Category: Dear Diary
Dear Diary: How to Cultivate a Fine Friday Feast
Dear Diary, Friday’s festive feast was FANTASTIC! I went to the store inspired and found an abundance of unique foods that started with F. There were so many F foods that I had to change my strategy of putting them ALL in my cart, and instead be choosier about those that made the grade. The… Read more
Dear Diary: The Weirdness Award Went to the Hotdog Taco
Dear Diary, I decided that it would be fun to have dinners that start with the same letter as the days of the week. We started our alliterative adventures with Mac and Cheese Monday. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked three boxes of mac and cheese at the same time before. There’s something slightly disturbing… Read more
Dear Diary: One Foot in the Proverbial Technology Grave
Dear Diary, I couldn’t maintain my invincibility forever. While I was successful in avoiding the first round of colds, I have succumbed to this one. So far, it’s not too bad, but it did take away one of the kid’s voices, so there’s still opportunity for improvement. Un-improvement? Opportunity for worseness? I mean, from the… Read more
Dear Diary: That Stupid Cold Was Mediocre At Best
Dear Diary, I AM VICTORIOUS! That stupid cold went through everyone else in the family, but NOT ME! I have prevailed! I have looked into the heart of sickly darkness and walked away unscathed. It tried to do its worst, which honestly, as far as colds go was totally mediocre at best. Oh sure, it… Read more
Dear Diary: No One Went to School Today
Dear Diary, No one went to school today. I would question the voracity of their sickly claims, were it not for the obvious congestion and periodic coughing, but they are in way too good of humor and energy for my idea of staying home sick. The ‘80s kid in me needs them to be suffering… Read more
Dear Diary: The First Cold of the School Year
Dear Diary, Well, we made it to week 3 before Kid #3 brought home the first cold of the season. Adult Kid, a.k.a. Kid #1, doesn’t even start college for another week or two. Still, that’s three times as long as last December, when the kids were back for ONE WEEK after the month-long teachers… Read more
Dear Diary: I’m Not Handling the New School Year Well but the Kids Seem Okay
Dear Diary, Well, we’re a solid few weeks into the new school year now. Kids seem to have adjusted well, even with the random changes to the times their schools now start. The high school starts a whopping FOUR minutes earlier. I don’t know what adding four minutes to their day is going to accomplish.… Read more
Dear Diary: Reveling in the Subsequent Quietness
Dear Diary, Today is the first day of school. Well, technically YESTERDAY was the first day, but today is the first day that ALL the kids are at school. Except for the adult kid. The adult kid doesn’t start for another few weeks and isn’t technically a kid anymore, so I stand by my original… Read more
Dear Diary: A Nine on the Subjective Scale of Happiness
Dear Diary, If I had to rate today on a happiness scale of 1 to 10, I’d awardit a 9, held confidently overhead like someone wrangled into judging acontest they’re only semi knowledgeable about and are scoring subjectively,rather than using a complex technical merit-based system. Today “feels” like a9. To be fair, happiness is a… Read more