Monthly Archives: November 2008

While the children were away ,the silence in the house was almost deafening at times. Today? No such matter. My god my kids are hellions. No wonder my more sedate relatives breathe a sigh of relief as they depart the … Continue reading →

Is it physically possible to develop a shell fish allergy when pushing the age of 40? After an evening of snarfing sushi and a shot of Lemoncello I find myself covered in hives, short of breath and itching like nothing … Continue reading →

My children are returning tomorrow after nearly a week of being gone at the Other Grandparents’ House. They have never been away from me for this amount of time and I am worried there might be a square inch of … Continue reading →

I am stuffed. An entire sweet potato, two slices of turkey, real cranberries, two glasses of wine, wild rice stuffing, home made bread, salad, pumpkin pie, coffee with Bailey’s Irish Cream…. My fingers are like ten little piggies swollen with … Continue reading →

I’m starting to miss my children. Not in the woo-hoo-I’m-having-fun-and-wish-you-were-here way, but in the ouch-this-hurts-please-come-back-super-soon-as-in-now way. This is not the usual way for me, I milk my Me Time for every minute in the hour. Perhaps like the Grinch my … Continue reading →

My mother and I have now been living together for the past 30 months. That’s a long time. That is enough time for a baby to grow to the hellish phase of toddlerhood, or a mama elephant to grow and … Continue reading →

With my children away for the week, my mother and I have been left with some unaccustomed conversational space. Our typical evenings are filled with the noisy chaos of bullying Loren into academic productivity, rousting Cass from her books to … Continue reading →

This weekend I had ample amounts of time to get things done. Usually this opportunity would have passed me by while I lay horizontally on the couch, but for some reason the past couple of days have inspired me to … Continue reading →

I have previously mentioned Loren’s love for You Tube here. It is an affection so deep that when he calls me up to his room with a,”Yo, Heather! Come here quick and see something!”, I have to tell him he … Continue reading →

It has been brought to my attention on occasion that I am just a bit too giddy at the notion of me time, as in time away from my children. They say this, I believe, because I sometimes jump in … Continue reading →