Several of my favorite bloggers are doing a daily blog series this month. Modern Mrs.Darcy is doing a series on cult classics (more on that later); Carrie Willard is writing about habits. I briefly considered blogging every day this month, but I have too many writing projects on the table right now: an article on infant sleep […]
Just Look Up
My son likes to look up. I don’t mean at me, or other adults, but UP up, to the sky, or the ceiling, or the ceiling fan (which he’s mesmerized by). The other day, I took him out of the car, and he immediately flung his head back and grinned widely at the outstretched branches of […]
Problem Areas
On Friday night, I went shopping (as per my plans in My Weekend of Fall Family Fun). I was mostly looking for short-sleeve tops to layer with as the weather fluctuates, but I was unsuccessful. (Slightly off-topic here, but it seems like all basic T-shirts are now made out of very thin cotton, even in […]
My Weekend of Fall Family Fun
For the past two days, I’ve been starting blog posts and not finishing them. I think I’m feeling a little… rebellious. Not burnt out, or blocked, or anything like that, just in the mood to shirk work and have fun. This mood almost never strikes me.
I Am Grateful For… A Cold
Edwin has his very first cold, and it comes with all the things I, as a pre-parent, once dreaded: wakeful nights, a booger-filled nose, snot wiped all over my clothes, the frown-y face on the ear thermometer. But instead of being as miserable as I’d once predicted, I’m grateful.
Sunday Is Always Fresh, With No Mistakes In It
I love Sundays. Saturdays are for shirking off work, relaxing or partying, eating junk food, de-stressing from the week. On Saturdays, you get a free pass. But Sunday morning comes, and everything is new again. A new week, a new perspective, a new beginning. A literal clean start: healthier eating, motivation to exercise, cleaning and […]