Nine

Today I am the mother of a nine year old.
Nine. The last single digit birthday. The last age that sounds right with “and-a-half” tagged onto the end of it. The last year of the whimsical, wonderful pre-pre-teen stage, when magical thinking and a burgeoning awareness of the world live comfortably side by [...]

The White Stuff

“SNOWWWWW DAYYYYYYY!” squealed Katie as soon as she heard the news of today’s school closings. Paul very nearly squealed, too, upon finding out that his office also closed down for the day. A snow day for the whole family. That’s like being handed an extra Saturday out of the blue!
Twenty-six straight hours [...]

Cloverfield: a Review

*Spoiler Alert* There are spoilers ahead. Lots of them. If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read any further. I mean it. Don’t even glance down there, because you will inevitably see something that you didn’t want to know, and all through the whole movie you’ll be wondering when that [...]

For Truth, Justice, and an End to Wanton Tickling!

Today’s guest blogger is Paul (a.k.a. The Geek):

The other night, I took a break from The Two Towers DVD to put together a couple little puzzles with my kids. The puzzles were both picturing Marvel super heroes, and so as we built the puzzles, my kids asked about the different characters, their history and special [...]

Cloverfield

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but I’m a disaster movie junkie. We have to find a sitter so we can go see this.

You Make My Day

I’d like to thank the little people, with their sticky questions and fossilized boogies. I’d like to thank my wonderful husband, without whose geeky influence I might never have known what a blog was, or how to use it to to spread amusing anecdotes, useless trivia, and dire warnings about impending alien invasions. [...]

Smallville Saturation

This morning I was showering when Paul stumbled, bleary-eyed, into the bathroom to brush his teeth.
Him:  *yawn*  Morning, babe.  *scratch*
Me:  Good morning yourself!  (peering out from behind the shower curtain)  Did you know your hair is sticking up funny in the back?
Him (sarcastic):  Yeah.  It helps me fly.
Me:   Very funny.
(Pause.)
Me:  If you’ve been able [...]

Friendship in Marriage

Paul and I play Scrabble. It’s our dorky obsession. We even have a travel Scrabble board which rides around in our trunk just in case we’re stranded somewhere and are struck with a sudden, irrepressible need for a triple word score. We pull it out sometimes at restaurants and play through a [...]

No Carrot? No Problem!

Yesterday was a perfect snowman day. It was about 34 degrees. The seven inches of powder which fell earlier this week, covering the icy sediment below and closing schools on Tuesday, had softened up into a beautiful, dewy slush. After dropping Paul at work and Katie at school, Caleb and I indulged in [...]

Stranded

I usually ignore those little lights on the dashboard.
Our car, a Ford Escort, was born the same year the Euro was introduced*, and is starting to show her age. I’ve decided that the “check engine” light, which has been on for the past 30,000 miles, is the automotive equivalent of arthritis. We’ve taken [...]