Hibernation
I’ve been wanting to write a New Year’s post, one in which I sum up 2015 and lay out ideas for 2016. But I just don’t have it in me. […]
Tag Archives: Christmas
Christmas Reckoning
December 28th, time to sum up Christmas. In literal terms, the sums I spent were comparable to last year. Not as small as they could have been, but not as […]
Winter Solstice
Today is the nadir of the year. After today, the sun starts coming back, ever so slowly. Although the sun has been sticking to its script, the weather has not. […]
Christmastime in the City
First things first, I have to record the visit that the kids and I took to the city last Saturday. It started out as just another train trip, my older […]
We’ll Have to Muddle Through Somehow
Sing it, Judy Garland. Muddling through this crazy week of half-days, parent-teacher conferences, and PTA activities. It’s kind of nice having the kids home earlier. They have had some playdates […]
Blah Humbug
I am not feeling the Christmas spirit yet. Maybe because it’s only December 2. Maybe because it’s so gray and gloomy out today. Maybe because my oldest is edging ever […]
Don’t Look a Gift Card in the Mouth
As you may have noticed, I am a low-level hoarder. Sometimes that pays off. Sunday night, I extracted from my hoard a gift card to a local restaurant that my […]
January Made Me Shiver
Monday morning, 8:45: Back to school, back to the normal routine. All alone at the kitchen table: husband took the boys to school, sick daughter still sleeping. It’s windy and […]
A More Perfect Christmas
It’s December 27, and since 7:30 a.m. on Christmas morning I have not been doing much beyond building with Legos, acting out scenes from “Frozen,” working on jigsaw puzzles, and […]
Christmas OD
I knew it was coming: although I tried not to, I’ve overdone it a bit on Christmas and now I feel a little Scrooge-ish. Today I’m going to try to […]
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