Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

I swear, this child has only two speeds: dead stop and molasses.
She is going to visit her friend at college for spring break and take a few tours. As her mother I am not 100% thrilled about this. I understand it’s something I’m going to have to get used to. I keep reminding myself that [...]

I haven’t had a kid kid at Mardi Gras in years- Alison’s worked the entirety of Carnival the last two years, so I haven’t seen her at all, even though she hardly qualifies as a kid anymore.
 But the girls were excited to find out that we have a Costume Box- I think it’s mandatory that [...]

I’m a wreck. I know, just like you, just like every other zombie I’ve seen out there the last few days.
What happened was pure Holiday Hubris. Apparently, I was due for a karmic slapdown.
I was soooo smug. I was so sure. This was gonna be an easy year. Ali was getting cash. I’d arranged it [...]

This week had Alison in a tizzy because at the last minute she was invited to participate in the school’s annual Christmas & book sale.
She makes earrings and some other jewelry, and one of the moms she sits for suggested it. The second day she wanted to expand and took some Mardi Gras throws I’d picked up to add [...]

Charlie’s a Halloween Baby, which is a fantastic excuse to have a big blowout, which we’ve turned into an annual deal. Since Halloween falls in the middle of the stupid week this year, we had the party early.
Last year I kept the camera close at hand, this time I carried it for about 3 [...]

As soon as you think your teen’s wings are really really extended and they just can’t wait to jump out of the nest you get a panicky call that you have to come home from your meeting NOW because she’s having a meltdown about homework.
Then you spend (another) several hours researching the Kyoto treaty and [...]

So Alison took me to task this weekend. Frankly, I think she’s a little jealous because the bird’s gotten top billing of late - she complained that there aren’t any recent pictures of her on the blog, and not much information about her life.
Here we have what is, perhaps, a generational issue. I thought I [...]

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