Last year was the end of the road for our Tree. He was with us for 14 beautiful years. I am notoriously picky about Christmas trees, so this year we ended up borrowing my dad’s tree. Same height, same width . . . but more branches. I knew this would be an interesting lighting setup […]
Category Archives: random life
give me a squeeze
This morning I found myself reading up on some blog posts from ten years ago. The ten year anniversary of electing one of the most awesome presidents ever will do that to you. Anyhoo. I came up on this amazing post from December of 2008, which I had totally forgotten about. Ten years ago, Steven […]
kitchen complaints, episode thirteen
Last night we had tacos for dinner. Taco Tuesday! Sam began to sing one of his more frequent songs: “It’s raining tacos! From outta the sky! Tacos! No need to ask why . . . . . Why??” After the third time through, I hit my daily limit. “Sam, I’m done with that song. Eat […]
no vacation goes unpunished, II; a.k.a. the week of fixing
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
call me maybe
This morning I was teaching the last day of a three-day class when my phone rings. “Whoops, sorry about that,” I apologize as I silence my ringer. Thirty seconds later I see my phone flashing silently — it’s the same number, trying again. It’s a local number but I don’t recognize it, so I let […]
kitchen complaints, episode nine
For dinner tonight we were all sitting down to a lovely spread of pork tenderloin and rice, one of the few dinners the kids will actually eat for the most part. Sam still isn’t a fan of rice since the whole FPIES thing. As Sam is thoughtfully chewing, it begins: “Mom, did you . . […]
christmas eve update
Sam is having an Arthur moment. _________________________________________________ Times the cat has eaten the tree and barfed: 0! This count is just no fun without Renton. Times the cat has launched off the tree skirt and irritated the stew out of Mom: 26 How many ornaments the kids have broken: 1 How many ornaments Mom has […]