> As you can probably imagine, with four kids, our house is filled to overflowing. Since our house came equipped with just three bedrooms, we have had to get creative in order to find space for everyone. When I got pregnant for the first time, we walled in our unused living room in order to […]
July 20, 2008
>Oh, hi! While I’m up way too early trying to adjust to San Francisco time, I thought I’d go ahead and send you over to this week’s column in the Nashville City Paper/Louisville Eccentric Observer… It’s the one I promised you ages ago, about sex, post-kid. You guys had some really insightful (and,well, sometimes depressing) […]
July 18, 2008
>As some of you may remember, Punky was under the impression for a time that what was hidden in Bruiser’s diaper was an extra belly button. Once I’d finished giggling about that, I decided to set the kid straight. She was four, after all, and it was high time she learned the proper names for […]
July 16, 2008
>Hubs and I were chatting a few days ago, when he casually stopped talking, grabbed something from Bruiser’s hands, then turned back to finish the conversation. He was holding an enormous butcher knife. “I just looked over there and he was waving it around in the air,” he explained. “I didn’t want you to panic, […]
July 15, 2008
>Yes, it’s approaching that time again- That time when I go to BlogHer and then spend the next week writing (what I consider to be) hilarious/scandalous stories about what happened. Last year was my first BlogHer experience. I was excited to go, but I tried to temper my anticipation with realism. There was a chance, […]
July 14, 2008
> I live in a very tiny subdivision, where the wee streetlets and mini-cul-de-sacs can be comfortably walked start to finish in under 30 minutes. (It was my pregnancy workout, if you must know, and continues to be one of the many ways I sneak in “talk time” with Hubs.) I actually know many of […]
July 13, 2008
> “Mommy,” Punky said while I was getting ready this morning. “Yes?” “I’m so glad God made you my parents.” “I am too.” “And all I ever wanted was a little brother named Bruiser, and Jesus made him for me and put him in your tummy!” “That’s right!” I said. I guess Punky learned the […]
July 12, 2008
