Archive for July, 2010

A Post About Things That Cannot Be Made Better…

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And…eyelashes. Completely wasted on the young. Latisse users, eat my butt! (We’re starting with the semi-trivial here, and later moving on to the craziness. Stick with me.) Next, do they...

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D-Feast Friday: It Tastes Almost But Not Quite Like Chicken…

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It’s D-Feast Friday! And even if you’re not diabetic, you’re (probably) going to like this recipe. I mean, if you don’t like it then you don’t have any taste, is...

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Powerlessness

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When I pulled Anna out of her bassinet this morning, I found she had been attacked: A shrapnel explosion, perhaps? Or a pack of angry tigers? No, no people, it...

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So we Didn’t Get Assaulted and Then Bludgeoned by Jason, or Jack Nicholson Playing Jack Torrance. Yay!

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Jerry was away for three days and two nights this week, the first nights I’ve ever been alone with Anna. And, okay, I am a wuss. I am wussier than...

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D-Feast Friday!

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Have you ever had a thought and just casually mentioned it, and before you knew what was happening it suddenly became this huge life-changing event? Moving out of the old...

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And Speaking of Hmmm-Hmmmm’s

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All the books say we’re supposed to be talking to Anna pretty much constantly while we’re awake. There are studies showing that the more words we use now, the faster...

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If You Were Here Now, Anna Might Gaze Up at You, Pondering, Before Stating That Your Eyes Reminded Her of Glistening River Stones…

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We’ve been spending the past three days in Avalon, at a beach house Jer’s family rents every year. And this Wednesday, Anna saw the ocean for the first time. Overall,...

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