Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

So today I realized that we have exactly one month before our friends arrive from France…we’ve always got somebody visiting, but this one’s different- I haven’t seen them since 2002 and Charlie’s never met them.
You’d never know it, though- he’s the one sweating over the plans. I think he’s determined they need to have [...]

Last week was a tough one for the entire household. Last minute trips to New York, driving permits to be obtained, loading the kid off to her dad’s, plumbing issues, air conditioning issues, doctor’s visits, blah blah blah.
But only one of us had actual body parts removed… followed by the indignity of the doggie cone. [...]

It’s been a slow grower, but despite not being very big made it through the winter just fine and has started to bloom with fair regularity.

So there have been two stories I can’t stop thinking about in the last 24 hours, and both make my chair involuntarily slide further left.

Fox news headline: ‘Outraged liberals: Stop picking on Obama’s baby mama’

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I’ve noticed that I get several searches a day of people looking for information on whether or not Andrew has found Tui…sadly, no.
He said that people have called him and said they heard ‘things,’ but so far she hasn’t been sighted.
Of course in the meantime, Andrew’s been very pro-active. He’s been on TV, the [...]

Alison is in the “get another bird” camp, with a few caveats:
1)She wants to be involved in choosing the bird
2)It should be “friendly”
3)It should be “fun.”
4)She wants to be involved in choosing the bird
5)She’d like it to be more colorful.
6)She doesn’t think I should be so hung up on intelligence
7)She wants to be involved in [...]

Alison spent yesterday making me feel old. Not intentionally- not really- just by being a teen.
We had scheduled a tour of LSU in Baton Rouge- the start of her college search. And I kept wondering how the hell it was possible we had reached this point. How on earth can she be this old? (and [...]