Does It Get Better?

One thing that makes this whole parenting gig a little bit less of a total shocking upheaval the second time around is that I have a much better perspective on how quickly one passes through the various stages of suck.  I can remember, so clearly, standing in the kitchen in our old house, spoon feeding [...]

A Young Man’s Thoughts Turn Towards Fall

I am not sure if I will ever lose the deep sense of satisfaction I get from growing things myself, especially when those things are heirloom tomatoes.  The Cherokee Purples are marvelous this year.  Next year I am going to grow nothing but heirlooms and cherry tomatoes.  My Early Girls are bland and useless and [...]

Books I Read In June and July

I am trying to do these lists a little more often (I’d say monthly but we see how well that’s working out) so I have half a chance of remembering them and so I can go into a little more detail. 96.  My Korean Deli.  This was a lot less interesting than I wanted it [...]

Wiped Out

K.W. has super sensitive skin, I think.  She’s had this terrible diaper rash for awhile, despite the unscented wipes we use and the chlorine free diapers and liberal use of A&D.  And she’s always ABSOLUTELY HATED having her diaper changed, it’s the only time she’s ever really mad about anything.  I did everything I could [...]

How Do You Do It?

I made a pillow! Isn’t it nice?  I think it will look super lovely on my someday new gray couch. (Maggie, I’ve got one for you too.) (Feet!) Then I recovered this garage sale ottoman/footstool/bench.  I’m pretty much totally in love with this fabric.  I want to order about a thousand yards of it and [...]

This One Totally Is About Paint Though

Thank you for all of your kind words on my last blog post.  I appreciate each and every one of you more than I can say, and I am profoundly grateful. So, in other news, I’m almost done with the kids room.  I painted all the baseboards and the trim, but I need to wire [...]

This Post Is Not About Paint

Fair warning. So as most of you know who have been reading this…business…for some time, a few years ago I had some issues with anxiety and depression and for awhile there, it got sort of bad, but along with help from my incredible readers, I hoisted myself out of it and I found a psychiatrist [...]

Mall Rants

I just got back from the mall.  Therefore, I have to rant for a bit, even though I realize that this topic is about as fresh as a stand up comic routine about airplane food. First of all, does anyone else think that Gap Kids is suffering from a really really overly high opinion of [...]