Happy New Year and welcome back to MoB! I speak for myself when I tell you that my first week off from blogging in 2 ½ years was enlightening. I hope Jennifer will weigh in as part of her next post or make a comment here, but I suspect she had a similar experience. In [...]
Highly unlikely. But not impossible. That was the response from my gynecologist yesterday when I asked him what the chances are that I could still get pregnant at, ahem, my age. It wasn’t exactly the answer I was expecting. I think I was hoping for something more like, “very likely… happens ALL the time… especially [...]
Here is a nice picture of Noah in his new glasses. It was taken last week at the school’s winter concert. I was relieved when the optometrist diagnosed his nearsightedness as mild. Given my blindness, I know what is coming down the pike for this kid. Yet, I’m hopeful that by the time he needs to [...]
As we enter into the most intense magical time of the year, I would like to take this moment to reflect on those gifts that are truly timeless. A shiny new bicycle… a silent, delicate snowfall… the sound of children singing holiday songs… and the pyrotechnic grease fire show at Hibachi. The credit here goes [...]
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ~ Nietzsche “We have to tell him to stop,” Dave implored me this weekend as we watched our oldest son on the dance floor at the lovely Bat Mitzvah we were attending. “Leave him alone,” I [...]
I realized that it was powerful enough to destroy us, which is why at approximately 11:54 a.m. yesterday I decided it was time. Dave had been walking around for most of the week as if someone had peed in his cornflakes. And he doesn’t even eat cornflakes. Noah had acquired an edge which caused him [...]
Helloooooooooooooooooo Christians! Greetings from the OTHER SIDE of the holiday season! Yup. Hanukah ended last night and the Mendell household is officially done with the nauseating pace joy of family giving. The rest of December will be easy street for me. The biggest buying decision I will need to make in the next 20 days [...]
Wake up to dog lick. One of the nicest parts of my day… provided she didn’t eat cat poop that morning. Take shower. Only because I didn’t take one yesterday… and, uh, the dog lick. Think about blog post. Should I blog about my declining hygiene? Check email. Work. Aol. MoB. Facebook. Twtter DM. Is [...]
I was away for work almost the entire week. Sometimes the most beautiful sights become melancholy when you don’t have anyone to share them with. I took this from my hotel room window Tuesday night. (See my reflection in the bottom right corner?) But now I get to share it with all of you! Have [...]
The familiar queries began about a week ago with Chase asking what he might be getting for Hanukah this year. My familiar response was that I wasn’t telling. He then went to Plan B which was to suggest a game where he would guess what he was getting and I would let him know if [...]
