Kangatopia

I got on Satan the Scale this morning, and found that I have reduced enough of my body mass to claim a whole new BMI category.  Since my peak after giving birth to Winston, I have lost 55 pounds.  I have shed 37 pounds since my mother died.  Almost 30 pounds have been removed from [...]

Shep reckons it’s time for another weekend in the sun on the lovely, sun drenched island of Galveston. So, he’s rented a little holiday condo and told me to submit my application for inclusion today by 4:30pm. Even though I have not ceased reminding him that taking me would ensure time well spent [...]

It’s been a stressful week for the Mama Bird.  I actually used that line in an email I sent not long ago, and it was so… well… apt that I am re-using it.  A few weeks ago we took Bear and Monkey to a large amusement park.  Monkey started pre-k.  Bear started 3rd grade.  Winston [...]

So, Shep has been riding his nifty red hybrid around and around the lake just about every day lately, and dang it if he hasn’t gone and gotten in way better shape and picked up way more speed than me. To tell the truth, even though Shep is to me like the crock of [...]

So, I’ve been writing in this blog, but I have been largely leaving all the cute things the kids say or do to oral history.  They also do things that are way aggravating, but maybe those are best left to the machinations of retelling.
So, we’re at Shep’s right now.  We’ve been swimming, and now he’s [...]

I’ve been trying to cycle and go to the gym, but I haven’t found much time to do either. I think it’s been more than a couple of weeks since the last gym work-out, and it was the day after that last horrible crash since I’ve been on the bike. Lately, too, for [...]

We heard a sound. What? What is that? Then, the pitter patter of wee Monkey feet.
“Mommy, Winston is drawing on the wall.”
Oh my God.
The hurried stomping noise of Mommy feet running for the bedroom. Winston! Jesus!