Hi! My name is Alice and I’m (supposedly) five months old. I’m a rescue dog but I’m (mostly) house broken and only puke once a day. I can’t tell you why I puke every day, but man is it fun to see my owner, Kate freak out over it. Apparently this puke thing is gross. But…
Tag Archive: That Man of Mine
On Farting and Aging…
I think I’ve mentioned before that we don’t even bother with the cuter, less crude terms for passing gas in my house. Since I, personally never brought it up, my children first learned what this bodily function was called from my husband. And no amount of “call it ‘tooting’ please” admonishing has any effect on…
Sorry Pixar – You Can’t Make this Cute.
It was a beautiful early autumn day in our suburban corner of the Northern Virginia woods. And instead of spending the afternoon at the playground with my children, I sat on our back deck sterilizing vacuum cleaners. Now, I’ve always made an effort to keep my vacuum cleaners in good condition since I finally figured…
Ten Years Ago Today…
…I was getting my hair done and obsessing over clouds. I was trying not to let a smudged nail ruin my day and wondering whether it was really necessary to eat one of the sandwiches that people kept pushing at me. I was assuming that Chris’ father would make sure that he did not show…
The Buzz Around the Baby Pool
This summer, I’ve been going to the community pool quite a bit during the week. And as I toss, swing and ferry small children who seem determined to pants me with kicking feet, I look around and experience this strange wave of everything in my life coming full circle. I’m in my late thirties, and…
Some Pictures From Our Getting To Be Not-So-Recent Vacation
I always do that… Say I’m going to post pictures from a vacation and then forget. Well – I don’t forget, but time gets away from me. So a month later… Here are some highlights of our trip to California and Arizona (new and improved with super-long air travel hell!) It was a good time…
Until I’ve Walked a Mile in His Shoe…
My husband, Chris is finally coming to the realization that he’s not as handy around the house as he once made himself out to be. Every time something would go wrong with a small appliance or if a minor repair job materialized, he would scoff, “Oh I can do that – that’s simple to fix.”…
Studies Show that Excessive Viewing of My Little Pony Videos Can Cause Brain Bleeds in Overindulgent Parents
Remember when people used to joke about getting stoned and watching the Teletubbies? Well, I’ve never actually seen the Teletubbies since they were a bit before my time – but I think that people who are drunk should check out some My Little Pony episodes. Because anyone who attempts this while sober may lose their…
How Do WE Get Ready for Halloween?*
As a family primarily populated by small children, we’re really just beginning to create holiday traditions. For a long time, it felt like we were the house of babies, then toddlers. And now that everyone is between the ages of two and three, we can actually say “we have three kids.” They are finally all…
Sunny Spain, Danger Island and International Abductions
Okay – I’m totally cheating. I wrote this a long time ago – but who remembers it right? Since this is Moxie’s Around the Blogosphere in Five Days week, I’m trying to keep up with the writing carnivals (apparently by re-posting old material…). And I don’t have time to whip something up for Mama Kat’s…
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Mother to three children (four if you count my husband), keeper of a moderately sane house, admirer of beautiful interiors and fashion that becomes more and more "young" for me, textile junkie and believer in the power of wishing really, really hard. I wage a daily battle against feet on furniture, "outside voices" inside, the ever widening chasm between now and "when I used to work," wrinkles, a lack of personal time, dust and the constant arrows that having a special needs child shoots directly into one's heart. So far dust and wrinkles are winning, but only because even the best of multitaskers have their limits.