November 6, 2007
Once, when I was in high school, I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and thought it was time to go to school. I got up, showered, dressed, did my hair and make-up, and only then realized that it was nowhere near time to go to school.
November 5, 2007
Zozo got lots of great things for Halloween, which is remarkable given that I never thought Halloween was a gift-giving holiday. Apparently, however, there is a special code Grandparents live by that is different from the rest of us. Giving your grandchild gifts for holidays like Halloween falls under the Spoilage Clause, where it is outlined in great detail that Grandparents are exempt from all normal rules of raising children. Bedtimes are broken, nutritional values for meals are discretionary, and gifts are given for every reason under the sun, and sometimes for no reason at all.
November 2, 2007
About once a year it’s fun to eat your dinner at a bowling alley. Preferably while you’re bowling. With people you like.
November 1, 2007
I read an article written by a woman who doesn’t live with her husband. She was making a case for “living together separately.” There are many practical reasons they have this arrangement (they live in Manhattan, where the rents are huge and the living spaces aren’t), he likes uptown and she likes downtown, he’s a neatnik and she’s a slob, etc. She also had some emotional reasons (they fight, like all couples, and when they do, one can just leave and go home, which is somewhere other than where the fight occurred), every couple needs space, blah blah blah. And, before you think, well, that sounds reasonable, keep this in mind while you ponder the idea: they have twin six-year-old boys.
November 1, 2007
October 31, 2007
October 30, 2007
This morning we did a little number I like to call The Clothes Shuffle, or, How Many Outfits Can We Dress Our Toddler In Today?
October 29, 2007
10 seconds on my right eye.
October 25, 2007
October 25, 2007
Two weeks ago my colleague who is trying to have a baby had her first IUI treatment. For those of you fertile people who don’t know, that’s a procedure we strugglers sometimes use when we need a little help getting the boys to the right place. If you want more information, google it. M and I were extremely lucky…we didn’t have to go that far, but we were on the verge of trying.