Where Ya Been?

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I suppose I owe you faithful readers an explanation for why I have been gone since Christmas. I am jaded. It's as simple (and as complex) as that. Late last Fall I realized that every time I was on Facebook, which really was all the time, I felt vaguely shitty (thank you Lisa M. for that beautifully concise description of my feelings). It dawned on me that I am not designed to be constantly Continue Reading

Shake It Off

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My girls love Taylor Swift and Shake It Off is pretty much their theme song. A couple times a week I am privy to their dancing on our kitchen table to it, and I find myself wishing you all could see how adorable they are. Well, now ya can. Masha and Autumn attend summer camp and after every two week session there is a camp show. This time they had the girls' camp group do an unscripted dance Continue Reading

In Zero Words or Less

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In the movie The Princess Bride there is scene that has Wesley being tortured by Count Rugen in the Pit of Despair. Right after Rugen uses the machine on Wesley, he says to him, "...What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity, so be honest. How do you feel?" Wesley just whimpers. He can't even reply in words. Rugen ponders Wesley's cry, "Interesting." For me, that Continue Reading

My Run-in with the Nasty Camp Director and Why You Should Not Flip People Off

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A little background here... Masha is signed up for 6 weeks of summer camp at the town. Starting this week (#2) she is also going to her ESY program at one of our district schools after camp. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the kids from her school program come to the town pool after lunch to swim. Last year on those days Masha went to the school and had no one to really be with her and it didn't go so Continue Reading

More On Color

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I have been wanting to come back to this topic for a while now, but since my first go-round with it cost me a couple virtual relationships and apparently painted me as a closet racist, I have been shy to return to it. Halfway through the school year, the fifth graders completed a huge project for their Heritage Day celebration. Each child had to choose a country that had something to do with Continue Reading