Know what you can do with those growth charts?

Jul 15th, 2008

They grow so fast. Sure, that’s what they all say but then when I shlep my kids in to the pediatrician she breaks out those charts and explains to me exactly how my little spouts are not measuring up. I feed them, I nap them, I do everything short of putting them on medieval stretcher [...]

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Nice Trash

Jun 15th, 2008

Once upon a time a catcall was a catcall. Superficial as it may be, boys, whether in the dorms or on the construction site, whistled at what they saw. And the twisted world made sense. Now that I’m the resident champion of all things green, things have changed. Last week we had people over for [...]

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Compost Heap! I got a Compost Heap!

Mar 30th, 2008

Happy Mother’s Day to me! We had been discussing it for a while, (because, whenever there is something to be done there is nothing like good old fashioned conversation to nip it in the bud,) but finally, it happened. My guy, that nutty romantic, built me a compost heap. In case you’re thinking, what? Why [...]

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