First of all, our 2007 taxes are done! I still need to write out the “ink” forms, make copies, and put it all in the mail, but I’ve done all the computations, checked, and re-checked the math. So the hard stuff is done. Now I just have to make sure that I don’t lose anything [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 17, 2008
John Adams
If you are an HBO subscriber, and you have even just a slight interest in history, I highly recommend the new John Adams mini-series. I watched the first two episodes with Matt and John. We three–two of whom are nerdy English majors/history buffs and one who is a history major/politics follower–give it enthusiastic thumbs up. [...]
March 17, 2008
Uh oh. And double uh oh.
I’ve just realized that tomorrow is St. Patrick’s day, and I don’t have anything green to wear. Correction: The only green thing I have to wear is a t-shirt with the word “WITCHY” printed on it that I wore as a lame excuse for costume to a Halloween party. Somehow I don’t think my principal [...]
March 16, 2008
10 reasons why I love my husband
1. He is a total goofball.
2. His fashion sense has changed, like, 5% in the 13 years I have known him. Now I know that might be a point of annoyance for some women, but there’s something to be said for a man who knows what he likes and sticks to it.
3. Yesterday [...]
March 14, 2008
“Now, this is gonna hurt.”
I just overheard Little Miss G explain this to Super L’s brand new Barbie doll right before she placed Barbie’s arm in a mechanical pencil sharpener. She was just about the turn the crank before I stopped her. Am I wrong to find this mildly disturbing? Just what exactly was she pretending in that little [...]
March 13, 2008
Anybody want to help a blogger out?
I’d really like to share some photographs with you, my reader(s?), but I haven’t been able to figure out how to post up pictures. I keep doing what seems to be the “logical” thing, but that hasn’t worked. So, if anybody out there wants to help me out, just comment on this thread.
Thanks in advanced [...]
March 10, 2008
“Mom, I know about babies.”
This is what Little Miss G said as we were driving to Walgreens this evening. A conversation opener like this could lead to anything since LMG is in school now, and I can’t exactly monitor everything she learns from the other kids. Expecting the worst, I asked, “Oh yeah? Tell me about babies.”
“Well, when ladies [...]
March 9, 2008
Our weekend getaway report
We all made it home safe and sound, and by all accounts it was a wonderful weekend for all of us.
First Little Miss G and Super L: They spent the weekend with Gram. My mom prefers Gram and hates Grandma because she says it makes her sound old, which she most certainly is not old. [...]
March 8, 2008
weekend glitch #1
When we did the kid transfer last night that also meant swapping vehicles so we wouldn’t have to remove Super L’s car seat and reinstall it (a job I loathe more than almost anything else on this planet). I just realized I forgot to get my ipod/car radio converter. I won’t be able to listen [...]
March 8, 2008
It’s here! It’s here!! It’s here!!!
We just got home from making a “kid transfer” from our custody to Gram’s (my mom’s) for the next 43 hours. Thus begins my first weekend out of town and alone with my husband since Little Miss G was about 18 months old. They’ve spent the night with Gram or Aunt T before, but a [...]
