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Mother’s Day Activities
G.G. hated Mother’s Day. She viewed it as a mass-market sales ploy for the greeting card industry. I can’t say I disagree – it’s very similar to how I’ve always felt about Valentine’s Day. At best,...
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Book Review: Preemie: Lessons in Love, Life, and Motherhood
In 2000, Kasey Mathews had a daughter. Her world turned upside down. Because, if you couldn’t tell by the title, her daughter was premature. Mathews gently welcomes you to her tale contained within...
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Replete with Righteous Indignation
Back in the day, important paperwork was Xeroxed and then filed accordingly. Photos were printed and stuffed into boxes to be album-ized later (once the time was found to find the one good shot out of...
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The Zombie Apocalypse
Rest easy. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has assured the general public that zombies are not coming to eat our brains. “‘CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would...
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FISHIES: Boys to the Beach
Today’s post is brought to you by JON! The boys set off an excursion to the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, with bold plans to play with fishies, penguins and otters. I had to work. Guess what sounds more...
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The Little iPhone That Could
A little smartphone had a large database of apps to run. She was a happy little phone. For she had calendars and contacts to remember. Sports stats and games. There was iBooks, Flipboard, Twitter,...
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Toddler Speak
Mahi Mahi was on the menu for dinner tonight. Both muppets chowed down in a serious teenage-boy-in-training fashion, while Finding Nemo played in the background. PISHIE! (Yes, I fed my children fish...
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Hope: A Blog Relay
It’s the summer of the 2012 Olympics. Here on the west coast, we’re reviewing results we already know (thanks to Twitter) and watching an equal ratio of commercials to sporting events. Question – Why...
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Baseball Is Simply A Nervous Breakdown Divided Into Nine Innings
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry (on the...
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The Happiest Place on Earth (Except for Mile 12 When You Hate Everyone)
*Disclaimer. The clock time in that Mile 12 photo is the actual race time. Not my time. Subtract 45 minutes for my time. Because I started the race in corral F. And we had to wait for A-E to go first....
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To Infinity and Beyond
I remember being 5; I was in kindergarten. We were sitting on the rug (I sat next to Greg Thurner. I’m pretty sure I loved him.) The VCR was wheeled into the classroom. A national tragedy was...
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The Problem with our Education System Today
Search and Destroy with their favorite teacher (even if she is a bit disturbed). I’m not sure how I feel about the environment my children are being educated in. And by that I of course mean Northern...
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What Makes a Superhero so Heroically Super
November is Prematurity Awareness Month. But aren’t the muppets almost two and a half? Haven’t their medical records been stamped, signed, sealed and delivered with “no lasting effects of...
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World Prematurity Day: Beating the Odds
Today is World Prematurity Day. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born too soon each year. In the United States, 1 in 8 babies is born prematurely. I had two. About 13 percent of babies born in the...
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Movember the Ridiculous
It’s November. Month of my birth and prematurity awareness. And in recent years, I’ve become aware of the trend to spend the penultimate month of the year sprouting the most unattractive facial hair...
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Kyrie Eleison
Last night I put a feverish Destroy to bed. This morning I hugged him tight and asked how he was doing. He wanted to watch Mickey Mouse. And when you’re recovering from a fever of 103.5, you get...
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Today is a New Day
The years continue to turn. The days continue to pass. Time seems to slip away more quickly. And now we’re here in 2013. The new year is a time of promises and change. I’ll lose weight, I’ll get rich,...
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How Do You Do It?
I get this question a lot. The truth is I have no idea. We don’t know anything other than energy-intensive twin boys. JUST DO IT! <Nike swoosh. ©> However, this response typically elicits a...
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Nor’Easter Nemo
So I hear the Northeast is experiencing a bit of a snow flurry. Nevertheless, the boys and I got bundled up for our morning adventure – gloves, scarves, and a Cheshire Cat hat for me – it was 34...
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Code Red Lock Down Drill (or when Hide and Seek becomes a survival strategy)
Yesterday, in the same San Bernardino Mountains where I spent many a begrudging youthful weekend with my family (we didn’t have high-speed interwebs back in the day), law enforcement officials had a...
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