This happened
My daughter was at her grandparents. My son was in the bath. My husband was in a meeting. So I went to the shed to get a box of Christmas decorations and then t...
Month: November 2021
Thanksgiving Break: What I’m looking forward to (and what I’m not)
It’s Friday! Which means that by 3:05pm today I will officially be on Thanksgiving Break! Things I’m looking forward to Putting up our tree. I LOVE ...
Chasing the ever-elusive perception of “fair”
As you know, I was gone last weekend, for a full 48 hours, which means I’ve been in my husband’s “debt” all week. It’s been a hard...
More thoughts to follow
Thank you to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post. I was really engaged by the conversation that took place in the comment section. I want to write ...
My “Selective Eater” Status
On my last an earlier post (yes, it took me 1.5 weeks to finish this) Annie asked, I was wondering, in what way are you a selective eater? In my understanding s...
Staying Focused
I just finished a long post but I’m going to schedule it for tomorrow. I almost forgot I still need to put one up today! It was hard to get ready for work...
Home again, home again, jiggity jig
I’m back at home. It was a lovely weekend. I hope to write more about it soon. In the meantime, here are some photos from the Petrified Forest, which is a State...
In praise of puentes
In Spain, when they have a random day off in the middle of the week, they unofficially take the days off between the official day off the and weekend. They call...
Pandemic Holiday Redux: The not happy to be here again edition
Remember how happy I was that I didn’t have to agonize over how we should spend Thanksgiving, or manage differing levels of risk aversion during a pandemi...