My son, the player

Over dinner last week, my son (who turns 8 before the end of this month) was lamenting about his latest girl trouble. It seems that he decided to “narrow his choices” for girlfriend by 6 girls, and one of the girls who didn’t make the cut started a vicious rumor that he was using [...]

Funereal: Definition

“Funereal: adj.

Of or relating to a funeral.
Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful: funereal gloom.”

So today was the big political nightmare of a meeting . With the warmer temperatures we’ve had recently (75 degrees…in December? Awesome!), I decided to wear a dress and heels with a light suit jacket. [...]

Circling the Drain

It’s been busy.  I don’t mean the typical holiday rush, things-get-crazy-at-the-end-of-the-year kind of busy.  I mean the kind of busy where I don’t sleep well no matter what, I feel constantly late for everything (mostly because I AM), my calendar is a slew of colors all touching with no white space in between, and I’ve [...]

Tis the Season

Today my son and I set up the tree and decorated for Christmas. I am very allergic to pine, so we always have to have an artificial tree. This year, we went less formal with the decorations and included ones he’s made, friends had made, and odds and ends of various antique baubles [...]