February 2009
The Archives
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Family
It’s silly to cry, but I am overcome
02.27.09 | Permalink | 17 CommentsThis morning as I pulled out of our neighborhood, Sally and Susan wanted to know why there were flags at the end of the cul-de-sac. I turned my head to look back, then shrugged. Maybe today is Washington’s or Lincoln’s actual birthday, I guessed. I dropped them off at school; Susan was incensed that her [...]
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motherhood
Once my baby, always my baby
02.25.09 | Permalink | 17 CommentsI know we’re in a recession, but it still makes me feel unspeakably wealthy and privileged whenever I take my kids to the dentist. There’s just something about all that equipment and technology being focused on my daughters’ teeth, which are going to fall out in a few years, that reminds me how incredibly different [...]
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friends
She’s just not that into you
02.23.09 | Permalink | 47 CommentsI’ve been really lucky to live in some odd places. Places where it was easy to find friends because there were only a few of us in the same situation, even after I left college, where you pretty much live with friends and learn with friends and work with friends. Places where the choice is [...]
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Spot
Who’s afraid?
02.22.09 | Permalink | 13 CommentsI have a cute video of Spot, so I tried to think of some counterpoint to the cuteness, some raw messiness to give depth to the adorability, but I’ve got nothing. Spot is cute like Dick is oblivious. She’s my favorite cuddler right now because she’s still small enough to nestle to my chest; she [...]
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narcissistic over-sharing
7 Quick Takes Friday: Questions Answered Edition
02.20.09 | Permalink | 16 CommentsI’m working on a positively scintillating essay called “Why Socialism Won’t Work” and I have a video of Spot doing her elbow dance to post, but I’ve been wanting to participate in Conversion Diary’s 7 Quick Takes Friday, so instead I’ll answer some questions I’ve been meaning to answer, because blogging is really all about [...]
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sisters
People who say looks don’t matter are on crack
02.18.09 | Permalink | 19 CommentsBecause if she weren’t the cutest thing ever, I might be a little bit upset that she got the empty microwave popcorn bag out of the trash, inserted her head and, in a quest to capture every last bit of trans-fat, yellow no. 7 goodness, smeared it all over her hair, face, and clothes. Dick [...]
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marriage
(a love letter to my husband. I know, tacky)
02.18.09 | Permalink | 21 CommentsDear Tom, I make it a point to be honest and candid here, to be real. And that has led to two major problems. 1) It perpetuates one of the myths of our marriage, that I am always the “bad guy” who yells and swears and overreacts and criticizes the way you “park” the car. [...]
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