For Matthew

I think of him most this time of year.
I’ll never forget that morning – it was one of those Chicago days that starts out chilly, with dew around the edges, but you can tell the afternoon is going to be hot.  I was 23 or 24, one of those stupid ages where you think you’re [...]

Stabby Part Two

Just in case I decide to sue someone’s ass later on down the road, I’m not going to say too much about the doctor’s appointment on Friday.  Just that we’ll be finding a new pediatrician, STAT.  And that we have to repeat all of the blood tests that Eli has already had.  Which means I [...]

Stabby

Rain?! I didn’t order rain!  And my jeans are too tight.  And Eli woke up at 6 AM screaming and will only eat cookies.  Sigh.
Anyhoo -
Pants and I are spending the morning with the pediatric gastroenterologist.  Wish us much luck and few blood draws, would you?

I’ve Got Questions. You’ve Got Answers?

1. I want to grow grass on my bathroom window sill.  Not THAT kind of grass, just like, decorative wheatgrass or something.  So I need a skinny long metal bin sort of thing. Any idea what I could use? What I should search for on Ebay or Etsy? I thought maybe an old loaf pan, [...]

Busting Out All Over

Holy cow, you’d think we lived in one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions.   In other news, I totally had to look that up on Wikipedia to make sure we actually lived where I think we live.
Here are my most precious tomatoes that I grew from seed with my bare hands.  Please note [...]

Why I Probably Won’t Have Five Children After All

I’ve been hating my living room for months now – something’s been off for ages and I couldn’t put my finger on it, so this weekend we started Project UnSuckify The Living Room (Hey Mr. E:  We’ve started Project UnSuckify the Living Room) and I moved in a area rug and sold some crap on [...]

Poem of the Day

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? At least I hope that it is and I didn’t totally make that up, but regardless, Mr. E has been writing me a poem every day and emailing it to me. Which is all kinds of awesome, I think you’ll agree.  Some of his poems are [...]

Stop Time

I don’t know what to say about all the loss out there in the blog world this week.
It seems inappropriate to post another list of all the things I’d like to buy and put in my living room.
Talking about how much someone else losing their son or daughter makes me appreciate my own seems unbearably [...]

Growing

I am a daughter of the suburbs – not from the city, not from the country.  This means that I don’t know how to ride the subway, and I can’t milk a cow.
I should be no more than one generation removed from an old farm girl, my mother, except that she left her parents’ farm [...]

First Quarter Book List

Here’s the books I read for the first quarter of the year. Please let it be known I am only partially copying Janssen. I’ve always wanted to keep track of the books I’ve read, so that part I didn’t copy, but she did give me the idea to try to read 150 books this [...]