October 2009

Words from the vault

• A Few Clarifications About Our Half-Drunk Challenge and Some Ideas of How to Get Started

  1. You DO NOT have to have a blog to take part in the Half-Drunk Challenge. If you would like to write something specifically for us, we would be honored. Write write away, submit your essay/story to one of us via e-mail, and we will take it from there. (See those nice little e-mail buttons over the

• Thinking out loud

  I have some dirty history. Some scary, dirty history. Years of my life that I'm sure I will eventually reveal. And I'm sure that it would make a lot more sense to write this after an autobiographical bit is posted, but I don't tend to work like that - make sense and all. In short, I've come full

• Another Secret Weekend - help, imma gonna have six kids in my house

  Stress. The devil. Do they indeed mean the same thing? My husband is stressed. Has started a new company and is just so, well, STRESSED. On top of the demands for his time from both clients and family that he cannot fulfill, and the financial deadlines he must meet so as to keep the house in

• I hate birthday parties

  So I'll say it. I hate planning birthday parties. I get stressed, anxious, and generally grumpy surrounding the whole birthday party thing. Do we have one? When do we have one? What day, what time, and where? Of course WHERE is of huge importance to the kid, and when is a matter of convenience for t

• Why Am I Not Sleeping?

  Maybe if I still had a favorite stuffed animal (like B's good friend Theo, here) I would have the discipline to turn off the computer and go to sleep.

• Letter to my sister

  Dear Sarah,I feel I already have failed you. Wasn't I the one who volunteered to write the next post? Yesterday. After we agreed to a daily presence? Allow me to explain.Well, I arrived home to a sick kid and the fallout of a SICK KID. And it was dinner time. Need I say more? The night promised to b

• Post-Vacation Blues

  Real life. Dishes that have become more than just necessity. Naptimes that are more than just convenient. Rules that have reappeared. Sighs that are heavier, deeper and more frequent. Dinner plans. Tomorrow's schedule. Work. Bills. Day-to-Day. I never thought I'd have the inclination to unplug fr

• 101 Things about Sarah, by Sarah

  I'm not sure I like the idea of doing this, but I always enjoy reading the 100 Things About Me list on other blogs. So, in the interest of sharing some information that probably wouldn't otherwise come forward in an ordinary blog post about my life with three kids, I am attempting this not-so-unique

• I think I had an orgasm on my spin bike

  I am not generally a sweater. No, we’re not talking merino wool. We’re talking sweat, people, perspiration. So, let me repeat. I am not generally a sweater. I’m usually the one at the end of the race with a bright red face and splotchy limbs, looking a bit under the weather. I push my bo

• A Short Love Letter to My Sweetie

  Dear Sweetie, Twelve years ago I chose you. Every day since I have chosen you. It is the easiest choice I have ever made. And I will make it again and again. All my love, Me Don't forget to join us in the Love It Up February Love Letter Challenge. We want to inspire you to write a littl