When we get calls from cable companies they usually go something like this:
Cable guy: Good afternoon, ma’am. We’re calling to see if you would be interested in upgrading your service – we have a special offer at the moment where for an introductory rate of $19.99/month a switch to our provider will bring access to [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 31, 2009
Can it really be 7 years since we last owned a TV?
August 26, 2009
Hello 35, Come on in
It’s. My. Birthday. Oh yes it is. Hello, 35, is that you knocking? Well, don’t be shy, come on in. I’m ready for ya!
The house is still recovering from Jackson’s birthday bash and the laundry hasn’t been done for a week. The kitchen sink busted and the disposal had to be replaced. The beds are [...]
August 23, 2009
To my freshly turned four-year-old
Dear Jackson,
I loved you long before you were born. You were the destination I was traveling toward for years. But it took me so long to reach you because I came via back roads, side-streets and muddy ditches. I got bad directions en route to motherhood. And having resisted it for years, once my heart [...]
August 20, 2009
Ten tips for Sightseeing in DC . . . with Kids
Summertime in the District = sightseeing trips with friends and family from far and wide. Believe it or not, we hadn’t hit this many monuments, memorials and museums since Pete and I were students, which was, you know, waaaaaaayyy back in the day. More importantly, it was way back in the day before we had [...]
August 17, 2009
The perfect storm
It was an idyllic Friday – 8 hours of totally kid-free couple time. I should have known that that was just the quiet before the storm; the moment in Jaws where the couple is splashing playfully in the water enjoying a romantic midnight dip oblivious to the gory fate that awaits them. Because, after all, [...]
