In our world, “gap” is now linked with the word “year,” and it means Ian is taking time off between high school graduation and freshman year of college. We’re completely on board with this concept. What a great idea, to take a bit of time before leaping from the frying pan into the fire. To have [...]
Chris and I have something even better than a vacation house: FRIENDS with vacation houses. Over Memorial Day weekend, we took Kevin & Linda up on their lovely annual offer, and drove to the Jersey Shore to meet up with their family and two other couples for sea, salt, and sun. We are all-boy in the child department – an average [...]
On Fridays, as you may have noticed, Emily and I write about something in the news here on MOB. I’m deviating from that tradition a bit to bring you a clip from British comedian Ricky Gervais because 4 out of 5 of us in this house find it hilarious, and laughter is a great way [...]
Lately, life has been a crazy comedy of errors. Chris and I (professional PR people) mis-hear and mis-read each other’s plans. “I thought you were doing the shopping after you went to the gym and before you returned the library books and dropped off the dry cleaning.” Headshaking. “No, you had the list and were [...]
Warning: the following words may cause your blood pressure to skyrocket. Wrapping Paper Cookie dough Pizza dough Daffodils Bat-a-Thon Shoot-a-Thon Relay for Life This is not a jump rope chant or one family’s shopping and activity list for the weekend. No. This is actually a list of ways for schools, sports, and charities to raise money through [...]
Yesterday, the weather was sunny, warm, and perfect. As we left for Malcolm’s baseball game at 6 PM, I grabbed a hooded sweatshirt, worrying, “Will this be enough?” Chris assured me it would. After all, the air was still balmy. The car was roasting. The sun was strong when we arrived. I knew that before long, I [...]
One of my favorite volunteer jobs is running the Attic Treasures booth for our local library’s May Fair. Not only do I love the cause, but our library looks like it belongs in a Beatrix Potter book. The old part is stone, and cottagey, with beautiful soaring windows in the reading room and flowering trees [...]
I am so jealous of all the young moms who, through blogs, are documenting the lives of their children, from the moment of “congratulations, you’re pregnant” on through all the Firsts: smiles, rolling overs, steps, teeth, words, day of school, sleepaway camp…. Those are the years of maximum cuteness, and how fantastic to be able to efficiently and fairly [...]
It was 1972. My friend Lisa was in love with Jim Croce, and I was in love with Cat Stevens. Our crushes were partly based on the fact that we lived in Missouri, surrounded by Scots-Irish-Anglo blond boys – and the exotic swarthy hirsute looks of our Greek and Italian crushes were very hot. When [...]
Some months ago, Malcolm was having trouble falling asleep and asked if I would come talk to him. Bedtime books and stories already largely a thing of the past, this was a rare request. Specifically, he wanted to hear stories from my childhood. So I regaled him with the tale of the time I ran away from school [...]
