Sometimes, I Wonder Where She Came From

| July 30, 2011

28 years old, and I still won’t jump off the diving board into the pool . . . let alone happily go under water and swim about in 11ft depths. Crazy 4 year old kid.

Two New-To-Us Old Beds

| July 27, 2011

Moving as often as we have, I seem to have developed a habit of attempting to give E (and now MJ) a spectacularly decorated new room. Sort of a reward, for having to be uprooted and drug away from each place just as soon as they get comfortable. This house has been no exception. Weeks [...]

Part Three

| July 25, 2011

As the pounds begin to really stick, the belly begins to really grow (and itch!) and the temperatures outside confine us to these tiny 1400 square feet, I have noticed a slight trend in my attitude. As in, it tends to rocket towards the side of gigantically huge bitch. HUGE. I’m not a good pregnant [...]

I Would Love To Complain . . .

| July 22, 2011

Complain, complain, complain . . . you know, like everyone other person on this side of the country? About how ridiculous it is waddle about on errands when the patio thermostat is hovering at 105 degrees. About how cruel it seems to haul the cat out to the vet when the car says it’s 111 [...]

A Freedom To Run

| July 21, 2011

Early in the morning, as I stumble blearily down the stairs after them, two impatient little girls peek out the back door. As I pour cereal and slice bananas into perfectly disguised sizes, they point out how much seed the squirrels have eaten overnight and how many butterflies are hovering around the flowering bushes. Hurrying [...]