This afternoon, I did a friend a solid by bringing her daughter home from preschool with us when I picked E. up (it takes a village here, people. We all need to pitch in whenever we can). Her daughter, K., is E’s BFF. They’ve been thick as thieves since about this time last summer, and…
At Home
Summer, Summer, Summertime
… sing some smooth Will Smith with me now. Ahhh, summer. I have to admit, now that I live in Florida, it’s no longer my favorite season. It’s too hot, too buggy, too long and poor E. still has to go to preschool (sorry, “summer camp”) all summer, which makes me feel guilty. But there…
Cousin Love
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I have a shit-ton of cousins. Growing up, I was an only child until I was almost 10, so my cousins became my pseudo-siblings. Actually, cousins can be better than siblings when you’re young — you WANT to play with them and the fact that you’re related means you…
Just One of Those Days
This morning was one of those mornings. You know you’ve had them. Here’s a quick recap: 7:15 — I wake up and groan. I was hoping that it was about 5:30 a.m. still. I’m too tired to think about getting up yet, but I know we need to get going. I’ll just close my eyes…
My Beach Kitchen
I used to get so angry at JK Rowling when she would take too long to release the next “Harry Potter” book. I have some new respect for her. In January, I left my dear readers with a cliffhanger — which blue did we choose for our newly renovated kitchen? Yum, yeah. That would be…