CS and I take lots of pictures of Sun. In the age of digital film, we are all amateur photographers with no costs of development to worry about. At year end, we pick our favorite pictures and print them for a photo album we have for Sun. In looking at that photo album tonight, I [...]
The marathon week has begun. Final gifts purchased; that last trip to the mall to get a pic with Santa; procurement of groceries… We still have so much to do! The in-laws arrive on Tuesday for a period unknown (I have odds they will leave Saturday). Cleaning, decorating, gingerbread houses to build; pecans to penuche! [...]
Today, for inexplicable reasons, the holiday season began for me. I even started listening to Christmas carols. I think it’s that New Orleans had its first legitimate cold snap. Or that my office is having its Turkey Day this Wednesday so I have had to start looking at recipes. Or that I sent out invitations [...]
Before I had Sun, I worried about money all the time. ALL. THE. TIME. How could we save enough for retirement? Get out of debt? Travel and enjoy life? Ever afford a child? Now, with Sun and a tanking economy, money is tighter in my life than it has been in a decade. And I [...]
They take their daughter to Oktoberfest. This is Sun’s second. She marvels at the oompa band, still too young to enjoy the Chicken Dance. She is too shy to be comfortable on her own feet; she hugs her mother’s legs when set down. Her parents are happy to hold her and not fear her getting [...]
In what passes for a cool Fall day in New Orleans, I took the opportunity to enjoy the weather. Sun and I walked down the street to the little park on the corner. The school kids were sitting on the table and avoided us. I took Sun to the slide and let her come at [...]
While in the office yesterday, I remembered my sister was taking Sun for the night. I had forgotten to give Sun an extra hug. When I got home yesterday evening, the house was quiet. Quiet like it just isn’t anymore; quiet the way it used to always be. It was serene but hollow. CS and [...]
I met Captain Sarcastic in September. We began to fall in love in October. Ten years later, the early days of Fall still remind me of that last time I fell in love. Those early sweet days of courtship. It saddens me that I’ll never fall in love again. Sure, I re-fall in love with [...]
Gustav is underway. And I have NOT been glued to the television. As a matter of fact, it may as well be off. We have it on but muted. No, my addiction is Twitter. It is instant gratification and information. Instead of trying to figure which news channel to watch, which to trust (especially being [...]
On this, the three year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we have: procured a generator. stocked up on food stuffs (including booze). filtered lots of water. gathered flashlights and batteries, hurricane lanterns, candles, fans, a radio, our satellite radio, and the contraflow map. filled one car with gas and parked the other in a high and [...]