Month: July 2008

Amy says:

*Me: “Who wrote on this door?” Amy: “Me, but . . . I did it for you Mommy. Because I looove you.” Me: “You can write things for me on paper.” Amy: “Paper gets throwed away. I’ve seen it in the trash. The door is forever.” * – Rhetorical. Each child’s writing and drawing style […]

celebrity TMI

I really enjoyed movies and music more when celebrities kept their personal lives private. Please stop giving the stalkarazzi your schedule and pay for GOOD pr firms, body guards and drivers. If you can’t behave in public, stay home. You are taking all the fun out of spending a week’s pay to take the family […]

when technology fails

Grandaddy: “I’m stuck on Northshore. Can you look up a way around the roadblock?” Me: “No. That roadblock took down our Internet.” Grandaddy: “Don’t you have a map?” Me: “Ummmm.”

cluttered mind needs clearing

Our homegrown terrorist chose his ex-wife’s church as a target. This was not random. He doesn’t just hate some people, he hates everyone. When I read descriptions of him as a “loner,” my head says that he was a lonely, unhappy man who let bitterness and resentment take over his mind like a cancer. Maybe […]

Sunday afternoon

The children spent the afternoon playing at the cove while Doug stayed home to work. Word of the tragedy was just beginning to reach people picnicking today. The sadness in the city was palpable as people everywhere quietly whispered what they were hearing from the media and friends. Tragically, there was no sense of disbelief. […]

no student drivers

Tommy: “Why don’t you ever let Sarah or I drive when you’re in the car?” Me: “Because I am delicately balanced between sanity and insanity. Your father is already insane, so he has nothing to lose. He will teach you to drive.” Tommy: “Oh, that makes sense.”