On one of my mommylists, for parents struggling with altering the family diet in response to child allergies, a woman stated that she was buying cartons of nut and rice milks, because she had no time for preparing food. This is my response to the idea that we don’t have time. I wanted to address [...]
Archive for June, 2007
June 23 2007
What Paranoid Feels Like
Yesterday, I went to a highly-recommended salon, to get my hair done. Generally, this is a pretty soothing ritual, wherein I get two hours to chill the heck out and read brainless magazines I’d otherwise not be caught dead reading, and indulge what little vanity I have. My family goes grey early, and I totally [...]
June 18 2007
New Post at LWOS
I had a lot of fun with this one, and it’s been approved by a few bona fide Digital Natives. Enjoy! http://lifewithoutschool.typepad.com/lifewithoutschool/2007/06/unschooling_and.html
June 14 2007
Taking Charge…
On a list I’m on, a woman just asked a question about using IUDs. It got me thinking, which got me writing. I thought I’d go ahead and post this. Right after my cesarean, the very thought of getting pregnant again was so completely horrifying, I got an IUD immediately (I’d had one before I’d [...]
June 8 2007
Deadbeat Mom Club
It’s been exciting at our house lately. Last Wednesday, our boat arrived in the Bay. That evening, Nana and Grandpa Al showed up, because Thursday was….drumroll please… Kestrel’s second birthday. I am pretty much the worst mother in the world. I was gone all day to Menlo, for back to back contentious meetings. We haven’t [...]
June 4 2007
Nothing Yummier
There is absolutely nothing yummier in this whole wide world than a man who is a great father. And even better, when he’s a father of two. I am a lucky woman indeed.
