32 things I adore about you

To my husband, on his 32nd birthday: 1.  You take AE to school every morning, because you know that particular brand of traffic makes me stabby. 2.  You gave up your car and volunteered to drive my 9-year-old 4Runner without a second thought, because you knew that BMW was what I really, really wanted. 3.  […]

In which we are crazy people

Yesterday my entire family was getting together for lunch at my aunt’s house in The Woodlands.  And I’ve been looking at cars, and found one that interested me at a dealership there.  So after lunch, N and I left the kids in the capable and willing hands of my relatives and headed out. Just to […]

Eight

Here we are again…September 15.  The anniversary of the day that I first became a mother.  And this year, the day that my precious baby boy turns eight years old. Sweet fancy Moses.  Eight years old.  So just how old does that make me? Ahem.  Moving on. Dear AE: A few weeks you asked me […]

Today’s headlines

I’d like to say that I have a really good reason for not posting in three weeks, but that would be a lie.  Actually, I had figured I’d have grad school to blame for any sporadic posting these days.  This is not really the case.  So far, my classes seem to be going well.  There’s […]

The hazards of having a firstborn son

Yesterday morning I was sitting in the kitchen, drinking my coffee and messing around on the computer.  Miss T was busy in her play kitchen, feeding her favorite doll. I was only sort of listening to her tiny, one-sided conversation.  “Are you hungry, Baby Beth?  Here you go, Baby Beth.  Have some pizza.  It’s yummy.” […]