Teens in. Teens out. Teens in. Teens out. Frazzled nerves, fridge empty, more driving, less sleeping. STOP! Now! Somebody get me out of here!
Parenting Tips for Stress Busting
Parenting tips? Sure. I’ve got a boatload. And thus far, without pharmaceuticals.
One petite padded room, with shelves for my designer footwear
One power strip for my laptop [...]
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Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing on Mar 7th, 2010
I’m ransacking the cerebral files, the dream bank, the piggy bank.
Hell, I’d empty the sperm bank if I had one around and thought it would help me crack a smile. I’d shake shake shake as much as I could from any of those vessels, to collect a clinking coin or drizzly drop of humor. More [...]
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Date night
I’m going out tonight. There. I said it. I’m going out.
I know, I know. Hardly the stuff of News at 11. Except when you’re no longer able to stand by 11. Then it’s news. BIG news. Because how am I ever going to pull this off?
I admit it. These days I don’t go out [...]
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Kids will be kids
Care to go for a truism to start your day? In the name of world peace and global inter-connectivity? Then start with kids.
And in that light, here’s my oh-so-self-evident observation, based upon 36 hours of hosting a teenager from Latvia in our hybrid little American homestead.
The bad news is: kids will be [...]
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Well it wasn’t Colonel Mustard. And it wasn’t the library. But it was a mop! And in the arms of a 16-year old in the bathroom, as definite back and forth motions were observed!
And the aromatic stylings of antiseptic! A clean tile floor! Then, suddenly, he was down. On his knees. By the toilet… [...]
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I have a vague recollection of agreeing, last evening, to host a 17-year old from Latvia, for two weeks. Did I imagine it?
My body is worn (violins please), my sleep is pocked (cue the violas), my financial situation is right in keeping with the National Debt (are we up to a quartet yet?) but, [...]
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Posted in Culture, Dreams, Language, Parenting, Travel on Feb 19th, 2010
So my kid is up at 4:00 am, Friday morning. Yes, this morning. In the kitchen. Which of course wakes me up, after four blissful hours which possibly could have extended into five. I’m a light sleeper no matter what, and these days, that’s an understatement.
So I pad out to the kitchen (10 steps [...]
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My teenage son must have fallen asleep very late, and without actually going to bed. In other words, keeling over in the midst of an assignment.
His door was open this morning, when I went to tap lightly at 7:30am, to wake him. His easel was set up next to his small desk – a self-portrait [...]
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So what’s up with the pregnant man?
Frankly, I’m a little tired of opening my email lately, and getting a feed that includes mention of “pregnant man expecting third child.”
When I first saw that headline (how could it not catch your eye?), I believe it was via the Huffington Post. I couldn’t help myself. I clicked [...]
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Posted in Morning Musing, Parenting on Feb 13th, 2010
I’ve been lying in bed since the wee hours, allowing my mind to wander, staring out the window at snow-covered branches, watching night give way to morning. And I was wondering if I ever taught my sons how to boil an egg.
Life skills inventory
I am running through the litany of life skills I have passed [...]
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