I remember long ago, when Malcolm was a newborn, a friend saying “OMG, in 13 years, you’re going to have 3 teenage boys! I can just picture them all swarming into the kitchen, yanking open the fridge, raiding your food supply, leaving carnage in their wake.” This was not what I wanted to hear. The [...]
Today Hugh quoted the tag line about cous-cous: “The food so nice, they named it twice.” He proposed a meal of double-named foods, serving cous cous and finishing with Dum-Dums for dessert. But what about an entree? Chris came up with mahi-mahi. The perfect occasion would be a double date. The perfect day to do [...]
Today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religion. For the uninitiated, some talking points: Today you ask God to forgive you and he/she always does – even if you are begging forgiveness for the exact same list of sins you offered up last year. (At least that’s what I’m betting on). You [...]
We live in a 1901 house. When we moved here in 1995, we loved the light, the fireplace, the extra space for an in-home office, the nice yard…but we hated the cruddy kitchen. Peeling ancient cabinets, a terrible layout, a mish-mash of depressing appliances – it was all horrible. It was intolerable. It had to [...]
I have been a single parent for six straight days. I kind of liked it. It’s not a situation I would want to become permanent. But there is something about claiming all parental controls for your very own for a few consecutive days that is rather appealing. I think I saved at least five hours [...]
