Queen of Rambles

Tonight was the series finale of Gilmore Girls (don’t worry, this is a spoiler-free post). It has been pretty bad for a long time, but I still watched every week. I couldn’t help myself. I was strangely attracted to all the gabby-gabby-gabby. Can people really talk that fast? Even though I stopped liking the show [...]

The month of May is almost half gone and I have not made very good progress on all my goals. I haven’t done a single writerly thing, which leads me to suspect I don’t want to be a writer nearly as much as I want to have a book with my name on the cover. [...]

Advantages to having a small kid: -Easier to carry -Don’t have to buy new clothes as often Disadvantages to having a small kid: -The other parents at the playground look at you like you are a horrid, horrid mother for letting your poor, poor baby run free at the playground even though he is quite [...]

We had our big brunch today and my appetizer was a HUGE hit. Every single person commented on it and everyone wanted the recipe. This has def. been moved to the top of the list of Fancy-Pants Things I Take to Potlucks. I thought it was really easy, but I like to cook so who [...]

I used to be the kid who would tell the other kids not to cuss around me. Then I met Mike*. Then I took up knitting. Knitting must play a large part in tying sailing knots, because the words that flew out of my mouth. . . well. . . they weren’t like me! That’s [...]

I must share some amazing and wonderful things about Erik to get my mind in a good place. If I don’t concentrate on the good, I’ll just think about the bad and soon I’ll be hopping a plane to Alaska. Sans child, of course. He can just be so frustrating! Like all almost-two-year-olds I suppose, [...]

I hope I don’t have to stay up all night changing nasty, funky diapers. Hope hope hope. I hope my sister and her family get on the plane and go home. They are supposed to leave at 10 pm Hawaiian time. I hope my poor mom doesn’t have a stroke or a heart attack because [...]

If you’ve been reading my musings long you’ll know I am most emphatically NOT a morning person. I’ve always had jobs that required early rising, but I was never happy about it. I always heard that babies had early rising times and dreaded dealing with a newborn at six in the freaking morning. Surprise, surprise! [...]

Why did my darling boy have to get up before 7 this morning? And why oh why did he have to have nightmares all night? At one point he was screaming and furiously driving a car. He is becoming really good at his sign language. Yesterday we saw a woman walking two dogs, a little [...]

There’s a reason I never wanted to have children. It’s the same reason I worry about having a second child. My sister. What if my kid turns out to be a totally irresponsible liar, thief and drug addict*? What if I have to call the police because my kid is trying to kill me with [...]