Post* Pandemic Holiday Reality Check
Our Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays have always only included grandparents, because we live close to grandparents and nobody else. I’ve celebrated Chr...
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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...
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...
Into the fold
When I first read Marie Kondo’s Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I didn’t understand her folding technique. It said something about folding shirts...
Dodging a Bullet
Almost two weeks ago, right when we got back from Disneyland, our tenant informed us that he had bedbugs. He had one in a bag, to prove it. He had evidently lea...
Family Flavor
My kids are getting older, and as they age, our family is developing habits and traditions. We are becoming our own little unit, with our own unique stories, in...
Incremental Gains
Well, my week break is over. I did a much better job managing expectations this time, but I still feel disappointed by what I accomplished. I realize that I nee...
Underwhelmed
As is always the case, my four days of break with the kids in school went by way too fast and I didn’t get nearly enough done. I’m been fighting bac...
Time log – Day 5
I stopped yesterday’s post at 10pm when I went to bed, but my son woke me up at 11:30 so I’m including that here. 11:30pm – Go up with son, wh...
The Moment of Truth
Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning my kids and I head to the local (ridiculously expensive) lice-experts to get our heads checked. The checks are free (during a short t...