Jessie and Sam didn’t go trick or treating this year. Jessie’s taller than I am, and I think she felt like she’d look ridiculous trick or treating. She was happy to stay home and dole out candy to kids at our house. Sam had two problems – one being that his vision at night is …
Monthly Archive: October 2017
Oct 27
I’m so angry
I don’t get political on the blog. I think of the blog as an elaborate baby book, in a lot of ways, and I like to think that generations from now, a random grandchild might look back on this and enjoy reading what I wrote. So I don’t get political. But I’m going to briefly …
Oct 27
My poor Jessie
She fell UP the stairs last week. In keeping with my tradition of downplaying her injuries (like the broken wrist I ignored for 24 hours), I told her she was fine. Her knee wasn’t swollen, it was just a little achy at the end of the day. And then a little more achy. Finally, we …
Oct 23
Homeschooling Woes
My biggest challenge is time. Just having enough TIME to fit it all in. There are six days a week, I try to hit at least some homeschooling five or six of those days. I have to work two of them, two of them I babysit all day, which means I’ve got three solid days …
Oct 20
Mental Health Day
I kept Julianna home from school today. There are very few things that I’ll regret from raising these three kids. But one of them is the two months that Marc and I spent trying desperately to get Sam to go to school before his accident. When the anxiety kicked into high gear, and the …
Oct 13
Free Coffee Friday!
It’s not a holiday in the traditional sense. I know that. And yet, for us, it’s an annual tradition that we look forward to, get all excited about doing it, and enjoy it more than I think we probably should. Cumberland Farms offers Free Coffee on Fridays in October. It’s not that the coffee is …
Oct 12
Avoid Love My Pet
So it seemed like a rational idea. I’ve got a dog, she smells. Not a lot, because we bathe her and stuff, but she’s still only so-so on the whole housetraining thing, and my carpet is kind of stinky. I had tried the whole put-baking-soda-on-it thing, and it worked a little. But Love my Carpet, …
Oct 04
My Julie
She dances outside in the afternoons. Not every afternoon, but enough so that it’s a thing. She goes outside, all by herself, and sings and dances around my front yard. I love this kid. She’s so beautiful. Not just physically – although between her big, big eyes, endlessly long lashes, her skin with the little …
Oct 04
Resurrecting a blog
It’s been a fairly chaotic time, although not for any reason in particular. I used to be home more, with more space and time for blogging. This past month, I’ve been doing STUFF, dealing with a head cold, Jessie got a concussion, Sam started playing with legos. Julie started school. I mean, Jessie started school …
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