My name is Hildie (yep, short for Hildegard).  I’ve got a lovely husband and six children (India, 20, York, 18, Finn, 16, Arabella, 14, Adelaide “Ada”, 10, and Jasper, 9).  Austin, Texas is my home, although I was born and raised in Detroit. I have a jillion hobbies and interests that I have developed over the […]

I may have mentioned one or two hundred times that I am lazy and a procrastinator (granted I have six children and like to make food from scratch, so my amount of laziness is not exactly rock-bottom, but I do have a real fondness for sitting around and wasting time.) I have always been this […]

 I just got back from the grocery store.  I asked Mister to pick up some eggs last night and he did.  Then he proceeded to use them all for breakfast this morning.  I got breakfast in bed, so I can’t exactly be mean about it.  But I was a little peeved about having to trudge […]

Well, it’s another Makeupless Monday.  I’m very sorry but this weekend has been hellish.  Mister found out on Friday that he will be losing his job. Suck, suck and double suck. Please remember us in your prayers.  Hopefully we’ll find a job soon and in the meantime we’ll be happy, strong and positive (and not […]

I came back last night from my weekend in Minneapolis to find that my husband, one of the most vigilant cat haters alive, had gotten this while I was gone: The kids have been bugging to get a cat for ages. We already have a dog, though, which is at the top of the “desirable […]

I may have mentioned one or two hundred times that I am lazy and a procrastinator (granted I have six children and like to make food from scratch, so my amount of laziness is not exactly rock-bottom, but I do have a real fondness for sitting around and wasting time.) I have always been this […]

I grew up surrounded by Night Owls. Everyone in my family stayed up late all the time, particularly on weekends. This was mostly due to the fact that my mother has always been a chronic napper. We all knew that every afternoon was quiet time and there was no reason in the world–none–in which you […]

My name is Hildie (yep, short for Hildegard).  I’ve got a lovely husband and six children (India, 20, York, 18, Finn, 16, Arabella, 14, Adelaide “Ada”, 10, and Jasper, 9).  Austin, Texas is my home, although I was born and raised in Detroit. I have a jillion hobbies and interests that I have developed over the […]

I’m old and not cool!  At least not cool in the traditional sense.  I realized this as I was scrolling through the schedule for SXSW (that’s the South by Southwest Festival for all you people who are even more uncool than I am).  SXSW takes place here in Austin every March and it’s a big […]

Every once in a while Mister likes to psyche me out and pretend to have died.  Hilarious, no? There was the time he was trying to fix our washing machine and got a gigantic shock.  “The shock went up one arm and down the other,” he told me. I wasn’t surprised since that washer liked […]

 I just got back from the grocery store.  I asked Mister to pick up some eggs last night and he did.  Then he proceeded to use them all for breakfast this morning.  I got breakfast in bed, so I can’t exactly be mean about it.  But I was a little peeved about having to trudge […]

This time of year I’m reminded that I don’t really care for pie.  I kind of like chocolate-y pies, and some lemon pies.  To me the mystery of the universe is pumpkin pie. pie + vegetables = not a chance  I don’t care how much whipped cream you slather on top, it still tastes healthy […]

Good Gravy, the last few days have been crazy. When did summer get so busy? (Answer: this week.) I thought it might be easier to explain things as story problems, although I always hated them when I was in math class. Instead of figuring out the dumb problems, I always got all existential instead. Why […]

You guys, not only is it my birthday today (I’m turning . . . well, let’s just say that 40 is much closer than I’d like), but I can finally have loads and loads of sweets after my Lenten promise to abstain.  I’m aiming for some sort of sugar-induced coma.   I’m also aiming for […]