The Reluctant Grownup – Page 219 – Growing old gracelessly.

Today is Freaking November Second

Last night I dreamed that I had the baby, and they wouldn’t let me take her home because I didn’t have a car seat. I couldn’t find a store that…

November 2, 2007

Holidays and Celebrations, Like a Horse and Carriage

Wedding Day – Very Long – Please Forgive!

I woke early on Saturday, October 21st, and lay blinking into the darkness in my small room. I had set the alarm but didn’t need it. I wandered around the…

November 26, 2006

Domestic Bliss, Holidays and Celebrations, Jack, Liam, Like a Horse and Carriage, This One Time I Broke My Back

Late October Weekend

Solid weekend doings around here, solid. A better fall weekend there never was, I would argue. Friday saw me tooling in the hybrid down I-10 solo towards our little pied…

October 29, 2012

Every Other Day of the Week is Fine

RG / December 1, 2008

– Yeah. But whenever Monday comes (but whenever Monday comes), you can find me cryin’ all of the time. 4:45 came early this morning. No, no, my son slept through, because Murphy’s…

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I Wonder What Is My Favorite Holiday Food?

RG / December 1, 2008

Have we done this before? And if we have, who cares? I could talk about food all week, and I know I ain’t alone! So. I have the love for the holiday food.…

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Countdown

RG / November 25, 2008

We’ll be hanging out with Baby Ella in 10 hours! Oh, and Erin & Clif (her parents), too. Grownups are way boring these days. 26 or so hours from now, we…

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Um, So How Long Does This Take?

RG / November 24, 2008

Last night, he cried at 9:30, we ignored, he went back to sleep in 10 minutes. At 10:30, I gave a dream feed, and he pretty much stayed asleep. At 11 he cried,…

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I Wonder What I Want To Do With My Life?

RG / November 24, 2008

INSTRUCTIONS: Take one decade-changing birthday. Stir in two unexpected deaths in the family, one unfulfilling job, and enclosed spice sachet of a half-dozen passions that could never lead to paying full time work.…

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