I love having visitors. Nothing makes me happier than to have someone come visit me. However, I am a horrible horrible hostess. The Anti-Martha Stewart. Really and truly the worst. I suck at it. I get all nervous and close down when someone I really like comes over, so instead of entertaining and making someone [...]
And yet he feels as if he belongs in the place of honor, right on his grandmother’s lap.
It’s been a long night at the library and I have to be there to open the tech center in the morning, so tonight it’s just a cute picture to get you through until tomorrow.
After a day spent running errands, specifically getting in and out of the car and then maneuvering through stores with both Amelia and Gretchen multiple times, my tubes have tied themselves. And the thing is that the girls weren’t bad at all. They were just young children. But being a single, childless, 30yr old woman [...]
For every huge step forward………
(Yes, she is wearing boy’s underwear. Why you may ask? When given the monumental choice of her first pair of big girl underwear Amelia didn’t want ruffles on her butt, she wanted Donkey from Shrek.
And since that’s miles better than Barbie or Bratz we weren’t going to argue with her. )
……..there’s [...]
My sister Nana,
is currently driving from Michigan to Washington state with her husband, two poodles, cockatoo, quaker parakeet, and hamster. (Amelia and Gretchen will be flying out in a couple weeks - once they find some place to live) She got a job offer in Seattle that she just couldn’t refuse. So if you’ve always [...]
I’ll admit it, I was a complete recluse this holiday season. A total Grinch. If you aren’t related to me, you didn’t see me.* But last night my sister had a New Year’s Eve party and forced my ass to socialize. Since I had been out of practice for almost two weeks I decided to [...]
My sister and brother-in-law’s wedding (long complicated story, I’ll tell you later) is going to be next December 27th. So, being the deal loving family that we are, my sisters, mother, and I spent the afternoon perusing the half off Christmas aisles of various stores, comparing poinsettias and candles, debating table center pieces, and picking [...]
