So we’re back from Mexico. We failed to get pictures of us swimming with dolphins, ate one of the best meals of our lives, and almost got in a fist fight with a TSA agent. Just your typical spring break… A little background: Tenzin, my husband, and I made the monumentally bad decision to purchase…
I was in Target today, just cruising because I’d hit one of those dead-time points in the day when you can’t go home but it’s too early to pick up the kids, and I found myself in the toy section (for reasons I myself still can’t understand). Anyway, I was checking out the Monster High…
The kids turned in their science fair projects last week. Neither of them made it to “the big show,” but that wasn’t a huge surprise. They’ve historically driven me nuts by procrastinating for two months, deciding last minute that they want to do a “great job,” and then getting angry because they didn’t get chosen. I…
Our kids go to a Montessori school. In theory, that means Newt and Elfie are supposed to be learning to fend for themselves. I know that sounds ridiculous since the point of raising children is to make sure they can be contributing members of society when you kick them out of the house, but apparently…
I went and saw Les Miserables with a girlfriend the other night. It was an amazing movie, but for some reason, I still feel like I could just nitpick it to pieces. I’m starting to think this could be my calling — professional life nitpicker. Too bad I can’t get someone to pay me for that……
I saw this picture in our local paper yesterday. I laughed it off, but think I may have had a bit of a PTSD panic attack. My guess is that this lady either watched Psycho or took some sort of anger management/pumpkin carving class right before she came to work. When Elfie was 4-years-old, I…
So last night, my husband, Tenzin, and I went out to dinner. Grown-up dinner with friends. And a play. We basically have no social life, so this was a big deal for us. For better or worse (most likely worse — we’ll see in a few years when I get a call from their therapists),…
So this is why I’m insane. Actually, make that part of why I’m insane. Telling the whole story would take way too long. Yesterday I went skiing with the family and some friends. It was lovely — warmish, mostly rock-free, and not very crowded (most of the Californians were already sitting in traffic on their…
Well, we’ve survived Thanksgiving weekend (so far). I’m not calling it a complete success until we get everybody out of bed and off to school Monday morning after nine late nights and Wii-filled days. Here are a few highlights from the last few days… •I finally put a crowbar in it and got Elfie some new…
My kids drive me crazy for so many reasons, but one of my major beefs is how they’ll fight me about going outside and then become horribly devastated when it’s time to come in. Yesterday, we walked (the kids rode their bikes) to the field by our house. It’s not far, but because we live…
So come on in. I made some Arnold Palmers. And a nice jello salad...
