Today J fell on his face and his lip started to bleed.  I picked him up and sat him on my lap ( Read more... )

Earlier this week I accidentally bought goat milk instead of cow milk for the dairy eaters in the house.  I only realized this yesterday.  M cottoned on to it this morning when he spotted the picture of the goat on the carton, at which point we had the following exchange ( Read more... )

Nice weekend full of all sorts of good food and friends!  Friday was a ditl day - will post a link to it when the mods approve it! - so I spent the day with my camera much to D's dismay (he finds ditl's mildly annoying).  D's always had problems with itchy eyelids in Israel at this time of year, so he went to the doctor - I mean, we're paying for ( Read more... )

D:  [points to cafetiere] Is this clean ( Read more... )

I still feel so down.   I did talk to the older two a bit about what was going on.  They were sad to hear it, despite hardly remembering my friend and her family (though they did come up to meet J just after he was born).  Have finally written to my friend's husband to ask if a visit would be welcome. I guess there are two ways to approach this: ( Read more... )

I guess I'll start with the most recent, because it's on my mind:  Merlin doesn't seem well at all, much worse than he has been over the last year.  I gave him his insulin this evening but he hadn't eaten his dinner and when D came home from his performance (it's show week) Merlin was staggering around.  D says Merlin will be lucky to last the ( Read more... )

On the way to the pool yesterday....

M: If we're in an accident and I'm the only one who isn't hurt, will I stay with L?
Me: Do you mean if we're all in the hospital being bandaged and you're fine?  Probably, because we're friends with her and she lives close by.
M: What if you all die?  Can I go live with her then?
Me: Probably not.
M: Then where?
Me: ( Read more... )

( About both of us, actually )

I have a really good friend who spent six months working as a waitress.  This was a really long time ago - maybe 12 or 13 years ago.  After she did this, she gained a deeper appreciation for the harassment that comes with the job and started leaving larger tips.  I've worked as a waitress too, but I don't think I experienced anything nearly as ( Read more... )

I know I swore I would post more often this year...and I will.  The first half of January seems to be going by in a blur.  ( The last two weeks... )