Do you have a dog? Have you ever considered giving it a haircut? Because, really, how hard could it be? Turns out it’s very hard. Not just hard work, but almost impossible to make it look decent. Poor Maggie looks like she got in a fight with a blind pair of scissors. She just looked […]
We woke up confused and jet-lagged on Sunday, meaning to go to church. But the Mormon church that Mister used to go to was a good 45 minutes away and all the Anglican churches have their lovely services beginning at 10:30 or 11. Since we had a walking tour scheduled… Read More
My body aches, I’m tired, and my nose is very stuffed up. All I’ve wanted to eat is something delicious. So I had a piece of Jasper’s birthday cake (cherry chocolate with chocolate glaze). Only I couldn’t really taste it. All I could taste was “sweet”. And that is perhaps the saddest part of […]
Remember how much I loved to tell you all about Preparedness? I haven’t for a while. Not because I haven’t been thinking about it. Oh no, no, no. Recently I have been stocking up on medical supplies and a giant canvas tent (more about that another day). But nothing you… Read More
Dear Readers, Have you ever had a friend dump you? Not in a ceremonial boy/girl kind of way. You just realize that you don’t hear from your friend unless you initiate it. Sometimes the other person doesn’t even realize that they are dumping you. It just happens slowly and effortlessly. You begin to realize that […]
Although I just couldn’t really get into Christmas decorating this year (I really only get my mojo on about every other year), I was very, very excited for Christmas itself. The first reason was because I decided to give Mister a new cat. Our old cat, Clover, was eaten by… Read More It’s getting all Christmassy […]
This was probably the lamest day of our trip. It started out well, though. Of course we stopped by the Fête du Pain as we did every morning. We ate all our deliciousness on our way to Sainte-Chapelle, the little jewel-box of a church on the same island as Notre… Read More
Mister turned 50 last month. He’s quite a few years older than I am, which seemed very sophisticated when we met when I was a baby of 19 and he was 25. As you know the fiftieth birthday is fraught with emotion (mostly depressed and negative) and expectations. There was… Read More
Spring is in the air. To many people that means Spring Cleaning. But that’s a total drag. To me Spring means decorating! I always have a notion of what I want to do, decorating-wise. I walk into a room and have a pretty good idea of what I want it to look like. But it […]
I love baby names so much. There are very few topics that give me more pleasure in discussing. So I was super excited when Nameberry asked me to write a couple of blog posts them. My first? The outlandish world of Mormon Baby Names. Mosey over and have a read!
About your assignment to go to the camping/army surplus store for your 72-hour-kits before Monday. C’mon you guys, it’ll be fun. If you’ve already gotten your stuff (do you even remember what it is? Refresh your memory here), let me know. Also, Suburban Correspondent has been particularly funny this week. If you don’t read her […]
Last week amid the birthdays and lice and Easter preparations, Mister and I escaped to the Round Top Antiques Fair. I always write about this because it’s so completely great; when are you guys going to believe me and go yourselves? Who cares that it’s the middle of nowhere in Texas? Tori Spelling made it […]
I’m very much a Type-B person and I don’t like planning things far in advance. I’m not Type-B enough that I never like to have a plan–I really, really do. I love having a plan!– I’m just allergic to having one long before it’s needed. Settling down and committing makes me… Read More
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week at my kids’ elementary school. I think teachers are great and I am ever so thankful that they agreed to do a difficult job for very little pay. I do appreciate them. Very much so. However, Teacher Appreciation Week is too much. Let me just give you a little hint […]