Month: July 2015

Weekend Dreams

Hi there. Our original dinner plans were thwarted by yet another onset of Evening Fussiness, so instead we stuck around the house and ordered take-out from Center Court Pizza, which was tolerable… Read More

Meandering

Man, I really don’t have a whole lot to talk about today. Daphne is doing just fine.  She’s settled into a relatively stable pattern of sleep, waking only once per night at… Read More

Swiped, Swindled & Hornswaggled

So my credit card information was stolen yesterday afternoon.  I’m typically pretty careful about where I use it, so I guess I must’ve gotten skimmed at one of the shady gas stations… Read More

I Can Balance an Egg

I absolutely abhor imbalance.  Imbalance in any form.  When I see things that are unequal or somehow disproportionate, it causes me a quick bolt of mental pain. I’m not kidding. I get a very… Read More

Zen & the Art of Baby Maintenance

  So I often find it hard to remember, in the heat of baby fussiness, that all of this is a Good Thing™ and that someday, I might even miss how dependent… Read More

Magical Shark Armada

  Haven’t done one of these in a few weeks now, so I’m not sure where to begin… Let’s start with Ernest Cline’s newest novel, “Armada.” It comes out on Tuesday and… Read More

XL Approaches

So we’re about a month away from my 40th birthday and, like every other person who’s ever turned 40, I’m left here wondering how the hell it happened.  Because it was certainly… Read More

Jibbie & the Vets

So my poor puppy (yes, I still call him a “puppy” despite the fact that he’s 8 years old and weighs 90 lbs.), had a vet visit this morning for his rabies… Read More

Staccato Siestas

Daphne has taken to sleeping fitfully this week, and Jen’s rest time has suffered mightily as a result. Our best guess is that she’s not quite getting enough to eat via breastfeeding,… Read More

Rad Radial

So it’s official.  My daughter is a thumbsucker. This is strange for me since I, myself, never partook in such coarse behavior.  Nay, proles…I was an aficionado of The Binky. The infant mute button…. Read More