Yesterday morning while I was lecturing David (3 months) about how he really should sleep for more than an hour at a stretch, he variously: smiled, looked serious but friendly, bobbed his head, and occasionally raised his right eyebrow ( Read more... )

 Someone please stop me.  My nesting is apparently manifesting as wanting to move.  I would like to move from our apartment to a house with a fenced yard.  Our concrete patio is not big enough for 3 kids plus supervising parent and has concrete steps down to it which are not good for toddlers (ouch).  I would really like to give my son more room to ( Read more... )

I'm tired of diapers.  So very tired of diapers.  Especially, newborn, breast fed, "blow outs."  And having to stick said newborn under the faucet after each diaper change so that she does not develop some kind of horrible rash from being covered in her own waste.

I have a new plan: training myself to take the baby to the potty when they need to go ( Read more... )

If you missed my Facebook re-post here is what I think about breastfeeding: Suck It!

Listen, the only way I get through breastfeeding is to complain about it _every day_.

If I ever nurse again I will be sewing my own nursing cover and ironing on the following slogan: "Breastfeeding Sucks."  Perhaps I'll make it reversible with a plain pattern on the ( Read more... )

Recent text from reannon  's profile pic, superimposed over a picture of Emily herself:

Hi, I'm Emily.
I write poems about Death.
Does that make u, HOT?
Me so horny, baby.
Me love u long time.
But when you're done
Hit the bricks, stud
So I can write a poem.
About you & how you left me.
O.  Ennui.  Left me hollow.

I'm laughing at myself.  But I wrote a little wisp ( Read more... )

I finally saw a good picture of Michelle's green shoes.  The gloves just knocked me out Tuesday.  Her whole inaugural ensemble just knocked me out.  Yellow, lace over wool (thank you for that info New York Times), smart choice for the weather.  Matching dress and coat.  Classic and practical cardigan for the luncheon (another layer!).  I don't care ( Read more... )

I have a full review of the book, Kosher Sex, but I'll stick to one point in today's entry.  Oral sex on one's husband is kosher.   That's right folks.  Rabbi Shmuley Boteach gives the opinion, as an orthodox rabbi, that one can forget all that destruction of seed garbage in regards to oral sex for men.  (Oral sex on one's wife has always been ( Read more... )

So, I spent months making fun of the higher ups in Facebook for saying that they will "worry about monetizing next year."  I'm changing my opinion.  Facebook is reaching saturation, and I expect users will be willing to pay for it soon.  It's gone from adult phase friends to high school friends to middle school friends and now friends from grade ( Read more... )

Happy New Year everyone!

Recent and holiday culinary delights in my multiethnic household:
tea with jam
shee
panettone
latkes
doughnuts (!)
gingerbread
baklava

I want my brother's manicotti recipe (I think the secret is full fat ricotta).  Next up cheesecake, before I give up sugar, and bagna calda, my only inherited Italian recipe, for old time's sake.