Well, apparently one woman's trash is another woman's treasure...along with about a half dozen neighborhood boys. The reclaiming of the garage from the abyss over the weekend created a pile of trash at the curb awaiting trash pick-up. As you may recall from my blog Sunday, the items that we believed had the potential for [...]
Tag: kids
The revenge of Cheyenne
Here's the thing about having a new boyfriend and a kid at home - eventually they are going to talk. First there is small talk - the getting to know you kind of stuff - such as favorite foods, television shows, hobbies, etc. That usually is followed by a variety of conversations that explore both [...]
Saved by the minivan…
Today when Mike (a.k.a. Jersey boy) and I went to pick Cheyenne up from school I noticed a boy waiting under the tree who had not yet been picked up. From his body language it appeared to me that he was a bit worried so I told Cheyenne we were going to stay parked at the [...]
Limited appeal…
As Cheyenne has gotten older my role in her life has changed. At the age of 12 my role seems to be to serve as a never-ending embarrassment to my child. I accomplish this role quite easily - often all it necessitates is being within her general vicinity in public when her friends or other non-related [...]
Family Fiesta!!!
My family tries to get together about once a month for some kind of all-hands-on-deck family meal. Sometimes we celebrate birthdays or events at these meals and sometimes we just get together for the heck of it. At some point these outings came to be called family fiestas regardless of what the meal of the [...]
My dreams of music camp aren’t dead yet…
I want to go to International Music Camp. I wish I had done more with the violin as a kid; unfortunately, when it comes to musical talent I am not gifted (or even re-gifted). I never really "played" the violin - I had a violin and I "practiced" it, but "play" - I think not. Yet [...]
Number two child, number one son, and agitator supreme…
Today is the 29th birthday of my second oldest child and oldest son - Noah. Regular readers know that I have often written about Noah in my blog before - with some of the most recent entries being in regard to our big adventure to Canada together (in which his Oprah attitude sorely tried me some days). When [...]
THE NEW FORTY 