Joy and the PTA
I wrote my “why” post about the PTA, in response to the comment that it seemed like a really joyless venture. Then I realized that in almost 2,000 w...
Category: Parenting & Family
Quality time with my best girl
Today my in-laws picked up my son from school today (for the last time in three weeks; they leave for Texas again tomorrow) and my daughter and I got to spend t...
Better
I felt better today. I still felt like shit, but I didn’t feel like shit on a shoe, that had been placed in a bag and lit on fire on someone’s doors...
When rest is out of reach
Monday night my husband came home sick. He went directly to bed, while I made dinner, took out the cans, emptied the trash, recycling and compost into the cans,...
My “Why”: The PTA
There is a lot of talk in any venture, really, about figuring out your “why,” the idea being that if you know why you are doing something–eati...
Falling Back (Now vs Then)
I used to love falling back. While I’m not a fan of changing the time in general (we would keep DST all year if I had my way), and I HATE when it gets dar...
New Family Traditions
I worry sometimes that we don’t spend enough time creating and cultivating our own new family traditions, but instead work only to preserve favorite tradi...
Things I’m Loving Right Now
Despite the stress at work, and surrounding the PTA, there is much I am loving these days. Here are a few things that are making me happy. ~ Magnesium. Seriousl...
There’s Always Something
I ALWAYS work out three times a week. I can count on one hand the weeks I didn’t manage to work out three times in the past year. I think it may only be t...
End of an era
When my daughter turned one, a family friend gave me a year-long membership to the Discovery Museum, a hands-on play space geared towards kids under 5. I spent ...