Dear Kid,
Yes, it’s your birthday. Yes, you’re finally 7 years old.
I hope you’re happy with yourself, and all your constant growing and stretching. I just want to know: when will it stop??
Where is my cute, monkey toddler? The one I found climbing kitchen cabinets at 4am and smearing food coloring on [...]
Have you seen the calendar? It’s half flipped through already. Which means it’s time to mark an end to whatever chapter you or your loved ones being formally educated are completing (there’s not a graduation ceremony for “School of Hard Knocks” is there?).
For our family, last year it was don’t-forget-the-hanky, kindergarten graduation. [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
And don’t think that fact gets ignored here at the Let the dog in! household. As you are reading this, I’ll probably be getting my back massaged, or maybe soaking in my Barbie Mermaid bubble-filled bath tub. Or, perhaps I’m out sipping a mimosa and nibbling fresh strawberries.
If I’m really lucky, [...]
I went to a writers’ conference this weekend. You may know about these–large groups of writers, illustrators, agents and editors gather. The meetings are both invigorating and inspiring while simultaneously causing great angst and new depths of neuroses.
I mean, really, those winners of the joke contest were so much funnier than me.
Now that [...]
[I'm sure I'm going to "H-E-double hockey sticks," as my grandma used to say when I wasn't supposed to know swear words, for writing this post. So you don't need to remind me...]
It’s Easter weekend. While lots of churches exist on the island, as far as I can tell, the “resurrection” seems to more [...]
I have to give a Holla! to Mo’Nique. Yay, Mo’Nique!
Not because she gave an amazing performance in Precious which I have not seen yet but heard it’s great and it’s in my queue. Not because she won an Oscar on Sunday. Not because she’s inspired me to change my name to Wen’Dy. [...]
We had another conversation here at chez Let the dog in! illustrating the differences between the Hubs and yours truly’s marriage and others’ wedded bliss. It all came up after I went shoe shopping with a friend.
She bought some super cute (waterproof! yay!) boots but wanted to know the store’s returns policy.
In [...]
