As usual I forgot to post here on his actual birthday, which was last Wednesday, but in any case -- Isaac turned 11! Somehow 11 feels so much older than 10, I dunno. I think I remember thinking that when he went from 7 to 8 also. That stuff is all so arbitrary and subjective, of course ( Read more... )

So last night I was driving to chorus rehearsal in Weston, doing about 70mph on I-95, when suddenly there was a loud noise and a big black thing flying away behind me in my rear-view mirror. Needless to say, this was somewhat terrifying ( Read more... )

A little more that I meant to say in my post about the Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath.

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I don't really want to post about the Boston Marathon bombing, but I feel like I have to in order to proceed.

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( In which your humble correspondent stops reading and learns how to love reading again )

A phrase that my fellow single moms and I are quite familiar with is "I don't know how you do it ( Read more... )

I realized today that Ruthie has pulled a giant bait-and-switch on me.

( long post mostly about Ruthie and extracurricular activities )

We're almost two months into the school year and it's going swimmingly so far!

( all the exciting details )

( All about our Little League experience this year )

Today was (well, it's past midnight, so I guess I should say yesterday was) Isaac's 8th birthday. Needless to say, it's hard to believe that my little guy is 8. It's also hard to believe that I've been blogging on this journal for over nine years -- since January of 2002. Wow. That's a lot of words ( Read more... )