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Yesterday The Swimmy came home with her first report card. A good one. Blah, blah Letter Sounds…blah, blah, blah Counting to 20… blah, blah, blah she’s a genius at geography… And I decided we needed to take her out to dinner to celebrate this piece of paper that she doesn’t understand. (That and, uh, I [...]

What? I failed to mention there’s a warrant out for my arrest? Oh. There is. Remember when THIS happened? And I was so thrilled? Right. Well, I kind of haven’t really addressed the consequences of this little annoyance and I got a nice little card in my mail the other day that may have said [...]

Okay, people, listen up! I have signed up with Mrs. Kennedy to participate in NaBloPoMo 2006 and it’s occurred to me that means I’ll have to post every day in November. (Yes, I signed up impulsively and didn’t read the fine print and aren’t I an unorganized moron with a cool sidebar badge now?) So! [...]

Because THIS is the only thing that is going to keep me sane through Thursday night. You see, people, I raise money. And this year, I have to raise a BUTTLOAD of money for the hospital I work for. No one has ever had to do this before. I’m the first one. We have a [...]

In an effort to keep from ending up in the hospital again with a back injury, I went back to pilates yesterday. An hour session. It’s been two years. Correction. It’s been two years, a pregnancy and a love of high heels. These things do not add up to an answer of “you’ll just pick [...]

Okay, see that little hilarious badge up there? Mrs. Kennedy has thrown down the gauntlet and created National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo)…you must post every day in the month of November. Or, if you don’t have a blog, you must de-lurk and comment on one blog every day. There has been waaaay too much writers’ [...]

Dear Benjamin, Well, we are marking Month Three in a way that is not so celebratory. Or attractive. You got your first raging head cold this month. In fact, you are suffering from it right now. I’m thinking your latest nickname ought to change immediately to the Mighty Mighty Benjasnot, ‘cause that’s what you are [...]

Tonight The Swimmy will get consecrated at our synagogue. She will put on a pretty dress with a twirly skirt (the only really important characteristic to fashion in her mind), she will go up on the pulpit with 50 other five-year olds, recite some very important blessings and get her own little tiny Torah to [...]

So, The Swimmy and I are driving back from the grocery store today (because, once again, I forgot to take something out of the freezer to defrost for dinner). It was a lovely day and we were talking about her adventures at school that day. (In case you were wondering, it was Daphne’s birthday, no [...]