The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

Everyday Adventures, Holidays and Celebrations

Lily Pads

As much as I know you’d all love to read about how tired I am after five weeks of multiple night time wakeups, including last night where he woke fussing…

March 7, 2014

Everyday Adventures, Like a Horse and Carriage

The Sour and the Sweet

This has been a fabulous week. I have caught up on sleep, on home projects, on reading, on wedding research, and on my exercise program. I did my taxes, baked…

February 23, 2006

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Supermodel

All I have time to say this busy Monday morning is – I am 149 pounds. Woot.

September 15, 2008

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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