March 2010
9 posts
Ixnay on the ampooshay
I realize I’m going to gross a lot of people out by posting this. But: I stopped shampooing my hair about two weeks ago.
No, really. I shower every day, and condition my hair every day, too. I massage my scalp with the conditioner and rinse my hair well. But…no more shampoo. My hair is very thick and wavy, and tends toward dry; my scalp had been itchy and flaky lately, too.
What...
Birthday Par-tay
It was a tropical party. This meant flowered leis, umbrellas in the pink lemonade, and (of course) the limbo.
And don’t forget birthday cake.
Don’t work too hard, Dad.
Procrastination
Oh, deadlines. I count on you, I need you, and yet I also hate you. Is this the way of all true loves?
Instead of meeting my deadline in a timely fashion, perhaps I will go look at cute videos of kitties online.
I'm guessing it was a disappointing visit
I’m doing a little trolling around Google Analytics this evening, and I decided to see what search terms are bringing people to this site. Among the top ten: “segregation nuts.”
(Number 12: “will planters cashews cure my toothache.”)
WatchIt’s spring, which is the time for bunes. That’s right: Bunes.
Observations
Lila’s birthday was a smashing success. “I had a fabulous birthday,” she sighed as I tucked her into bed. For one thing, it was St. Patrick’s Day, as always. For another, it was a drop-dead gorgeous sunny day:
(Stella’s modeling the appropriate head gear.)
Also, we went to Lila’s favorite Mexican joint for soft tacos, where she demonstrated her imitation of...
Birth-Day
Today marks the ninth anniversary of the day I became a mama.
At 6:27 a.m., twenty-five hours after my water broke, I managed (finally!) to push an eight-pound, nine-and-a-half-ounce baby girl from my tired, fatigued self. When I held her in my arms, she opened her dark almond eyes (different from mine!) and looked at me with such intensity it was hard to believe she was brand-new. Chris, who had...
It's been a while
…but I’m back.
Tonight I was reading Stella Raisel’s Riddle, a twist on Cinderella that stars a Jewish girl in Poland. About halfway through the book it occurred to me to point this out:
“Hey Stella, you know what?”
“What?”
“You know how Raisel is a Jewish girl in Poland?”
“Yeah?”
“Well, you know who else was a Jewish...