So the children were singing
He’s a semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal of action.
Over and over and over again.
Now I can’t get it out of my head.
Damn you Perry The Platypus.
I warn you-it will get stuck in your head…) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wjrzUSkJFE
Entries from July 2008
July 30, 2008
A catchy little ditty
July 29, 2008
Weighing the blame
Maybe it’s the neighborhood I live in.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25890997/
Maybe it’s the neighborhood others live in.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25896233/
Or maybe just maybe I should get off the couch and go for a walk, or a swim, or something.Or maybe just maybe my fondness for oreos has caught up with me.
Two stories, one news site, one day. Tomorrow there will be another [...]
July 24, 2008
Harry’s Place
Not one to reinvent the wheel, I will tell you that Jim, over at ofkingsandcarnies, said it best with his entry High Muckety-Muck. (http://ofkingsandcarnies.com/2008/07/23/high-muckety-muck/) I share his sentiments-I’m not a joiner, and particularly not a cyber joiner.
That said, I too have joined in the conversation over at the Whistleandfish pub ( http://www.whistleandfish.com/thepub/). Harry serves up [...]
July 23, 2008
Where’s Lou when we need him?
As I’ve said here before my childhood ambition was to be Lou Grant. Now Lou, I understand, is a cultural reference that only those of us of a certain age will understand; for everyone else I can’t even imagine a suitable modern day equivalent, and that’s the problem. When I was six I knew what [...]
July 21, 2008
She knows how to pick’em
Before the ink was dry on the divorce papers the most frequently asked question in my stratosphere became What are you looking for in a man?” As if emerging from the experience of adultery, divorce, and general brutality made me eager to run right out and try another round in that arena, sure just call me a [...]
July 21, 2008
The eyes have it.
While checking out of the ob-gyn office during my pregnancy with baby girl #2 I noticed that my chart had the following written on the front in bold red letters: A.M.A.
I, thinking it stood for Against Medical Advice (a common thing to see on a chart) inquired as I had, to the best of my [...]
July 20, 2008
Have wheels can travel.
My baby just learned to ride a bicycle.
I guess (at seven) she’s a couple years behind the national average on this one, but there’s only so much screeching and sobbing I can take. So, we waited until she was ready.
Today after a few false starts she was off. She is now a pro at riding in [...]
July 20, 2008
Climb Every Mountain ( or in my case hill)
A friend of mine called today to check in and to discuss upcoming vacation plans. I’m still pondering what to do with myself when the girls and X head off for another summer adventure. I’ve decided that given the state of the dollar worldwide (and in my own wallet) I will wait to see what [...]
July 18, 2008
But what do I know?
My first niece was born just months before X and I married. Now, in the blink of an eye, she is a beautiful young lady graduating from high school and preparing to head off to college. I, like all relatives of graduates this time of year, find myself wondering how did this happen? How did [...]
July 17, 2008
Twenty questions give or take a few.
I woke to e-mail, adding to my continued shock that anyone other than my baby sister reads this space. You have questions I have answers, and I can’t believe I forgot to say so earlier.
1. How is X?
X is fine. Thankfully and thanks to the marvels of modern medicine. Should be up and about in [...]
July 16, 2008
Matters of the heart
It’s been said that the divorce process involves a lot of “firsts” and that everyone has to get through them in one way or the other. So true.
Yes, this post is about X or me, not sure which. I have a lot I’m working through in my head, so bear with me on this return to such [...]
July 14, 2008
Bang Bang my flight was delayed.
Due in part to a number of airport delays the girls did not return home until the wee hours of the morning. They crept to bed barely able to mutter goodnight mom. However this morning I was regaled with delightful tales of their vacation and presented with a sweet souvenir. Now we are back to the usual routine [...]
July 13, 2008
The sounds of silence
It turns out- not so jealous after all.
Okay, not jealous of ex and his time with the girls, more jealous of the girls. I wish I was there in NYC!
They had a wonderful time, as evidenced by their texts and calls and photos sent to my phone; and I am truly happy. The three of [...]
July 10, 2008
The first of many
My children are away on their first vacation with daddy post-divorce.
Without me. I’m not with them. I am not there. I am here.
Here, plagued with fear-
will they get lost in a crowd and never be seen again?
will something happen to my ex leaving my young children alone in a big city?
will the plane crash? the [...]
July 8, 2008
In our own little world
From the current Utne Reader in a series of articles on Creativity and Education.
…Kids are not playing like they used to. By “free and unstructured play,” he means activity that is unencumbered by adult direction and does not depend on manufactured items or rules imposed by someone other than the kids themselves. He is referring [...]
July 7, 2008
Here’s the church here’s the steeple
It has been said that in “polite society” one does not discuss 1. sex 2. politics 3. religion. I hold that true for me and my family at the Thanksgiving dinner table as I age and find myself moving ever increasingly to the left while others move with equal haste toward the right-if labels like [...]
July 4, 2008
A meme with some ice cream on the side
Today I shall finish and say be gone meme ! Thank you very much jim and g.k. (www.ofkingsandcarnies.com and www.whistleandfish.com) for getting me into this, although I still don’t have five people to whom I can pass the questions along.
However, before I commence with ten years ago today I’ll tell you what I was doing twenty-eight [...]
