Archive for September, 2009

Firsts

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

This has been quite the banner weekend.  We’re having milestones – albeit delayed ones – all over the place!
On Friday night, we had our first-ever non-family member paid babysitter for both kids.  I KNOW.  Seven years of parenting, and we’ve never had a regular babysitter.  We’ve almost always managed to finagle free sitting from friends [...]

Seven

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Wow.  Just…wow.  Another year has passed, and it’s time for me to bust out my serious cap and try and write another letter to my fabulous baby AE.
Dear AE:
You turn seven today.  And in all honesty, that just boggles my mind.  There’s nothing about you that’s little anymore.  Your long legs, loose teeth and occasional [...]

Letting go; giving in

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

I think it might finally be time for me to admit that I’m not as young as I once was.  Yes, yes, I know.  I’m only thirty, it’s not like I’ve got one foot in the grave or anything.  But let’s face it.  Thirty may be the new twenty, but it isn’t the new eighteen.  [...]

Clearly unpublished for a reason

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

But does that stop me from publishing it now?  No it does not.  I’m wondering why I even have categories on this blog.  Pretty much everything gets funneled straight into “general pointlessness”.  My tagline should be “Hopelessly random and pointless”.  It’s a sad state of affairs.
Anyway, I was clearing out some very old unpublished posts [...]

So Much to Say

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Y’all y’all y’all!  You are going to find this surprising but guess what?!  I have nothing of interest to say!  I KNOW.  I nearly fell over from the shock myself.  So, in lieu of actual fascinating content, I’m going to redo a meme I did awhile back.  I know, I know, no one likes memes [...]