ETA: As soon as I published this post, I immediately thought of more things I want to do and places I want to see. Rather than keeping track of them elsewhere, I will add them to the lists here. I will also cross them off when I’ve completed them (except for the last list, because [...]
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Bye, Bye January!
Posted in Birthdays, Family, Health/Fitness, Parenting, Winter, tagged birthday parties, Birthdays, Family, New Year's, Winter on January 31, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Don’t let the door smack you in the a$$ on the way out. So, January is not my best month. Never has been. Some of my darkest days have been January days. I’m not entirely sure what comes over me, but it’s been compounded by the fact that both of my kids have their birthdays [...]
My Girl is 8 Today
Posted in Birthdays, Family, Parenting, tagged Birthdays, Family, Parenting on January 15, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Can someone please explain to me how this happened? I used to roll my eyes when, carrying her around as an infant, people would stop to admire her and say, “Enjoy this time. It goes by fast.” At the very beginning, I was only too eager for it to go by fast so I could [...]
Here We Go
Posted in Family, Former Job(s), Parenting, Summer, Writing, tagged Family, Parenting, Summer, Summer Vacation on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The kids finished school last week, but since it was a long weekend when we would all have been home anyway, I considered today the first “real” day of summer vacation. We started off with a bang. Both kids had friends over for playdates and we took an excursion to the library and the local [...]
When Life Throws You Hard-Boiled Eyeballs…
Posted in Children's Books, NaPiBoWriWee, Parenting, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged Children's Books, First Drafts, NaPiBoWriWee, Parenting, Rocky, Works in Progress, Writing on May 10, 2010 | 17 Comments »
In my experience, the minute you put a stake in the ground and say to the universe, “THIS is what I’m going to do,” the universe replies, “Oh yeah? Well let’s just see about that…” Last week was NaPiBoWriWee, or for the uninitiated, National Picture Book Writing Week, started by the fabulous Paula Yoo. where [...]
Gratitude Sunday 10
Posted in Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Parenting, tagged Children, Fathers, Friends, Gratitude Sunday, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Mothers on May 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This being Mother’s Day, I am compelled to dedicate this Gratitude Sunday post to my children and my mother. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!! In honor, I slipped in a few extra “motherhood” gratitude quotes. Quotes on Gratitude for Mothers “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy [...]
Et tu, Brute?
Posted in Dogs, Parenting, tagged Dogs, Rocky on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I had to take Rocky to doggie boot camp today. He’ll be gone for ten days. You see, he doesn’t come when he’s called, and if he gets loose (which happens frequently with a 4 year-old in the house), he bolts and has to be coaxed back into the house with serious goodies. We’re talking [...]
“You Failed Yourself”
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friendship, Parenting, tagged Childhood, Family, Friendship, Parenting on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of my best friends (call her Abby) is a high school teacher. Not an easy job. Abby is the mother of two tween girls. Also not an easy job. Whenever we talk or get together, I’m like a sponge trying to soak up as much of her wisdom as possible. She is a terrific [...]
The Good List
Posted in Family, Holidays, Parenting, tagged Christmas, Santa on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My mom and I took Jay to see Santa at the community square in town today while Em was at a birthday party. I thought he might crack at the last minute, but he walked right up and jumped on Santa’s lap as if they had been beer buddies in a previous life. They had [...]
Zen, Interrupted
Posted in Family, I Need Wine Pronto!, Parenting on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was going to write this sweet post today about the beauty of Boulder, how lucky I am to have such a fabulous family and that basically everything is just perfect. BUT – right now my house is a mess, I still haven’t managed to get my Christmas decorations up, I have a months worth [...]
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