The Reluctant Grownup – Page 131 – Growing old gracelessly.

Studious Beagle is Studious

So HOWWWW goes the start of the school year for you all? Jasper is ready to get rolling on some projects. As are these boys! Fourth grader reporting for duty.…

August 19, 2023

Bitchin in the Kitchen, New Orleans

Saturday Morning Meal Planning

We are relaxing after a less chaotic week. I will have to bill some hours this weekend but I can handle that. I’ve also requested kid-free exercise time for Mother’s…

May 7, 2016

Categorizing Things is Overrated

I've been wondering what to say about Haiti

or if I needed to? The dilemma with a blog about boring daily life . . . in the face of such tragedy, its frivolity and pointlessness is coldly exposed. …

January 16, 2010

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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