For all those other DH’s out there, just so you know, I have been granted permission to tell this story. For all those readers who don’t appreciate even the slightest scatological humor (and I am with you most of the time), Skip This.
As you may know, the subject of this blog’s title is Becca, a [...]
“Do you have power?” That was the question of the weekend around here.
This past Thursday night we were hit with a wind storm. Much hype preceded it, and I assume much followed. Our power was out for 53 hours, so we missed seeing that news story. I read today there were gusts around 48mph here [...]
No nap today. She went in but did not sleep at all. I left her alone with the rationale that she (and I) would be having “quiet time.” Other moms get quiet time, why not me, too? Well, she was quiet in there, alright. After about an hour or so, I peeked in. What does [...]
All this about kids, spouses and what-not, but what about that gorgeous brown dog, the topic of your title, you ask? What has she been up to? Well, Becca, or Becky-boo, or boo-hoo (when we taunt her), as we call her, has engaged in the Christmas spirit here, too. How do you know? For starters, [...]
Sometimes, you just have to Let Go of things, of goals, of dreams, of hopes. Just to be happy in the moment. But disappointments are hard for me. I seem to find them everywhere….the movie based on the Firefly series, the season finale of Seinfeld, Duran Duran’s live performance, the poorly located rental house [...]
Some days you just could not plan it better. Ignoring our discussion about why certain things were not getting a thorough cleaning (the reason being the Kid needs supervision or will defeat all your efforts at cleaning by making a worse mess in the other room while you are focused on your project), DH began [...]
Today proved it! There is no doubt! This family has balls! Here’s the scene: cloudy, dark morning, 16 days until Christmas….
DH: (on couch with first, yes, first mug of joe) Maybe we should get going to get a tree now, since more and more people will go this weekend. You wanted to cut one ourselves, [...]
