The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

Categorizing Things is Overrated, Domestic Bliss

I Guess This Will Be A Weekend Blog Now

This morning, it was crisp. The Professor got a fire going in our wood-burning fireplace, then built the king bed we just bought after 2.5 years of sleeping on a…

October 25, 2014

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Saints Marching

The city is in uproar. It’s insane, and really fun, and slightly disconcerting to be a part of this. My next statement is not meant to imply that New Orleans…

February 7, 2010

Alabama, New Orleans

Saturday Morning Not Meal Planning for Once

Thank you for your kind comments – what a buoy! I’ve been quite blue, but I recognize that it will pass. We spent our last night in our beautiful, perfect…

December 19, 2015

Angry?

RG / January 2, 2012

A couple people asked – on NYE, I drank a lot of wine and wrote something about being angry. I did not remember typing it. I don’t know what I was angry about.…

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Aught Eleven

RG / January 1, 2012

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Wrote a Motion to Sever. (It won!) 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for…

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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

RG / December 20, 2011

The other day we put the kids in the car after supper and we drove them through the twinkling streets of uptown New Orleans to marvel at the lights. We pointed out the…

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Christmas Commercialism – DEFENDED

RG / December 19, 2011

I’m bucking the trend and saying yes, I love the buying of Things at Christmastime. For me, Christmas is the “gratification” part of “delayed gratification.” I don’t buy stuff for my kids, myself,…

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IRRITATION

RG / December 16, 2011

Frustrated by a minor situation with a project I’m doing at school. This guy could give lessons in how not to do things. Lesson 1 – do not assign something to a middle…

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