I posted this on FB, so some of you have seen this. But what is really hitting home is how much of this is hitting the kids, due to exposure to small, not particularly biased seeming snippets ( Read more... )

December vacation is over! Craig usually takes it off, too, not because he strongly wants to, but because most of his office does, so there is less of a point in being there ( Read more... )

I had one of those weird bouts of insomnia (about 2.5-3 weeks apart) right on schedule again. The "right on schedule" part does indicate possible hormonal factors. I suppose I better get other stuff down while I'm tracking it. This time I did fall asleep a bit earlier than usual and get a short hour in the morning so I'm a bit more well rested ( Read more... )

Bridget has been so far so good since 8:30 this morning (and never got very ill to begin with) and everyone else still feels fine, so here's hoping tomorrow is on for a make-up celebration. But I guess it is far too early and the moment of truth is in the morning ( Read more... )

These days everyone always says "ready for the holidays?" and on the one hand I feel like you can never be as ready as you want to be but on the other hand I'm in pretty good shape ( Read more... )

So for the last 6-9 months I've had a weird kind of insomnia. It's not bad at all! Mostly in how it is infrequent. Some may wonder what I'm worried about. But I've been lucky enough it's something I've pretty much never dealt with! I've always been a phenomenal sleeper, and for that I'm grateful. I know a lot of people aren't. So I should ( Read more... )

So I think I came up with a craft present idea for the holidays ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I updated although things are pretty much the same. The homefront is good with school, work, and family doing nicely and some fun holiday activities: gingerbread houses with the Girl Scouts last night! First holiday party of the season with close friends tonight! Getting the tree tomorrow! Craig's work party Monday ( Read more... )

I'm having mixed feelings about Thanksgiving. Now that my brother has boomeranged again we're just going out for a quick day. I get along with my mom the vast majority of the time, and I'm getting along with him these days despite the fact he has not been able to navigate the system nor his own demons, but there is definitely some resentment that ( Read more... )

I'm really enjoying the girls at this age. Babies are heartbreakingly adorable but a lot of work and really kind of dull. Toddlers are still pretty darn adorable and their curiosity is touching but they are so unpredictable. I'm lucky enough that my kids are stable enough right now it is that sweet spot "kid" age people talk about, where things ( Read more... )