Posted in *E*, *J*, family, kids, tagged family, parenting, divorce, kids, moving, Summer on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When the girls are on the way out the door to their father’s house for their summer visit, and all of life feels like a giant goodbye, or an all-consuming waiting game. There is some pressure (self-imposed, of course) to make it “special” or to ensure that they leave on a positive note. Yet they’re [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, tagged family, kids, movies, moving on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We saw Wall-e tonight. It was fun, and it made us all laugh. E’s favorite part was an allusion to an Iraq-related Bush-ism, “we have to stay the course!” She nearly split a side. (Update: Beloved has found since that there is a good bit of debate going on about that line. I think that’s [...]
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 [...]
Posted in *J*, Beloved, School Issues, family, friends, harassment, hostility, kids, motherhood, parenting, parents, soccer on May 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I stopped at Trader Joe’s on the way home tonight. I needed laundry quarters (even though I didn’t do the laundry after all), and so I picked up a bottle of Rose, and I was enjoying a slow walk home on a pretty spring evening. When all of a sudden my vision focused on a [...]
Posted in *J*, Blogroll, Lawyer Moms, Lawyers, Moms, blogosphere, family, mommy wars, parenting, work, working mom on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I do not write this blog to educate others. I am not here to give you instruction or advice. There have been times that people have read my blog and thought perhaps I would have some advice, or experiences to share, and they’ve written to me through my publicized e-mail, and they received the advice [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, tagged *E*, *J*, family, kids, moving on April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The girls are going through their things in pursuit of our goal: Two boxes packed per person per week. Beloved and I are trying to make this process as painless as possible (we move in July …. )
They ended up traveling to the apartment next door with their arms full of dolls. [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, family, tagged Books, family, kids, math, science, vacation on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, the girls had some rare downtime. They were using that time to “play Yahtzee.” Qhotes because that is what I had assumed. But when they got up to do the next thing, J announced, “[E]! It comes out to 12.7 rolls.” What the heck? “Oh, that’s the average of how [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, work, working mom, tagged boston, Exercise, games, kids, marathon, vacation, work, working mom on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
This is the first year that the girls have been home during a school vacation week. My higher income gave me a bit of a bargaining chip in the child support/visitation department. He pays less, I get to play with the kids more. We were going to go to D.C., but instead choose to syphon [...]
Posted in *E*, *J*, Beloved, family, kids, work, tagged divorce, drama, family, parenting, parents, school, School Issues on April 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Posting has been light, but with good reason. The kids’ school play was this past weekend, wherein E was one of the leads, and J was an adorable little singer & dancer. I, meanwhile, was on the “production team,” and ended up spending every spare moment - both at work and at home - dealing [...]
Posted in *J*, School Issues, friends, gender roles, kids, parenting, parents on April 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I had previously mentioned that J was having some trouble with her “BFF.” Things have continued to be a roller coaster ride. We have done the following since my last post:
discussed the issue with BFF’s mom (who I have been quite friendly with for the past 3+ years) It was 1000% fruitless.
discussed the issue with [...]
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