I have a cold. And I didn’t get much sleep last night. Throw in a teething baby and a mysteriously foul-mooded three-year-old, and it made for a Perfect Storm. Tantrum after tantrum (from the three-year-old), clingy fussiness (from the baby), and me wondering alternately, “What happened to my sunny Lemur?” and “If I just dropped [...]
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The Perfect Storm
Posted in whininess on October 30, 2007 | 9 Comments »
How Not To Fundraise
Posted in whininess on August 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Tonight at 8:22 PM we had the kids both sound asleep. The doorbell rang. Kevin and I both fell over ourselves trying to answer it before the kids woke up. A young man popped his head in the door and announced loudly, “I’m from LocalHighSchool Football Team. We’re selling these cards that give you discounts [...]
Last Minute Scramble
Posted in Chicago, travel, whininess on July 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We’re flying out tomorrow morning to Chicago. I was afraid we wouldn’t be able to go after getting sick last week, but I’m much better. After all, how ironic would it be to miss this because I was home sick in bed with mastitis?
After a mad last-minute scramble involving a) several loads of laundry that [...]
M Is For Miserable
Posted in sickness, whininess on July 13, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Remember that migraine I mentioned? What I didn’t mention is that I spent most of Sunday in the local ER with it. We finally did manage to defeat it, but at a cost.
Kevin had the boys for the day while I was there, and Kieran was getting milk from my freezer stash. It turned out [...]
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Posted in whininess on July 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m around, I’ve just been dealing with a vicious migraine. Gotta love postpartum hormones. Or not. I should be back soon with the Great Maple Tree Takedown.
“How’s your headache, Mommy?”
Bits ‘n’ Pieces of Post-Partum Randomness…
Posted in Kieran, Liam, weather, whininess on April 7, 2007 | 7 Comments »
It’s been a week since I posted?? How did that happen? Oh, yeah, now I remember, there’s an extra kid in the mix now. I have an extreme dearth of blogging time, and an even more extreme lack of coherent thought. From what I hear, that’s about right for this stage in my parenting career. [...]
