Well, I think I’m in Christmas card purgatory now. I’m not up on my Dante or I’d put myself into some more interesting level. I finished the letter ones, have them addressed, mostly stamped and ready to mail. I have a few others to send to immediate family that will include the kids’ school pictures…

That’s where I am, where I have been almost all day. What possesses me to put myself through this torture? And why, oh why, can’t software people make anything that works on something besides a Windows maching? First, I had trouble printing the letter. Then, I had problems with the pictures. Ran out of paper,…

So I added an official poll to settle my virtual graphic identity once and for all. Please take the poll so I can feel some sort of satisfaction. Feel free to comment here too. For some reason, I’m feeling the need to be official. Also, I added the kid quote of the day in…

The presents from the inlaws, that is. Let me preface what I am about to say with the statement that my inlaws are nice people. They have treated me like a member of the family from the very beginning. I believe they always have good intentions. Now. Yesterday, five very, very large boxes arrived from…

In the spirit of David’s post and resolution to have more dinner parties, I wanted to post my own menu (which isn’t nearly as impressive as his) for my soiree on Saturday with a few of my students. It’s an hors d’oevres and snack thing. meatballs with chutney sauce italian deviled eggs assorted cheese and…

There is quite a discussion going in various places around the blog world about one single person’s decision not to pursue the Ph.D. (I found it via wolf angel). The comments to the original post by this woman have gone way beyond reasonable. I do find her a bit whiney, but hey. Whenever I read…

Because it’s boring. And, ironically, messy. As I dig through clutter, I can never decide what to keep, what to throw out. I usually err on the side of throwing out and so far have no regrets. I’m cleaning now mainly because I have the time and I’m having people over on Saturday. Coming on…

There’s a wonderful discussion going on at 11D as a result of a three-part review she did of Home Alone America by Mary Eberstadt. I was going to post a comment over there, but I had too much to say, some of it personal (as an absent mom myself). I found an excerpt of the…

Got the other one finished. Now my back hurts and I’m exhausted. And yet, there’s more to do. Like getting the stuff that goes in the new furniture into it and putting lights on the tree . . . Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I built a fire. See? I put on the Christmas music and I built the tv stand. And now I need a break. My camera malfunctioned again and wouldn’t download the pictures but because Geeky Mom is married to a geek (of course), I was able to “borrow” his card reader and download the pictures.…