Monthly Archives: August, 2009
Last Days of Summer
We’re really trying to wring the last possible drops out of summer around here. Right now I’m blogging on the couch, listening to my girls and their friend Emma operate a Play-Doh bakery in our kitchen while ABBA plays in the background. Only in the summertime is a midweek playdate-sleepover possible, so Emma will be …
ProjRun
That’s the shorthand I use for one of my all-time favorite TV shows, Project Runway, which returns tonight after a long, legendary wait for it’s sixth season. There’s a two-hour all-stars edition, plus the first episode of the new season, and then a new related show, Models of the Runway. I’m definitely obsessed– I’m a …
Birthday
Monday is my birthday– I’ll be 31. Not really a big landmark birthday, like last year, but now, you know, I’m in my thirties. Last night my husband surprised me with dinner at Sotto Sopra, a restaurant I have longed wanted to try. It was lovely, everything I had hoped for, and I’m looking forward …
Swallow Falls
Swallow Falls, originally uploaded by SingMyself. One of my big goals for this summer was to take my girls on their second camping trip ever, and this week, thanks to my sister, we succeeded! I took this picture on the trip, at Swallow Falls State Park, in farthest western Maryland. My sister had been there …
Break
I was a bit nervous about writing such a long post on the marriage issue, but it turned into a nice discussion so I was pleasantly surprised. I found this article on the effects of adversity on marriage to be really interesting too– my own marriage weathered some major external adversities in our first few …
Modern Marriage
Like many children of the seventies, my husband and I have both seen our parents divorce and marry new spouses, sometimes more than once. I assume that, like us, there are many other children of divorce who find themselves searching for models of marriage, whether it’s the unconventional (like a parent’s second or third marriage …
Two Weeks
This weekend I realized that I’ll be back at school in two weeks. I have a week-long commitment, and then there’s meetings, so it’s not actually classes, but still. Two weeks. I was not ready for that. On the bright side, I’m actually feeling pretty prepared for the year to start. I feel like I’ve …
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