Right from the beginning, I’ve tried to be careful of the way I describe the world to Hanna, of the words that I use, because that’s the foundation for the way she’ll think, the way she’ll see the world. As she grows and has her own experiences, she’ll make her own decisions about how things [...]
After a long hot day of swim lessons and gardening, I have to admit I am not feeling my usual patient self, and when Hanna asked me to read her the Mother Goose Counting Rhymes book for the 12th time today, I just couldn’t do it. So I gave in, and turned on the television [...]
Despite the fact that my knee is still throbbing, I managed to get the last of the rose bushes pruned back today. The yard debris bin is very tall and it makes a nice crutch. I’m trying to do at least one thing in the yard each weekend, and I’m glad I was able to [...]
I think this is probably as close as I’m going to get to an actual New Year’s Resolution. I’ve been using Goodreads much more this past year to keep track of my reading, and I did one of the book challenge things last year. I’m trying to get my brain back into shape after being [...]
My mother, in her role as one of Santa’s favorite helpers, got us a copy of Carcassone for Christmas. We finally got the plastic off of it tonight and played a couple rounds. My sister has a copy that she’s brought to several family gatherings, but I’ve never played it as a two player game [...]
When I first met Ryan, I felt like for the first time in my life, I knew where I was. Now I have Hanna, I feel lost again, and what’s worse, now I have something to lose. The world is suddenly dangerous, and I don’t know how to cope. I don’t talk about the down [...]
I know one way motherhood has changed me, and that is that it’s made me much more of a radical. There is a certain amount of crap that I’ve learned to put up with in my life, because I just got tired of fighting, and I figured I could handle it. But I am damned [...]
I’ve decided to feel good about the fact that the floor that Hanna is currently licking hasn’t been swept in living memory. I’m not being a bad housekeeper, I’m being a responsible mother and making sure that Hanna is properly exposed to dirt and germs at a young age, so she can build up a [...]
Just got back from the dentist’s office, Ryan had all four of his wisdom teeth out this morning, and I took the day off to look after him. It’s actually kind of nice, today is one of Hanna’s regular days at daycare so I don’t have to worry about her for a bit, and now [...]
Leaving Hanna on her own to figure things out is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do so far as a parent. She wants desperately to be mobile, but the only way she’s going to get there is if I put her down and let her figure out how to pick herself back [...]
