Candy corn and chalkboard pumpkins were on the agenda at our house this week. I was a little nervous after my flamin’ hot Cheetoh experience with last year’s candy corn, but I have to admit it came out quite well this time around. I love this recipe. The other Halloween craft was better in theory than […]
I asked a question on Facebook the other day: I am curious: What do people think of this Autism Spectrum Quotient thing? I actually know people with autism, and find it a little — well, what do you think? I got some long, thoughtful answers, but my favorite, frankly, came from my old friend Tim, […]
Tomorrow is my birthday. Typically, today is the day my sister and I start bitching, via text message, about how much we hate our birthdays. About how mere mortals (our husbands) can’t possibly match the glittery, over-the-top festivities thrust upon us, year after year, by our mother. About how we hate the attention, yet somehow […]
Work anywhere for almost 18 years and — for better or worse — your co-workers start to feel like family. (And I’m not just talking about my husband, though I am lucky enough to work with him, too.) Our particularly motley crew gussied up and traipsed out to the far west corner of metropolitan Phoenix […]
I love the new Sesame Street song! In case you haven’t caught it, I’ve posted it here. It gave me a reason to crank up the way-back machine and dig up a piece I wrote when Sophie and Annabelle were much younger. Today, their hair isn’t all that different. (Isn’t that interesting?! Actually not so […]
A thought occurred to me yesterday — somewhere between Portland and Phoenix — and I haven’t been able to shake it. Sophie’s more demanding, but Annabelle’s got higher expectations. That may not be the most P.C. of statements, and it may not be true forever, but for now I think I’m going to have to stand […]
“Sophie Day” peaked — then plummeted — when we arrived at the mall late this afternoon. We entered through Anthropologie, which happens to be a personal favorite of mine, and which is conveniently located near Lush, our ultimate bath bomb-destination. Sophie found the one item actually not for sale in the home furnishings/clothing/accessories mecca: an […]
Annabelle and I are hitting the road. This week is our Fall Break and on Thursday, Annabelle and I leave for a four-day trip to Portland. Alone. Annabelle and Ray have been away alone together several times — on a Brownie camping trip, and skiing at least once or twice. So I decided it was […]
At the risk of sounding even cornier than usual, I need to take a minute to thank a friend. I’ve never met this friend, she lives in Vermont, on the other side of my world. I don’t even know her real name. But starrlife — mother to a pretty little girl who’s got a few […]
I left school yesterday morning with a knot in my stomach, for the dumbest of reasons. There were plenty of good reasons, trust me. It wasn’t because I’d had to practically peel Sophie off my leg and push her up the stairs to get her to go to class — for no particular reason. It […]
