Recently I was gifted with a stack of glossy fashion-and-beauty magazines. I don’t buy these magazines myself. I am fussy about magazines, really. Mostly because they make me feel covetous and inadequate. Fitness magazines make me feel unfit, house-and-garden magazines make me loathe my house, and beauty-and-fashion magazines, predictably enough, tend to make me feel … [Read more…]
This morning opened with some Sisterly Drama. Actually, the morning happened without me, because I slept in since there was no school. But by the time I roused myself, Cute W was getting ready for work in earnest and the girls were downstairs in the playroom. And the first time I saw them was when … [Read more…]
In the past week, I’ve spent quite a bit of time attempting to expand my technological horizons. I’ve been looking for Google Reader alternatives, trying to adjust to the new phone, and attempting to commit myself to not suck on Twitter now that I’m all mobile and connected. I’m @CapDistFun, by the way. Just in … [Read more…]
On Friday, M called me about 20 minutes after she left for school. She’d forgotten a book report project. Could I please, please drop it off? Usually, M’s terribly responsible. But in what I fear is an unwelcome new trend, she’d forgotten something just a week before. So as soon as I took Friday morning’s … [Read more…]
After rallying for the water park trip (I’ll link to the review when it’s ready), J wasn’t feeling great again. She stayed home yesterday, but this morning she said that she could handle school, and against my better judgement, I let her go because it was Leprechaun Trap Day (you know that I don’t love … [Read more…]
I’ve said before that for someone who blogs and Tweets, I’m pretty much a Luddite. I also hate making phone calls. Have I said that before? Once my Mom tasked me with calling the pizza parlor to place an order and I was crying with, I don’t know, anxiety or something. So perhaps it’s no … [Read more…]
J crept into our room at 2 am complaining that her head hurt and she was coughing too much to sleep. Sure enough, she had a fever, and even after some Motrin she was shivering under her covers, so I spent much of the night in bed with her before stumbling back to my own … [Read more…]
You may remember that I gave the girls permission to watch Downton Abbey a while ago, in fact just days before an episode which was so sad that I regretted having granted permission in the first place. Well, they love Downton Abbey, and we’ve already blown through two and a half seasons. Tonight we finally … [Read more…]
Did I tell you that I’m taking a trip South? Yep! I’m having a “Girls Plus Dad Weekend” in Savannah for the Savannah Book Festival. Fun, right? Three out of four of my sisters and I are meeting down at my parents’ house. I’m actually writing this in the Philadelphia airport on Thursday morning, and … [Read more…]
I don’t know about the rest of you, but one of my friends and I ran into a similar problem. He reported via Facebook: Hey Walgreens, how about if when someone searches your site for ‘Valentine’ you try to separate the cute puppy valentine cards from the condoms and love lotions. You know, for the … [Read more…]
