Mike and I were at a reception last week for a woman who would deliver the keynote address at a conference the next day. The conference chair and her husband were telling us that our guest of honor had found a note in her room from the hotel manager apologizing in advance for the concert […]
Get your own scribbled-in copy
I said I never do giveaways, but I lied a little bit. I do that. A few of my friends (okay, maybe one friend) have asked if I’m going to do a book signing for Motherhood May Cause Drowsiness: Funny Stories by Sleepy Moms, and, while I get a little excited about the thought of people […]
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Want to see something REALLY scary?
I don’t think I’m ever one to second-guess other parents … until Halloween. On All Hallows Eve, I transform into Judge Judge-y MacJudgerson. I am that mom. The one who cuts her kids off from trick-or-treating about the time they’re elbowing their way into puberty. I’m not following any developmental guidebook, and I haven’t looked […]
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Things would be different if I were more into cats
I got off the scale the other morning and let everyone know I’m carrying around an extra six pounds. “That’s like a whole baby,” I said. “Not one of our babies,” Mike said. “Maybe a good sized house cat.” If a shoe had been handy, I’d have thrown it at him. I’m not into cats. […]
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Stegosauri, Scooby, and Snail Mail
On NPR last week there was the usual litany: Syria, Isis, Ebola and various other dismal subjects that prompt the boys and me to start more pleasant topics in the car, like laying odds on which of us would most likely survive a Zombie Apocalypse (do not bet on mom), or what the boys would do with […]
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About that chicken …
When Colin was little he was enthusiastic about chicken drumsticks. “I lo-o-ove this chicken on a bone,” he’d say. I should mention he was around four, I think, and fond of asking where his food came from – did corn grow on trees? What about potatoes? Clearly we are an urban household. One that doesn’t engage […]
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So many things I’d rather be doing
I have never been able to get in and out of a Best Buy in fewer than three hours, and without having fended off at least half a dozen sales guys and fielded offers of enough warrantees and insurance to nearly double the cost of whatever I’m buying. I’m going to go out on a […]
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My karmic potty break
Every runner I know has a story about an indelicate moment involving bodily functions. This is mine. It’s not too terribly gross. Safe enough if you happen to be reading this at work – unless you spit coffee on your laptop minutes before you were supposed to forward some report, and then you’ll be mad […]
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Employee of the Week
A few months ago I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a while. I told her about Mike’s quitting his job and venturing into the consulting world with me. She sort of harrumphed and asked how long we’ve been married. “Twenty-two years,” I said. Sheesh. That made me sound ancient. I did the […]
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Of art and science and plum tarts
I have one kid who built a computer over the summer, and another who read a dozen books. Thick books. With big words. You all know I’m far more likely to boast about them being able to burp the alphabet than anything really constructive, so don’t worry about some new bragging trend on my part. […]
