The Reluctant Grownup – Page 39 – Growing old gracelessly.

Babies, Skeletons, and Beaches

I have had such fun these last four weeks, I just can’t even. First of all, my sister, her husband, and her baby came to visit. You may generally know…

October 6, 2019

Categorizing Things is Overrated

January 8

January 6 was Twelfth Night – and that means we now have King Cake on the counter! Carnival season has begun. I am in a walking krewe this year called…

January 8, 2024

Domestic Bliss

October 2009 October 2010

In October of 2009, which was my fourth anniversary of blogging, I had just begun law school. There was much complaining about my legal research and writing class. We went…

October 27, 2015

Kids are Exhausting and Cute

RG / April 29, 2018

*Edited to add pictures* Last night we had Jack’s tenth birthday party. We had a Nerf war in the park, followed by a movie projected on a sheet in our backyard. Ten 10…

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Mardi Gras, Easter, Tall Ships, and Bed Bath and Beyond

RG / April 22, 2018

I have just fought with my computer for at least two hours to try to get my phone photos loaded on my Mac, and then up to this website. There were tears. In…

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Saturday Morning Meal Planning

RG / April 14, 2018

Hello dear ones – Thing Number One: Comments are “on” on all of my posts. And yet they show as “off.” I don’t really know how to fix this, so I’ll do what…

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Mardi Gras Recap – Do I Even Remember At This Point

RG / March 17, 2018

We started the Mardi Gras season off right – eating a doberge king cake and watching some floats slowly drive down the road behind a police escort, heading from their den to the…

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Mardi Gras 2018! Part 1 – Preparation

RG / March 3, 2018

Mardi Gras came hot on the heels of Christmas, and together those holidays sandwiched a Disney trip – so basically it’s March and I’m exhausted. But exhausted by fun! First – we came…

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