1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?Motherhood and all its appurtenances. Next year for this answer I can say that I used the word appurtenance in a sentence, though whether I used it in a correct grammatical construct I can’t tell you. 2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and…
In the Year 2009 . . .
Nobody told Jack that last night was New Year’s Eve, so he got up on time today (on time = 6:30 am) and thus am I spending the first day of 2009 grumpy as hell. I wish I could resolve to get more sleep in 2009, but this appears to be out of my hands….
The First Celebration of Many!
Let me tell you about the joys of a parent’s Christmas. One week ago was Christmas Eve. Even though my child is only 8 months old and my niece just 6 weeks, I myself am thirty years old and looked forward to the full Christmas experience, so we did the whole deal just like…
Knee Deep, Knee Deep
In diapers, that is. We are here, holidaying at Patrick’s family’s place, with babies and dogs and loved ones all ’round. The tree is full of pressies, the belly is full of ice cream/chocolate/fried chicken (ahhhh, sweet December), and I am maxin’ and relaxin’. I hope you are, too! See you on the flip side.
Lost in Translation
The Israelis who run my company do not tend to thank people. It’s a cultural thing, just the way they all operate, but none of us Americans can get used to it and it really hurts people’s feelings sometimes. Well, we’ve been encouraging Israelis bosses to thank their American reports, and today I got copied on…