Archive for the ‘Home’ Category
A week before Christmas we packed the entire contents of our house and drove to Salt Lake City. Because WE ARE INSANE. Trav and I were about five seconds from chickening out the entire time because A) 1700+ miles, B) Extended Potential Screaming in Confined Space, C) Hotel+Babies+Potential Screaming=DEATH CAKES and D)Death by Mortification. We made [...]
This year Christmas snuck up on me even faster than usual, due largely to the revolving procession of day-to-day feedings, diaper changes, naps and chores that has wiped my ability to track the days and weeks and find myself lucky most of the time to realize whether it is a day when Trav will be home, [...]
Our birth story took place over 9 months ago. I still haven’t told it because, yes. It’s A DOOZIE, and along with cleaning, working and bathing on a regular basis, my writing has moved to a New & Not So Improved List of Things I Only Have 20 Minutes For. I hate that list. The [...]
Yesterday, I made the statement that sometimes you don’t want people to make you feel better. Sometimes, you just need them to acknowledge the suckyness of it all, and let you vent. Over the last few years, I have been blessed and grateful to finally find many wonderful people who did that for me. For example, my [...]
It’s well after noon here already and there are still diapers on the floor, my lunch is burning on the stove and I have a level-ton of laundry/phone-calls/appointments to organize. You know, all the usual cliche excuses not to blog. But the girls are napping (THANK YOU GOD) and I’m not that hungry yet (Lies!), [...]
