Finally the rain has come. It has almost rained for weeks now — big, heavy gray clouds laying low in the sky. But no payoff. Just stinkin’ hot. But today, this afternoon as my girls nap (yeah!), the tears from heaven come pouring down. The pumpkin patch that planted itself and is flourishing in our [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Punkin’
Posted in preschool, pumpkin patch on July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
2:30 a.m.
Posted in Maryland Zoo, National Aquarium in Baltimore, art, arts grants, gainful employment, headache, leashes for children, painting, parenting, preschool, scotch whiskey, the gym, watercolors on July 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
That’s right. Two thirty. Dark outside. Family sleeping. Cats sleeping. Normal people sleeping.
It has been a strange ten days since I last wrote, here. After eight months of me applying to many, many jobs, suddenly within a 24 hour period of time, three people think I may be employable. I don’t want to go into [...]
The eternal present
Posted in vacations for mothers, tagged Chicago, present, travel on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As I just now gazed through more than 200 photos snapped during my whirlwind 48 hour trip to Chicago a few weekends back, I began to remember the places viewed and humans with which contact was made. Unlike when I returned from the actual trip, when I simply had a meltdown of my own overwhelmment [...]
pee+poo=purple candy!
Posted in naps, potty training on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Purple, grape flavored jelly beans: this is how I’ve been bribing Mimi and Beenie to use the potty. They used to do it because it was novel. They took pride in being able to cause such a stir in the bathroom. They did it because I cheered and told them how great they were. Then [...]
Five stages
Posted in Cinderella, naps, preschool, tagged five stages on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Does my absence tell you my twins’ naptime has been compromised? Can you see that the small pockets of being alone, time to myself, time not spent watching people to make sure they don’t murder one another or themselves are slowly being robbed from me? CAN YOU?! I’d say, over the past month or so, [...]
Let go, let nap!
Posted in Maryland Zoo, camera morte on July 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve given in to the fact that every day will not have a nap. The days I like have naps. Today there are naps. One passed out on the purple chair in the living room, the other passed out under the fuzzy purple tent in their bedroom. The morning involved running around the zoo, in [...]
Cruel shoes
Posted in 4horseshoes studio, Maryland Zoo, art, high heels, inexpensive toys, tagged cruel shoes on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having strange days. Wondering if the summer solstice has something to do with it. The skies have been especially tempestuous and the nighttime light especially odd. Despite my usual hate for the summer, there is something special about the beginning of the end of the long days. A desperation of the sun. Blasting during the [...]
Re-entry was challenging this week. Once I returned from the Chicago of my dreams, I fell into a desperate funk. Really. Truly. And when mommy is in a funk, the girls get their funky funk on, too. I was so happy to see them, and their father, my spouse. B.
Re: the doofus who had an [...]
