the spiders
I can’t look in at our ant colony (or, as we say, our tenants) to make sure it’s dying, but we think it is. We’re guessing, but the noise is definitely less. It’s harder to hear, although I still can…
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Monthly Archive: July 2009
Seven children
Right now, my house is filled with seven children. My brother and his wife are visiting, them and their three children. My children and my nieces/nephew get along terrifically. All the fights so far have been among my own kids….
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Because I am stupid and tasty
I wanted to tell the forum in question before I mentioned it here, but I finally did that yesterday. And the short story is, God spoke. And I didn’t like it. Here’s the long story: On Saturday, the family went…
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We are not alone!
Friday night, my Patient Husband and Kiddo#1 went to a ball game, giving this mom a much-coveted Night Alone. My Patient Husband’s Former Officemate (who had enabled the scoring of said tickets in the first place) didn’t realize that I…
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A long explore
A little over a month ago I asked for help getting me back on a bicycle, and you guys did. (Thanks!) Since then I’ve been biking three or four times a week, usually taking Kiddo#2 for the first two laps…
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tasting the sacred
The baby found one of my rosaries, just brown plastic beads and string, and he looked over it with his usual intense concentration. He’s clearly got his father’s NT tendencies. Of course, right after he did that, he did the…
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tasty fud
Tuesday morning, I prayed the rosary with a sick baby in bed with me, two cats curled up on either side, and a strange bird singing just outside the window. I’m not an ornithologist, but I recognize the commonly-heard bird…
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