Hey, remember that time we tried to go on vacation and there was a perfect storm of sickness, busted air conditioners, and dumbass doctors? Yeah. Good times. Since then we have had many successful vacations with the only running curse being of the Celebrity Death variety. Sorry, Carrie Fisher. So, when Steven and I decided […]
Author Archives: Carrie
dewey is a great organizer
My books are all carefully arranged via the Dewey Decimal System (heavy on the history and life sciences): . . . and then there’s Steven’s Computer Languages section (just heavy):
ten year old taco
Y’all . . . that is one super old taco. Once again, this has been a year of changes for Lydia. The physical changes have not been quite so dramatic as last year, but they are visible just the same. The slow but inexorable turn towards teenagerdom has been at the forefront, especially the past […]
kitchen complaints, episode eleven
My least favorite meal of the day is breakfast, especially on weekday mornings. The kids are hungry, ornery, and prone to make messes. They can take FOREVER to eat their meal, and they love to push each other’s buttons. If I was in charge, I would ban breakfast. But alas. Yesterday morning was another usual […]
June 23rd, 2018
Well, we’ve gone from this:  . . . and from this: to this: Happy Tenth, my Lydia Jane.
sputnik; 96 months in orbit
A little over a week ago Sam turned eight years old. Old Man Sam! Sam’s birthday falls right on the cusp of changes: his birthday heralds in the beginning of Kid Summertm and our annual changeover from one grade to the next. Now, Kid Summertm doesn’t really mean much in this household — we keep […]
like it never even happened
Sam was having a bad day this morning. He was trying to play a new game on his Orange but it was frustrating him, and it eventually led to a bit of a meltdown. A meltdown so early in the day can bode ill for the Williams household. I began a valiant effort to turn […]
fly you fools
So I forgot to do my little dinky birthday post cat meme thing last week. First time I’ve missed it in years. Whoops! Well, I was a bit busy that day. Starting when Lydia turned five, Steven and I began a tradition: we would take the birthday kid out all day on their actual birthday, […]
allergies are optional
A few weeks ago we planned to attend a hockey game in town, but through an unfortunate set of circumstances we ended up in a movie theater instead. Sam jabbered away about the strongest Godzillas while we waited for the movie to start. The movie screen was subjecting us to a smorgasbord of commercials when […]
kitchen complaints, episode ten
Sam is not a fan of the Imperial system, but this isn’t really so much a complaint as a cross examination. It was discussed over dinner, though, so work with me here. Sam: “Mom, how high does a plane fly? Is it close to the tallest building?” Me: “Planes fly at 39,000 feet, baby.” Sam: […]