“That’s one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard,” says one of my good friends, Susie. She’s speaking of the great metaphor that we use when our husbands talk about their ex–girlfriends—“band camp”. And she’s still talking about it four…
The place where I live, in the Northern United States, there are a lot of miseries and hardships. The cultural traditions are backwards and behind. People here are simple–minded and lack their teeth. Sadly, alcoholism and prescription drug use is…
The other day, Calvin and I had to do some errands at Wal*Mart. I stayed in the car with Fern and Oopie, because Fern was sleeping and Oopie needed to breast–feed. It was a rainy day. The sound of the…
I’m sitting at my car in the parking lot at work, on my last day before I am officially a non-employed person (by choice), and I hear this song by The Killers, called “Mr. Brightside.” How weird. Really? How so? This…
I’ve had a blog since 2009. I stopped posting in 2012 because it was either my blog or my kids. I worked full-time. I just had to make my priorities. I miss blogging, but I still have my gripe with…
I have to update on the yelling status of Fern. I have done really well, and so has Calvin. My yelling factor went from about a 7 to about a 3. I would say that a 3 is normal for…
It’s finally spring. Thank god. My lingering, post–partum, hormones are getting the best of me. The lack of sunlight and warmth, were getting to me too. I have tried to take the girls outside when it’s warm out, especially Oopie…
I think that I am going to try a different approach of disciplining Fern. It seems that the exact day that she turned two, is the exact day that she turned terrible, just like they say in all the literature….
