My whole life seems to revolve around this word right now. I have been moving like it. I am supposed to be baking with it. My brain is full of it. I think I’m trying to do too much. Fortunately, I’m actually starting to FINISH some things, so I’m feeling a little bit better. I […]

The tree is up! We got it up on Saturday, after I spent three hours arguing with the lights and readjusting them twice. The kids got to put up their special ornaments, including the ones they picked out this year at Disneyland.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so we’re told. Ane doesn’t believe that. Breakfast at our house, with the exception of Saturdays, is usually a very hurried affair. Ever since Ane entered school last year, it has become a crazed ritual in which I tell the kids to eat, and half an […]

The hardest part about the miscarriage was telling Ane. I did it on the Friday I found out, because I was too upset to successfully convince her that Mommy was really okay, but my contacts were making my eyes water. Uh-uh. Not happening. I had left the kids at my parents’ house during my appointment. […]