Monthly Archives: September 2007

I want to thank you all for the support and help around the Montessori decision.  Today I worked from home, as my car is still in the shop (see below; the story is starting to reach amusing proportions) and I … Continue reading →

Tonight was meet the teachers night at Noah’s daycare and it went really well – especially considering that my car broke down, not just leaving work, making me later to get to Noah than I ever have been, but then … Continue reading →

Quick updates and a tiny survivor burp. Noah really does seem to be turning the corner with his daycare, although he is still clear he would rather be home and that is – how it is. But today when I … Continue reading →

Still alive. :)   You Are a Red Crayon Your world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors. You have a deep, complex personality – and you are always expressing something about yourself. Bold and dominant, you are a natural … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had a real nightmare come true. Sort of. You know that dream that starts in pregnancy where your baby’s in trouble but you can’t get there? (And if not, well, I have that dream at least a few … Continue reading →

I have an aunt I love. Okay, she’s actually a second cousin once removed, or something like that, but she has stood in the aunt position my whole life, and in my family, that means a lot. I know that … Continue reading →

Ah, the exclamation mark. Or point. Is it a mark or a point? As an editor I probably should know these things, but I don’t. I will have to ask my copy editor. Anyways, this little bit of punctuation is … Continue reading →

As everyone can tell, Fri night was sort of awful. I was tired and out and ranted here, which is better than most places, but sorry if it felt ranty. It was ranty. Saturday morning our usual playgroup was cancelled … Continue reading →

The other piece to my anger (still leaping off your comment here) is that my parents don’t seem to get, despite knowing it, that I have done years of therapy and worked with survivor communities for over a decade. Because … Continue reading →

Haillie: Maybe I haven’t done a good job of expressing this so I’ll try it. My parents were at the school for 45 minutes. In that time they decided that it is a “Japanese mind cram” and not only the … Continue reading →