A few years ago, I decided to rethink our family’s Passover seders (a seder is a service you have at home for the holiday that centers around a meal and telling the story of the exodus from Egypt). We were still following a traditional, Hebrew-heavy model that wasn’t cutting it with our interfaith, child-filled crowd. […]
Monthly Archive for April, 2009
Exact words spoken by Simon todayat lunch-time: Simon eat burrito. Burrito tastes yummy. Next time we’re in SF, we have a date at La Taqueria, OK?
When you work from home, it is more crucial than ever to maintain professional decorum. In that way, people know you are truly working from home, as opposed to, you know, “working”. Matt and I put on a clinic of at home professionalism on Wednesday evening, when he had a regularly scheduled meeting from 5:00-7:00 […]
I hate my skin. It itches all summer from sun sensitivity, it itches all winter from dryness and wool sensitivity, it’s prone to sprouting little red bumps on the backs of my legs and arms, and I’m now wrapping up my third decade fighting acne. Everything bothers my skin, even things like “hypoallergenic” or mineral-based […]
Kindergarten Reunion
Posted in Jessica, KIP (Preschool) on Apr 7th, 2009
Last October, at least I think it was in October, Matt and I attended our 20th high school reunion. I ended up having a great time and marveled at how fun and funny it was to catch up with everyone after not seeing most for 20 years. Turns out that was just a prelude to […]
We’ve had terrific spring weather this past week, but a cold front is due to roll in tonight. So to make the most of it, we went to parks twice yesterday and again this morning. Today I even chronicled our adventures in the photo album. Tomorrow school starts back up, then it’s Passover, and by […]
I read Lisa Belkin’s “Motherlode” blog on the NYT pretty regularly, despite my reservations about Ms. Belkin’s research style, which often seems to consist of looking around at other moms who share her rarified lifestyle. Last week, two posts got me to thinking. One was about the correlation between having children and self-reported unhappiness (Yes, […]
I consider this the first (short) installment of what is sure to be a long list of things Simon says in public that could cause embarrassment to his parents. Today’s was pretty benign. We were at Cherokee Park enjoying our second outdoor venture of the day when someone walking a chihuahua passed us. Simon took […]
We are extremely busy over here enjoying our spring vacation. So far, I have worked about half my normal hours, spent six hours trimming liriope in my garden, spent another spell weeding, spent 8 (eight!) hours putting down mulch, and met with a landscape architect to discuss my disastrous back yard. This was all supposed […]