra the Queen Made Us Wait

RG / February 16, 2012

Our first parade of Mardi Gras 2012 fell on a rainy, chilly night. We almost skipped Cleopatra, but a last minute glance at the radar showed that the rain had moved on, and…

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Valentine’s, Updated

RG / February 14, 2012

I was going to do a survey of Valentine’s days with my Valentine, when I retrieved from the dusty recesses of my brain the memory that I had already done that. (It was…

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MILP Roundup #239

RG / February 13, 2012

Magic Cookie dazzles with her first go at the MILP roundup*, and solidifies her status as overachieving multitasker! *MILP Roundup = a weekly look-see at what all the Mothers In the Legal Profession…

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CDing

RG / February 12, 2012

This here is going to be a (short) primer on cloth diapers, so if that ain’t your bag, then I’ve provided this link as an alternative activity for your next few minutes. (Hat…

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Distracted

RG / February 9, 2012

I just read an article about being a distracted parent. It was a bit overwrought in my opinion – MAN, do twenty first century parents really know how to beat ourselves up –…

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