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Notes of frustration

Dear Precious Four-Month-Old Miss T: I love you more than you’ll ever know. You are just about the sweetest baby I have ever encountered. However, I’ll thank you to please stop trying to sit up every time you are in a position that is even remotely horizontal. Especially when I am trying to feed you. […]

Studies in human behavior

When last we visited Food Stealing Lady (mere days ago), she was taking food that might possibly have been mistaken for community goods. I mean, not really, since it was in a specific area that she had no business in, and since it was obviously a potluck-style mishmash of contributions of which none were hers, […]

Warning: this post contains no coherent theme.

Miss T is officially four months old now. When we went for her 4-month checkup, the doctor suggested starting her on solids soon. Not as a source of nutrition so much as just to get her used to the texture and feel of eating from a spoon. It seems early to me still, so I […]

Friday randomness

There is a woman at my workplace who has apparently developed a new habit – trolling other departments looking for free food. Wednesday was Administrative Professionals Day, so we brought in sandwich trays, fruit and desserts as an appreciation lunch for the admin staff in our department. Prior to lunch we were storing the food […]

Two posts in one day! I know!!

Transcript of a recent instant message conversation between my husband and myself: N: I think the 20oz Vault I’m drinking may have been the key to getting rid of my haircut. me: ??? N: Vault is coke’s version of Mountain Dew. It replaced Surge but it’s the same stuff. me: what does it have to […]