Category Archives : Family

28

Jan

I saw this article today about a British couple that recently delivered a second set of fraternal twins. While multiples like that by itself was unusual, what was fascinating about these children is that in each pair one was light skinned and the other dark skinned ~ each taking physical characteristics from different parents. The story made me think of a friend who recently had a baby girl. She and her ex-husband were also a bi-racial couple. Her youngest daughter has her father’s dark eyes and black hair, but she also has her mother’s ivory skin. Baby S is a gorgeous child. Talking about how beautiful I though Baby S was, another friend and I struck up a conversation aboutRead More

24

Jan

The last day of our vacation, or night rather, WK got his wish and it snowed enough for him to make a snow ball. Which he did as Hubs and I packed the car for the long drive home early Friday morning. (So you don’t think he was playing the whole time Hubs and I were slaving away, WK also cleared off his mamaw’s car windshield so she could drive to work with a clear field of vision. He’s such a good kid.) We thought we were going to have to stay a little longer when we couldn’t make it up the first hill out of my dad’s driveway. After making a very slow pirouette in the ice and snowRead More

22

Dec

The plan is to leave bright and early today for the great cold north. The reality is that we probably won’t get on the road until after lunch. Hubs is bad about starting new projects just when we’re trying to leave to go somewhere… refilling the washer fluid, changing the oil in the car, repainting the bathroom, building an addition to the dining room… things like that. I don’t know how often I’ll be able to post, respond to comments, or check my reader… both of my parents have decided to live in the back of Nowhere. My mom doesn’t even have Internet… barbaric! Because I also have to periodically check-in for work, and be forced to hunt down WiFiRead More

15

Dec

My mom called me this past weekend to nail down some details about our trip up north. First, we will be visiting with her and my step-dad in their little cabin in the woods. Over the weekend most of my extended family ~ step-sister and step-brother, their spouses, children and grandchildren ~ are coming over for dinner. I am honestly looking forward to this. We haven’t all been together, well… since I can’t remember when. I’ll get to spend some time with my Ya-Ya sisters and reconnect with old friends and hopefully we will all be better about staying in touch. We’ll then travel a couple hours further north to visit with my dad and step-mom, and her son andRead More

03

Dec

The other day I went to the express mail store to buy some padded shipping envelops. It wasn’t very busy, but there were two people ahead of me waiting to check out. The second person in line was a woman who had what appeared to be one large shopping bag with a couple boxes in it. She was on her cell phone when I walked up behind her. After finishing her call, she turns to me …’could you please watch my bag, I forgot my purse in the car.’ I said sure and diligently guarded it. By the time she returned the cashier had checked out the man at the head of the line. Again, the woman turns to me,Read More

30

Nov

Stop asking for my opinion on how to do something when all you do is reject every suggestion I have, especially when you’re offering no solutions of your own. Just because you think something, doesn’t mean you have to share that thought. You’re not being honest, you’re being cruel. In the grand scheme of things, your daily crises are so superficial that it takes all my effort to not scream at you to grow the hell up! Your constant stream of whining and complaining is bringing me ever so close to homicidal overload. The ironic timing of your illnesses and incapacitating fatigue that is keeping you from doing your work, compared to your extraordinary ability to do something you enjoy,Read More

23

Nov

I got my hair cut this week. No, there will be no photos either of before or after. I think native cultures have the right of it… cameras steal your soul and add 20 40 pounds to your ass and makes your stomach pooch out in oddly bulbous ways. So, no photos. Didn’t have the stylist do much different. I haven’t done anything about my paint spot since February and have been letting all the old layers grow out. Back in May, my hair was passed my shoulders, but I was frustrated and had several inches clipped off. I’m very tempted to have it all cut off. When Hubs and I were dating and in the first few years ofRead More

16

Nov

…with being so cold all the time that… ~ you put your PJs in the dryer to get them toasty warm before putting them on. ~ when you buy socks it’s not with fashion in mind, but rather ‘will these keep my feet warm?’ ~ you welcome night sweats brought on by peri-menopause. ~ your side of the bed has not one, but two extra blankets… doubled over, so it’s more like four. ~ you have considered wearing a toque to sleep in. ~ you have worn a hoodie to sleep in… with the hood up. ~ even though you live in one of the hottest and most humid states in the southern U.S., you rarely wear shorts during theRead More

11

Nov

For the past few weeks whenever I first opened my office door in the morning, I’ve noticed a certain smell. It wasn’t a completely unpleasant aroma… a little cloying though. Try as I might I couldn’t find where the odor was coming from. It wasn’t anything I could see, there wasn’t an unemptyed trash can, no long forgotten food fallen behind my desk. I just couldn’t find it. Until I took this gum out of my desk drawer. You see this right ~ Pomegranate gum. I had forgotten I had this. Hubs and WK had found a multi-pack at Sam’s Club not too long ago and I brought a pack to work and into the drawer it went. The currentRead More

08

Nov

Sunday as promised, Hubs ventured back into the abyss known as our attic, pulling down box after box, after box of Christmas decorations. We had put up the tree and strung the lights on Saturday. As we dug through the more than 22 years of accumulated ornaments, snowflakes, angels and Santas, there was about half I decided to not put out. Some things were more suited for a house with very small children (a navtivity of stuff dolls) or some few not suited to a house with a feline hopped up on catnip (a glass nativity.) Still, I cleared the mantel off so I could display my Santas. Collected over the years, I will usually find a new ‘jolly ol’Read More