Posted in *J*, School Issues, birthdays, family, friends, kids, tagged 4th grade, bullies, family, friends, friendship, girls, kids, school, School Issues on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My update post, and, hopefully, my last. Our goal in this family is to stop focusing, to stop complaining, and to stop allowing this other family so much power in our own.
We had the meeting with the principal, and Beloved and I were as satisfied as we could have been. The guidance department is available [...]
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Usually my weekends are full of blogging. I can finally stop and breathe - spend a little time on my couch ruminating. Or a lot of time.
Not so much this time of year.
I’m running around like mad, attending events, preparing myself and my family for said events, buying things for the events, helping out with [...]
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Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, birthdays, kids on December 4, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Oh, hey! I had 30 people over on Friday! They all fit; the house did not explode. I think the place looked awesome, and people seemed comfortable enough. The meeting went well, but can’t say more, b/c I was sworn to secrecy.
Went to a friend’s for a Hannukah party on Saturday [...]
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Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, Exercise, Lawyers, Zuska the Dork, birthdays, entertaining, family, food, friends, holidays, housework, housing, independence, kids, overwhelmed, work on November 29, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I should be tired. I have done a lot today. A lot of work, a lot of exercising, a lot of socializing, a lot of sports practice schlepping, a lot of cleaning, a lot of chatting, a lot of cuddling.
Work still gets an A. Sometimes I wonder what happened. Why am I so happy, when [...]
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The sushi was, in fact, fantastic. Very creative and yummy. Especially their “creative roll” which they termed the volcano. It had scallops in it, and some sort of sauce dumped on top, and it was amazing.
We ate at 9 p.m., after seeing two movies. Not one. Two.
We saw:
1) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead; and
2) [...]
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I took E shopping today. She’s going to NYC for a show and a fancy-pants dinner, and she is going to a dance, and we’re going to a friend’s Bat Mitzvah.
We went to Macy’s, but the stupid store didn’t have a kids’ section.
So we went to Bloomingdales, but I was scared. I’d seen [...]
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Posted in *E*, Beloved, birthdays on September 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Beloved managed the random, surprise day off quite nicely. He is, again, my Prince. He shuttled both girls to various friends’ houses and back, prepared for E’s bday celebration tonight, cooked E’s bday dinner, took J shopping to allow her to buy her sister a gift, managed getting E to soccer practice, and generally kept [...]
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Posted in birthdays, weekends on September 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It’s 12:42. There has been no talking since I told them there should be no talking. I am pleased. They are asleep.
It’s our turn.
I set my alarm for 8 so I can make pancakes.
Then, my parents and sister come.
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Posted in *E*, birthdays, friends, funnies, kids on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
I remember playing truth or dare for the first time in 8th grade. It was a boy/girl party. Not the “I’m in 4th grade and some of my friends are girls, and some are boys, so they’ll all come over and we’ll play baseball and we’ll open presents and we’ll eat cake” kind [...]
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Posted in *E*, birthdays on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
The girls are all in their sleeping bags. The lights are off. I have told them “my door is open!” It has been 3 minutes, and there is no talking.
It’s 12:08 a.m.
We may be ok.
Because it’s 12:08 a.m., and there has been zero negativity. E is a happy child. She is smiling, and content, and [...]
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