Recently Heard from M
“Mom, I’m so tired, it’s like when you call me B.” “Mrs E, I haven’t gotten taller, in face I’m short for my age. It’s just that you are a very, very, very small adult.”
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Strawberry Week
B takes his strawberries very seriously. Last year we missed the season because it rained so much that the berries rotted in the fields. This year it has been so hot that when I phoned to see if they were Continue reading Strawberry Week
I help Momma?
When the temperature is not too hot, I sometimes bake pita bread on our pizza stone. But I found out that they don’t stay fresh from Saturday pizza night until Monday felafel night. Oh well, it seemed like a good Continue reading I help Momma?
Creative Destruction before the construction…
DH was setting out to clean out his desk; when we both decided that his desk was impossible to clean the way it was set up; when we moved our desks from one room to another, and he gave away Continue reading Creative Destruction before the construction…
microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices – with jello
Free pdf home experiment link, from the American Chemical Society. There is an associated podcast too, but I haven’t listened to it yet; I’m saving it for the dishes.
Just Overheard
M – I wanted Daddy to play T-Rex, but K got too fussy. K, solemnly – I whining.
Be careful not to judge…
Another get your parents to pre-read it before you do, post. I had near daily morning sickness when I carried B, it stopped about 3 weeks before he was born.In the summer break between semesters tutoring at the community college, Continue reading Be careful not to judge…
*breath* is the father supportive?
Children, ask your parents to pre-read this entry. I was taking classes and working at a community college during part of our sojourn in Illinois; some classes for a teacher’s degree are cheaper at the college level; we’d sort of Continue reading *breath* is the father supportive?
K is healing nicely
Keeping a dressing on K’s hand is tricky, because she is a picker, especially when bored or attempting to not protest too much about having to go to bed. But I saw some healing on the edge of one of Continue reading K is healing nicely
Women are More Autonomous…really?
Attention children: ask your parents to pre-read this first. I am not the best organized person – not even biologically, I have a whacky irregular period and so so fertility. So I found out I was pregnant 3 years ago Continue reading Women are More Autonomous…really?
Thoughts on the ER Visit
I was proud of K, she’d point to the sink when she wanted her Tigger cup re-filled with cool water to dip her burned hand in, she colored the “Timmy and Tina the dinosaurs go to the hospital,” coloring book, Continue reading Thoughts on the ER Visit
My heart was in my throat, but we are fine now.
Last night I was sliding K’s eggs onto her plate for dinner when she let out one of those cries after a deep breath that means major pain. She’d been watching me fry her eggs from a chair, then she’d Continue reading My heart was in my throat, but we are fine now.