I put olive oil in the soap dispenser today instead of dishwashing soap – there was a time I worried about my sanity but now when I read the Times Picayune and realize people shoot their friends for a domino game gone wrong and presidential candidates have so little to offer that the only thing left to discuss is their lack and the president is threatening his opponents as if they were children I just…
We walked over to City Park today and saw the lights – the celebration of lights – but we did it on the cheap meaning we didn’t do what everyone else was doing and that is standing in line and paying – we just did walk by sighting of turtle doves illuminated in white glazed oak trees and sort of oo’d and awe’d at the stars, diamonds, and squiggles that hung from the dark trees…
I’m now of the opinion that an opinion is something to lose, or at least be flexible with, because at 52 years old I must say that I have seen people illuminated in new light, I’ve seen people change and evolve who I didn’t think would, I’ve seen something that I first saw in my grandmother, that as she aged, her world enlarged. We have a tendency to think about life as shutting down, of…
We went to Tin’s friend’s birthday party last night and Tin was about to burst he was so happy to be going to a party, going to eat birthday cake, he wanted to bring his clarinet and serenade her. Instead he ended up breaking part of her present off because he was so excited! Oh well. She made him a lovely menorah – which is just perfect – as frugality was stopping us from adding…
I was reading an article written by a Waldorf teacher that talked about how adults don’t enjoy festivals and birthdays like kids do – obviously this was not a teacher in New Orleans because lord knows we know how to enjoy. However, I don’t think any of us enjoy exercise nearly as much as these munchkins – Tin now walks out of nursery and shouts PARK! as if it were a command. Tin’s first bromance…
I was walking the dogs through City Park this morning and looked up to find the bare tree filled with seasonal ornaments – cormorants! These two are buddying around the lagoon and the black one has a pretty white feather in its tail and I haven’t seen but would love if the white one had a black feather. It felt so good to be back in the park, it is a winter wonderland there right…
Again and again. I just said this is unacceptable to me to the perpetrator. My horoscope: December 08, 2011 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Today is an exceptionally good day to make a clean sweep of things — whether that requires cleaning up a dirty room or clearing up a touchy misunderstanding between you and a friend. A fresh start is possible if you just do the work. Roll up your sleeves and get going as early in…
Last night I forgot to put Tin to bed with a diaper. As I told Tin this morning, “Mommy wasn’t thinking.” He thought that was very funny, but Evan the alligator and Neno Medo did not think it was funny at all as they needed to be washed too!