Tag Archives: toddler sleep
Intermission
The days between the excess and exhaustion of the holidays and the dawn of the New Year are strange ones. Most people are pretty much done with the merriment, but it takes that week to really get your head wrapped around the idea of the New Year. Cormac suggests simply conking out in a sunny …
Comfort Food
Speaking of grilled cheese…evidence is mounting that it has a strong soporific effect. Contrary to his spicy attire, Cormac is feeling extremely laid-back after, apparently, eating all but the crusts of his sandwich and then arranging them in some kind of modern art installation on his Easter egg plate. Now, my boys aren’t even twins, …
Crashed-Out Christmas Help
So, what was your first job? As the holiday season gets into full swing, I am reminded of my very first minimum wage position at Miller’s Outpost in Moreno Valley, CA. I think I had just turned 16, so it was December of 1988. I spent Christmas selling acid-washed jeans, studded denim jackets and pleather …
Culprit is Cornered
Nobody in my house will accept responsibility for the violence directed at this poor, snowy white stuffed dog. Even worse, nobody will take responsibility for the concurrent destruction of my Bobbi Brown lipstick. BOBBI BROWN, ladies. You feel me? I go in search of the culprit and discover a potential suspect, who has holed up …