For the last week, I have been debating on whether I should buy the digital edition of Frozen when it came out this week or hold off another month for the physical DVD. I caved this morning and went for the digital version — the movie is just so cute. Both kids already have the […]
Author Archives: Carrie
i am lost without my Boswell
We are on a cat-filled journey again. Yesterday, we welcomed a long, black kitty into our home, which has been overly devoid of cats lately. Once we all get used to each other, all shall be well again. Though I had been contemplating the idea of CATS for a while, I didn’t expect it to […]
it wasn’t that bad
Usually I’m a big fan of winter, but I am so completely DONE with this winter. Just a few weeks ago Steven was snowed in at work for two days, and now we’re being threatened again with two different icy snow events this week. If it could hold off until tomorrow at least — Steven […]
snowpocalypse
It has been horribly cold this winter. I’m afraid some of my fantastic little shrubs in the front yard won’t make it, actually. If the high has been in the 50s this month, we consider it a warm day. Throughout each cold spell I would complain to Steven: “If it’s going to be so cold, […]
linguistics class
I have come to the conclusion that childhood phonics curricula and Southern accents do not mesh well. Over the course of the past year, Lydia and I have run into multiple anomalies with sounding out words versus the word as we know it. Already we have run across the pin/pen merger, feel vs. fill, and […]
goo goo jason’s little tax exemption
Last Wednesday was a perfectly ordinary day. It was Steven’s last day of work until the new year and the kids and I did our usual stuff. A bit of school with Lydia, a bit of outside time, an ordinary day all around. That evening Sam went to bed without much fuss, and as Steven […]
christmas eve update
It’s finally Christmas Eve and the day is winding down a bit. I just made a metric butt-ton of cookies and my feet are quite tired. Hope Santa’s hungry. The last few days have been nuts, what with Steven off work until the new year, surprise babies, surprise chance for a National Championship, and multiple […]
would anybody like a peanut?
Sam came running up to me, crying and holding his crotch. Sam: “Wahhhhh! Lydia kicked my bootie!” Me: “That’s not your bootie, Sam, that’s your penis.” Sam: “I want some peanuts.”
the tree, 2013
Friends, Alabamians, countrymen; Lend me your eyes! I come to decorate the tree, not to praise it. The evil that cats do live after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Renton (and Hermione). O judgment! thou art fled to brutish felines, And men have lost their pets. […]
how to shop for a sam
When shopping online for Sam’s clothes, first I go to Amazon.com and chose ‘Clothing’: Choose what type of item you’re looking for (in this case, I went with Tops and Tees): Then shop!