Kangatopia

True Love

It is true love because
I put on eyeliner and a concerto and make pungent observations about the great issues of the day
Even when there’s no one here but him,
And because
I do not resent watching the Green Bay Packers
Even though I am philosophically [...]

It’s 4am. Winston just woke up to alert us all to the fact that she needed to go to the potty, and so she did! My baby girl just pooped in the big potty! I am so proud of her.
Damn it! I should have taken a picture.

Monkey:  “Mommy, how do you know our dog is a girl?”
“Because of her girl parts.”
“Ewwww”
(Ew?  Why ew?  What is she learning at daycare anyway?)
“How can you tell from her farts?”
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Shep and I took the kids out to the lake today for an extended play session at a very crowded park (it’s been a beautiful Sunday [...]

I did something today I shouldn’t have done. I did it because I’m exhausted, and when I get this tired, I do things which I know I will later view as destructive. After not eating very much yesterday, and also feeling a need to rejuvenate after yesterday’s not so seamless kick off to [...]

The gym has long been left to the dusty archives of kangatopia as I have explored a growing adoration for cycling. I still adore the many faceted entertainments of the gym: childcare center; dry sauna; wet sauna; childcare center; lap pool; whirlpool; childcare center; cardio and weight training machines; childcare center; and assorted equipment [...]

Her little, cherubic arm* circled my neck from behind, and she gently held my chin in her palm.
“Hold still, Mommy.”
She gently, carefully brushed my hair with the broken handled brush. Trying to find the tangles and slowly disengage them. Behind her, her sister was brushing her hair and making it “smooth”.
Her sister helped [...]

Shep’s sister (who doesn’t have any kids) sent him this, and he sent it to me after a very long and difficult talk over the phone today. You see, I am really stressed out and almost completely out of juice to handle/manage/juggle the multiple pressures in my life of kids, job, money and not [...]

Halleluja
by Leonard Cohen
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this…the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall
The major lift
The baffled King composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in [...]

As all the little boring troubles of day to day life go, I’ve got a whole bunch.
1)  Cub scout meetings have been moved to a 5:30 start time, instead of 6pm, which prompted me to warn the den leader that I would only be able to get Bear to the meeting in time if a [...]

When I’ve finished a story I’ll type it all on to the computer, editing as I go. Then I read it all again and think it’s horrible, and get very depressed. That’s one of the things you have to put up with. Eventually, after a lot of fiddling, it’s sort of all right, but the [...]