The Reluctant Grownup – Page 56 – Growing old gracelessly.

A meditation or two

On Mother’s Day I decide to go to Whole Foods to buy enough flowers to fill vases all through the house. I usually go there to buy a tiny $10.00…

May 20, 2023

Categorizing Things is Overrated

Acrobatics

Yesterday we were chillin’ in the cramped confines of our “office” – which is really a tiny bedroom that has the tv, computer, a bookshelf, and a couch squeezed into…

January 28, 2009

Categorizing Things is Overrated

2012 En Revue

Because I love each and every one of you, I wanted to steer you towards this fairly simple but super-amazing quesadilla recipe by (who else?) super famous blogger Ree. I…

December 31, 2012

Dinners

RG / May 30, 2016

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…

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Picture Post

RG / May 28, 2016

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…

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My Two Nemesese, the Skillet Basil Cream Chicken and Spatial Relations

RG / May 22, 2016

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…

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Housey McHouseyface

RG / May 14, 2016

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…

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Saturday Morning Meal Planning

RG / May 7, 2016

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…

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