Ryan was "concerned" about my anxiety level, so Piper and I went to visit my family in Michigan for a couple weeks around Thanksgiving. I tried to tell him that visiting my family is not exactly a recipe for relaxation, but he insisted. It wasn't bad, really, but it was tiring. I even skipped the usual "drive frantically around the state for the ( Read more... )

I hadn't realized, until we were traveling in Michigan, out of our little bubble of home/park/mall play area/Ikea how much we've shielded Piper from most popular culture. It wasn't (entirely) deliberate; we only have network TV (and used to have HBO, but my $@$(@*%^*^ feelings about Time-Warner are irrelevant to the topic). We rarely actively ( Read more... )

We've been here for two weeks, and it looks like we're going to stay here through Thanksgiving as well.

I'm strangely okay with it.

My parents have cable, and DVR. Did you know that TNT has a whole seperate network airing reruns of things like Charmed, Angel, and ER? Did you know that Soap Net shows the original Beverly Hills 90210 AND The O.C. ( Read more... )

Piper and I spent two weeks in Michigan, staying at my parents' house. It was two weeks of pretty much constant traveling and bustle, as we careened around trying to see everyone and do everything. I think I managed to hit everything on my list, squeezing in a few hours at Belle Isle on Monday. I was glad I got to go, since a trip out there with ( Read more... )

My parents are here, and staying with us, which means we have FREE babysitters for as far into the wee hours as we want to party ( Read more... )

*For batsonian and anyone else who likes to look at baby clothes: this post inadvertently turned into a mini-guide to my favorite baby clothes, so enjoy!

We cleaned out Piper's closet today. I put eight pairs of never-worn shoes into the give-away pile. Er, rather the "What the Fuck Do I Do With All This Shit Now?" bin. The WtFDIDWATSN bin is currently ( Read more... )