Sometimes I think what a waste it is to have a perfectly healthy body and not to treat it like that. We use our muscles to climb our own stairs, to wash our dishes, and to transport ourselves from here to there - we stand up and walk just to get to somewhere else where... Continue Reading →
A Long Way Down quotes
I am about to finish A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. Usually when I'm reading, there is a quote that sticks out to me that I want to blog about. But this book is so chock full of them, I just don't know where to start. I found some of my underlines and compiled... Continue Reading →
Top 10 picture books for my 2-year-old
Since before Brandon was born, I have been planning what we would read together. I love books of all types, even (maybe especially) children's books. I lined his shelves with my childhood favorites - Harry the Dirty Dog, Lyle Lyle the Crocodile, anything by Bill Peet. But there are all sorts of other kids books... Continue Reading →
half birthday, lumberjack hoodie, rock-a-bye baby
Today Brandon turned 2 1/2. I might be the only person who thinks about this, but every time it's halfway around the calendar from someone in my family's birthday, I notice. I guess that's from being a kid and wanting to call myself "8 in a half!" (yes, I know it's "and a half" but... Continue Reading →
Never say never
This week I am watching another little guy. He is a few months younger than Holden. Before this week, I have been bothering Stephen, saying, "have we really closed the door on having a third child?" not because I want to have one right now, but because maybe one day I will and there isn't... Continue Reading →
bugs, shades, and a shitty selfie
We received our first insect pet today. "She" is a caterpillar Brandon has named "Butterfly." Cruisin' Made Steve snap an iPhone pic of the sunset on the way home from dinner last night. How cliché. I tried to convince Brandon that Butterfly would prefer to sleep outside tonight, but he told me she was scared. Holden... Continue Reading →
Man of character
You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it!~"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee WilliamsOne thing that most young people who fall in love don't do is think... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Lists
The other night Steve and I made our top 10 celebrity crush lists, as if we were bored high school kids. Here's what we came up with: Then I got really carried away and decided to make all sorts of top ten lists. Here are my top ten fiction books (had to specify a genre because... Continue Reading →
my daily grind (if you can call it that)
Here's what made me smile this week: My boys are really starting to love each other. Holden laughs while Brandon entertains him. Every morning, Brandon asks to go see Holdy. This kid's smileBrandon uses anything he finds as a bucket. I know my son is getting bigger because his toys are getting smaller. It's hard to... Continue Reading →
opinionated, stubborn, and bossy
I just read Anne Frank's diary again. I could write 20 blog posts on it. I am astounded by the precociousness, honesty, and self-awareness that came from this 14-year-old girl. "The young are not afraid of telling the truth," Eleanor Roosevelt writes in the introduction. It is sad that we grow into adults where we... Continue Reading →
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