Category: Parenting

  • School Year Resolutions

    The kids started school yesterday. We’ve done a few things this summer – the natural history museum, mini golf, a week-long day-camp, watched TV, made props (Set pieces? Equipment?) for Sara’s dance studio, splash park, stuff like that. I’ve not done much writing, though. Something about children hanging on my…

  • The Blame Game

    I am now fully ensconced in the horror known as SUMMER BREAK WITH THE KIDS. *cue bloodcurdling scream* We don’t do Day-care. To be fair, Mommy doesn’t work, so she should, you know, be vaguely responsible with the household expenses and Day-care ain’t cheap. Of course, I’ve been  grumping about…

  • Responsibility Suuuuckssssss………

    So… I have 6 year old twins. I think I’ve mentioned that. The horror known as summer break has descended upon me. I’ve contracted a 13 year old to help twice a week with child herding as we attempt wild and crazy places like the natural history museum, the aquarium,…

  • Writing Mom

    There’s a problem with being a writer, with a family, and no way to generate an office that is an inviolate personal space. Namely, visions of being an axe-murderer flit through your head. I have 6 year old twins. I have a husband. I have a desk wedged behind a…