The Reluctant Grownup – Page 41 – Growing old gracelessly.

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Quiet Nights

See my self-penned obituary on Wonder Women. I would soooo love it if I could say all this about myself in 70 years. But we’ll just have to see what…

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January 24, 2008

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Belly Laughs

Jack laughed his first belly laugh today. Patrick called me up and I listened to it over the phone. What. A. Hoot. I can’t wait to get home…

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July 31, 2008

Holidays and Celebrations, Jack, Lawyerin', Liam

This Post is Three Days Late

He turned one. It was terribly sad. Until it wasn’t. We had a few gifts, a few party hats, a few cupcakes. I had bought Liam three small gifts from…

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June 18, 2011

Post Holiday Update

RG / January 14, 2018

I have sat myself down to write some updates a few times, but technology has always foiled me. So many barriers between me and my one true love – writing for pleasure. (OK,…

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Christmas Menu

RG / December 23, 2017

The last time we had Christmas at home was 5 years ago, in Alabama, and while we enjoyed it very much, it was somewhat marred by tornadoes, which is a natural disaster I…

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Christmas is Settlement Season

RG / December 9, 2017

I have never been so slammed in December. Last week I pulled an all nighter – basically worked 36 hours straight, with an hour or two break here and there to give the…

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Saturday Morning Meal Planning and Train Track Engineering

RG / December 2, 2017

My shirtless three year old son (soon to be four! FOUR!) is studiously banging a wooden hammer on some wooden train tracks, to make them “stick together.” Our Christmas tree lights are a-twinkle –…

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Sick Day

RG / November 15, 2017

It’s Wednesday, and I am siiiiiiiick. I’ve spent the day alternating between flopping on the couch, flopping on my bed, and stalking Meredith Salenger and Patton Oswalt’s wedding photos on Instagram. I intended…

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