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Milestone! Also, I lied.
Benito has lost his first tooth! Also, I perpetuated the Tooth Fairy lie. (Started writing this Friday August 13th,)
The front left tooth (his left) has been wiggly for a few weeks, and in the last week we could even see the top of it on one side! It creeped me out; I didn't want to yank it out myself, I didn't want to try the doorknob method of ( Read more... ) -
Ways my child drives me insane.
- Right now, he's playing Minecraft and I'm reading on the couch. He's repeating this made-up phrase or word or sound, in a little sing-song. "Wimpy-dimpa," with an occasional "fwimpy-dimpa," or other such variation, same little up-and-down tune, on repeat, for minutes on end. This is a kid who does not stop vocalizing. He once sang the refrain ( Read more... ) -
Vacation day on Friday.
Ilan got engaged last weekend - he finally got a ring and proposed to Deb at the zoo, in front of the flamingoes. They're lovely together and happy, and he's getting his real estate license both to have a better income and to mesh with her work as well. I am so happy for him that he's building a life with her, has been doing so and is taking this ( Read more... ) -
Two movies:
- Toast: 2010, starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Freddie Highmore and a youngster who plays a younger Freddie Highmore for most of the movie. A boy who loves his mom, who is an awful cook, and hungers for good food. Based on a true story of a beloved British food journalist and TV personality, it made me cry at least twice. I would recommend it ( Read more... ) -
Cliff Notes version.
Kid is great. End of a school year. Still can't swim but loves the pool
Had a heat wave - crazy hot. Lost a snail, managed to keep the fishtank below 30 the other 2 days.
Didn't cook anything for ~4 days. That's entertaining, but I prefer my own cooking these days.
The weather is fantastic now.
Tomorrow is Canada Day, but I don't think the part ( Read more... ) -
Otto Farkas and Lou Segal; may their memories be for a blessing.
Otto Farkas died two days ago and was buried this afternoon. It is a beautiful day, not too hot today, with a breeze. His family was able to be at the grave-side, and the shul set up Zoom so others could attend. He was a Holocaust survivor, who found his brother and mother after being in the camps (not sure which one) and was able to come with ( Read more... ) -
Unplugged.
Saturday evening I was feeling pretty crappy, emotionally. Rick had gone to our friends for his D&D game - the first in-person game in a year or more. Benito was with his grandma, and I had all the things that surround me in this house. I watched "Solos" on Amazon Prime, took a break for dinner, but wasn't really able to focus on it. I watched ( Read more... ) -
I've kicked the habit, shed my skin...
Let this be my testimony? Well, not so much. I keep mentally veering away from writing, because the examined life brings me down. The good things are all right around me; the good writing gets beyond that and becomes irksome. Writing only the highlights feels disingenuous, which is bullshit because this space is where I will return to in future ( Read more... ) -
7 years old.
Ach, Benito, you make my heart swell with joy and love. The art you made me is so beautiful - I can imagine the task being "Think of things your mom does for you or with you that you like, or make you happy." Or maybe it was just "Start sentences with "My Mom..." and fill in what your mom does." He made a mobile with 5 sentences each on their ( Read more... ) -
Pesach notes for future planning:
Covering the countertops with paper bags works very well. Keep fleishig and milchik sides separate, as food prep bits can get on the paper and get wiped away, but the ritualistic aspect sticks.
Put the pantry stuff to the side of the drainboard, perhaps in a cardboard half-box/tray (from Costco). This cuts down on that area as usable workspace ( Read more... )