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It only took them FOUR YEARS. In all fairness, there were extenuating circumstances, like no passports. Where Costa Rica’s bureaucracy is just disorganized and corrupt, U.S. bureaucracy is tedious and humiliating and corrupt. Procrastinating is easy.
Photo note: We almost named Winston “Uncle Brian”… Brian wanted to take him home!
And, for the past couple of years, Peg has had to use her vacation time for funerals. Fortunately, this vacation was not for mine.
We LOVED having them and have been looking forward to this visit for months. They arrived one week after I was . . . → Read More About Uncle Brian ‘n Ain’t Peg Come To Town
This is Hal’s answer when someone asks how long we’ve been married. Funny, huh? But it hasn’t been forever. It’s only been 17 years, as of today: Groundhog’s Day 2008.
Groundhog’s Day 1991, we got married at sunset on our little makeshift dock behind our mobile home on Stock Island. Back before Stock Island was fashionable. Our good friend Cindy Tellone married us. She was a notary; we wrote our vows. None of our families were in attendance, because…
We started dating 25 May 1989. One day, a year and a half later, since we were hardly out of . . . → Read More About “Seems Like Forever.”
Yesterday, as I was writing this post in my head, I was thinking there were only two me’s. The cute, off-beat, wacky, funny, cheerful me that you all see. And the fly-off-the-handle screaming lunatic mommy me I share only with my dear family. My friend Quint nailed it. He said to me once (and only once), "The flip side of this funny, energetic, perky person is a sight to behold, I’m sure." Oh so true. I’m trying to level my playing field, but I’m just not ready to give up all my me’s.
Like romantic wifey me. Back-seat driver . . . → Read More About Many Me’s
They (you know, experts like Oprah) say like attracts like. I tend to agree. Some People In The Know say opposites attract. I’m not so sure about that, except with magnets. I think we are often fascinated with things different from us. Like Hal being a guy. But once the newness wears off, irritation wears on. Fortunately, Hal’s being a guy is still a constant source of amusement. And for all our differences, we are fundamentally alike. Hence, still attracted. I mean, the guy can’t keep his hands off me. "Who can blame me?" he . . . → Read More About Teen Tours Jungle Without Mommy
I heard this from a speaker at a conference not too long ago. It really hit home. As a wife and mother, you learn to live this phrase, take self-pity and whining out of the equation, or life is completely unmanageable. Like, when you are sick and they are sick, you just keep going no matter what. One of the best lessons I ever really took to heart.
Not by choice. I don’t think we learn the really hard lessons by choice. But when the s–t hits the fan, when my back is up hard against the wall, . . . → Read More About “So What? Who Cares? Do It Anyway.”
So far, so good. The first day, she spent mostly in bed, catching up on sleep. Now she’s watching her political shows* and bringing my plants back to life. Whenever I buy a plant, Hal likes to suggest I kill it in the store rather than bring it home and torture it to death. He gets such a kick out of himself.
My mother, on the other hand, has a green thumb. I think it’s because she likes plants and animals more than she likes people. She has one of those t-shirts that says "plants and animals died to . . . → Read More About Mommy
It’s 5:18am here. Mom arrives with most of her worldly possessions, including her 90lb dog Mango, on the 12:45pm plane into San Juan Santamaria International Airport.
I am not panicked about picking up her dog this time. Mostly because Hal* is doing it (poor guy). And because BRINGING your dog as opposed to SHIPPING your dog is a horse of another color entirely. Personally, I think it’s because SHIPPING is cargo which means another set of bureaucrats in another building. It’s . . . → Read More About Payback
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