by Vaquero
December 19, 2009 in Sheila Hates Me Kids
For the last few years I’ve been buying the Advent Calendars from Starbucks. They are very cute contraptions that have boxes for each day that you pull out, take the chocolate out, turn the box around, put it back in, and as the days accumulate you create a picture of winter. It’s a secular Advent Calendar. You should know that I am a secular person raised by secular parents and I myself am raising secular children.
by Vaquero
January 9, 2009 in Sheila Hates Me Kids
by Vaquero
Dinnertime. Grating parmesan cheese for pasta. Madison said, “How do they make so many different kinds of cheese, and why are they all so tasty?” Read the rest of this entry →
by Vaquero
December 30, 2008 in Sheila Hates Me Kids
She hates me for talking about my kids. Hmmm. Anyway, Gawker’s Richard recently wrote about the Duggar family and their 18 kids http://gawker.com/5115582/why-do-we-keep-congratulating-the-terrifying-duggar-family which made me think of this:
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December 22, 2008 in Sheila Hates Me Kids
And this is why: We are in a hotel room in Hawaii on the Big Island. It is February. We are escaping the incessant rain of the Pacific Northwest. Mia, four years old, comes to me, dressed and ready to go outside.
I say, “Let me fix this first.”
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December 18, 2008 in Sheila Hates Me Kids
by Vaquero
My mind is rapidly faltering these days. I am often in a state of confusion. Recently while unpacking groceries in the kitchen, I put the toilet paper in the freezer. When I found it there days later, I asked my husband, “Why’d you do that?” Because I certainly didn’t do it. I also can’t remember things if I do not write them down. Anyone can tell me something five times, I can look directly at them, converse about the subject even, but if I am to do something and I do not write it down, it is as if the interaction has not occurred and I will do nothing. I even create my own situations: to wit: Read the rest of this entry →
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