Kate and Oliver, it’s just going to get better and better.
Archive for January, 2009
Siblings
Posted in Children on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Picking Up Mom
Posted in Travel on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I got to pick my mom up from the airport. I’m showing you a photo of her luggage because only sadists shows photos of a woman they love after she’s been in airports or flying for 30 hours.
She didn’t know that I was coming, though she probably suspected because I’ve done this [...]
Too Early to Declare Even Partial Victory over CPSIA H.R. 4040
Posted in Ponderings on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It looks like action is still going to be needed on this one.
A very good analysis
New York Post Article
Hmmmm.
Posted in Food, Parenting, Ponderings on January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think sleep deprivation causes hallucinations. In the last couple of weeks, at about 1 pm in the afternoon, I gain the absolute conviction that my local metropolis is going to be overcome by zombies unless I consume milk chocolate. Me being superwoman and all, I have to do my duty to save mankind. And I’m willing. I’m [...]
Mama Journal 01-12-2009
Posted in Mama Journals on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Part of the fun of cleaning out the back room has been coming across unfinished projects, like these bird houses. I painted most of them, but put off buying shellac, then bought the shellac, then lost it. So I decided to just stick these outside of the breakfast room window and let them age unto [...]
A Gift
Posted in God, Housekeeping, tagged Housekeeping on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
God has given me a gift. “What gift?”, you ask. “One of those mentioned in Ephesians 4:11-13 or 1Corinthians 12?”
No, my friends. God is sending me house guests at the end of February. Not house guest; house guests–five of them.
“But”, you reply “that’s future tense and you spoke in past tense.”
Let me explain. First, take [...]
Mama Journal – January 9th
Posted in Mama Journals on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I made good use of the left-over Christmas wine (and champagne). A little garlic; a little butter. Saute over a flame…wait, I don’t believe in a little garlic. I believe in a LOT of garlic. It doesn’t sound as artsy, but it more closely represents to truth. OK, where was I? Garlic, butter, white [...]
Congress Needs To Work On Its Law-Writing Skills
Posted in Ponderings on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday, we got a reprieve from CPSIA H.R. 4040, kinda of. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA H.R. 4040) makes it illegal to sell toys (and other items) which don’t show proof of unit testing for lead. The law, passed by Congress in 2007 and by the Senate in 2008 , mandates lead testing for ALL items intended for [...]
The Fight
Posted in Parenting on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been fighting exhaustion for a good three months now–an exhaustion so deep and so entrenched that one nap or one good night’s sleep isn’t going to take care of it. On Tuesday night, Oliver fed at 10:00, 12:30, 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30. I’m so tired in the middle of the night (and my [...]
