‘Tis a rare thing to find a Carrie in a house without cats. I was born into a house with a cat, and that same cat was with me all the way to my senior year in high school. There were five catless years after that while I plowed through college. Soon after graduation I […]
Author Archives: Carrie
spoilsport
As I head out the door to check the mail, there is a clamor in the bathroom that resembles two horses galloping in the tub. “Quit playing in the bathroom,” I shout. “Why?” protests Lydia. “Because it’s not a place to play. You could fall and hurt yourself.” “We wont get hurt!” “Don’t play in […]
in limbo
A few days ago I was feeling ambitious as I loaded both kids and an irritated Hermione into the car. Somehow I was going to keep the kids calm and quiet in an exciting new place as Hermione had a vet check up. Many discussions about proper behavior were had and promises of ice cream […]
nightmare
When Sam woke up this morning, the first thing out of his mouth is, “I don’t want to see it bear.” He continues to repeat this as he goes potty — I don’t want to see it bear — gets dressed — I don’t want to see it bear — eats breakfast — I don’t […]
synonyms and sam’s first fib
Lydia and I were having a conversation about synonyms while her and Sam took a bath. “Let’s think of some other words for ‘funny,’ ” I suggested. “Let’s see, there’s ‘hilarious,’ ‘amusing,’ . . .” “And ‘bootie,’ Lydia chimed in. ____________________________________ “I need pumpkin! I need pumpkin!” Sam shouted repetitively this evening. Back to pumpkins […]
a fine september day
Five short years ago, we hightailed it down to Auburn to welcome the birth of Miss Elizabeth. In a few short months, we’ll be high tailing down there again to welcome her brother. Happy Birthday, Lillibet! (I have no picture, for I am marooned on the beach.)
gaming the system
WARNING: I’m about to talk about poop a lot. Yesterday, as the day was winding down and it was time for the kids to get ready for bed, I knew it was time for Sam to poop. Lately, even though Sam is potty trained and can pee in the potty all day long, he has […]
Londinium: Day 8 “Travel Home Day”
Saturday Sept 10 I’m sitting in Bayswater station, and have been for some 15 minutes now, waiting on a district line train. Waiting. Time to get to the freaking airport, and some signal failure at Baker st has caused mass chaos on the Underground. Two hours till takeoff, still have a 30-40 minute Tube ride […]
Londinium: Day 7 “More Museums Day”
Monday, September 9 I guess I’m an every other day kinda writer. Portobello Market wasn’t all that spectacular, but that could be because it was closing down as we got there. We walked around Notting Hill for a while until we realized we were near the hotel. Had mediocre sushi for dinner, then we walked […]
Londinium: Day 5 “Museum Day”
Saturday, 9/7/13 Skipped a day again, haven’t I? I’m not doing really good at this. Yesterday wasn’t the most fantabulous day, anyway. We started off early, and it was rainy. British rain is surprisingly dreary even though it doesn’t rain much at once. It was coming down just enough that necessitated an umbrella. Messy affair. […]