An old college friend with three elementary-school aged children was recently widowed. Her husband was in his early forties when he died – he had been dealing with cancer a long while, which is terrible in many ways, but also gave them a long timeline for death. With all of its many cruelties – the logistics of…
Picture Post
So I recently came into possession of a laptop computer, which is a giant big deal in my world. I love having it, but I keep forgetting I have it, since it’s been so long (since 2003?) since I had a working laptop of my very own. I always just used the Prof’s or my…
My Two Nemesese, the Skillet Basil Cream Chicken and Spatial Relations
The Prof sold one of our vehicles. I’m sure it was a long thought out decision for him, but my experience of this process was that one day we had a van and a couple days later we didn’t have a van and there were not any articulated plans for immediate replacement of the van and…
Housey McHouseyface
We’ve made our five millionth offer on a house and are waiting to hear. We are one of many, and we offered low because it needs work, so I’m presuming our offer will expire without word because that’s just how this process rolls. We’re definitely in compromise mode. I’ll take anything! Anything that’s not $750,000…
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 Day, which is the only present I want. (Besides the inevitable kid-handprint-art, which I anticipate is coming my way.) We built Craig’s big-boy bed yesterday….