Today is rainy and, as my youngest sister used to be fond of saying, dank. It’s hard to get moving on days like today. I’ve found it’s made harder when one is woken up- not by one’s newborn- but by one’s humongo tabby at 5am. To be fair, the cat had important business to deal with at 5am. Atop the armoire. Whining over our heads. And then shrieking as he rode the pivoting standing mirror to the floor. And by {Read More}
Hoodies, hoodies, everywhere.
March 18, 2010 By 6 Comments
Okay. This weather. It’s been pseudo-springtime here for a couple of weeks and it’s been fantastic. Sure, it gets chilly again at night, but it’s been quite the welcome reminder that spring is coming. Earlier this week, however, the weather people told me that it was gonna be close to 70 degrees today (noaa.gov- that’s right, I use NASA’s weather people). I have been so excited for this day to get here that I [mentally] planned out three or four {Read More}
Reluctant parrots, Double bears & Nekkie wombats
February 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
Nora and I are currently on Day 4 of a four day work week. Granted, compared to my past schedules that used to total 50+ hours a week, it’s positively relaxing- but we’re used to the One Day On One Day Off workaday life. This kinda feels like bootcamp. (However, as I type this, 2-year old Lil is stirring in her bed for the day and Nora Jane is snoozing in her car seat, clutching Otto the otter like a {Read More}
A new year, a new pack o’ Pampers.
January 7, 2010 By 3 Comments
Week ten, back to work! Armed with a diaper bag the size (and shape) of Guam, Nora and I set out to see what needs doin’ in the world of two to seven year olds. Apparently, a lot lot. Eggs need scrambling! Hair needs to be braided- evenly- and/or clipped back with appropriate bows (but not too matchy-matchy.) The stegosaurus’ tail needs to be found…on a puzzle piece the width of pencil eraser. Stories need to be performed with the {Read More}
Are they trying to intimidate me?
October 1, 2009 By 10 Comments
Well, I needn’t have been worried. With the end of Great Expectations (the class, not the book- I finished that in ’96) I feared that my baby saga would no longer be funny- or, worse yet, no longer bring up relevant and timely pregnancy ads on my sidebar. (Have you noticed them? I get maybe an eighth of a cent every time you use one. Click click, people!) As it turns out, being pregnant is still SO MUCH FUN that {Read More}
It’s kinda like camping.
August 5, 2009 By 4 Comments
Shameless self-promotion: the ‘Snapshots’ festival that 20% Theatre Chicago produces every year is this weekend! One of my better one-acts is featured, as are two pieces that P.J. gets to rock. Come play! Thursday through Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm. Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway, Chicago. Email at twentypercentchicago@yahoo.com for reservations (and a good time.) Business done? Yes? (Not even remotely.) Yes, we have a new house. Yes, I’m wildly pregnant. But no, I don’t feel like blogging about {Read More}
Soon I’ll need time to process the end of ‘Harper’s Island.’
July 20, 2009 By 1 Comment
We’ll keep this one brief, as I’ve got a few pressing things on my plate. And my “plate,” I mean “bladder.” (How’s THAT for mixing metaphors?) But I am indeed alive and well…well-ish…(Welsh?) and figured I could afford the time to jot down a few funny things of late… Pregnancy (something I like to acknowledge between the all the goings-on with the house, apartment, car and, you know, work): The baby has hiccups! Or I have rhythmic gas bubbles! Either {Read More}
