May 2012
19 posts
Reason numer 87 I love my kids' school (and Tower...
From the principal-
If trees are really able to speak as so many wonderful novels and movies depict, I am confident that by the end of next week the trees who make their homes in Tower Grove Park will know most of our students by their first names. I have always appreciated being so near such a beautiful park, but never more than this week. So many of our classes have gathered their buddies...
WatchDancing classrooms semi final at St Joan of arc. My kid is in the black skirt and silver top.
“My wife will have cute short blond hair and a white smile and may even be a...”
– Gus, describing the future Mrs. Gus.
“You go really slow and careful with your razor. My dad goes really fast when he...”
– Gus to jean the hair stylist
What's the worst?
Three schoole events always come up in May. My husband John and I ponder which of them is the worst.
School Picnic
why we hate it: usually muddy. Kids always play in the little creek that runs through Tower Grove Park. Kids come home filty and tired. They always forget to eat. Someone usually cuts the bottom of their feet running around barefoot.
why we like it: kids are supposed to get...
I am this close to losing my sh$t...
4 kids, job, spring sports, sick kids, husband travel a lot, end of school year stuff. Enough said. And what is truly ridiculous is that I am getting tons of help from family, friends, neighbors and co-workers and it still doesn’t seem like enough. But I am grateful for the help I do get.
So, for those who may be reading, thanks for all the rides, favors and after school help: Sandy K,...
some things
It’s been a long day. I am:
over committed to girl groups. I spent the morning at the girl scout store buying the troop new vests, patches, etc. I then had to meet with someone on one of the sorority alum club board I sit on.
tired of watching creative performances. Mimi had a creative dance ‘recital’ yesterday and a creative storytelling performance today. I am glad to...
April 2012
23 posts
Classroom projects gone too far
As part of a reading project, Audrey had to select some activities from a list that pertained to the book she was reading about pets.
For some ungodly reason, she selected the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever done with one of my kids. Tonight I will be baking treats for a gerbil. Yes, homemade gerbil treats for our gerbil who today has never had any treats.
God help me. And God help me...
things that made me laugh today
the thought of my friend Erika in a drum circle in Madison, WI. Too crunchy for even her.
the fact my kids think the Adele song “Rumor Has It” is actually “Vrooma has it.”
Otto the dog is testing the adage that dogs get sick from chocolate. He ate 1/4 jar of Nutella today.
Ozzy Osbourne’s mug shot from 1984. Go Blues!
“You’re much nicer when you’re with just us”
– Kay and Audrey. We are out of town playing soccer.
dream
I think discussing dreams is awkward. It never starts out very well when you say, “Hey! You were in my dream.” For that reason, I will never tell my husband’s boss about the dream I had about him.
I dreamt I picked John’s boss Jeff K. up from work and we were supposed to go get drinks at McGurks. When we got there, Jeff got out of the car and gave me $100 and told me...
Productive therapy
When I am cranky or stressed, vacuuming always makes me feel better and shakes me from a bad mood. Hey, at least the floors get clean.
Live tumbling a legal ethics cle
See quotes below from today’s speaker.
“Everything you do off premises is encrypted.”
– Uh, not it’s not
“Inadvertent disclosure of client information is like a pulling a sword out of...”
“Twisty labyrinth of the Internet world”
“I don’t use notes at deposition. It’s all up here.”
– Speaker, pointing to head.
“In 1980 there were 20 million corporate emails per year.”
March 2012
16 posts
“Don’t let the gerbil roll down the sewer.”
– Me, to Audrey letting her gerbil roll around the sidewalk.
“I want a vanilla brownie. OK then, I want a ripe crippy tree.”
– Mimi, who didn’t know what to call a Rice Krispies Treat.
Am I running a drug house?
If the police were doing surveillance on my house, this is what they’d report:
“Subject home appears to be a multi-family brick dwelling in the urban core of St. Louis. Neighborhood is relatively stable, but has had drug problems in past. In the last 48 hours, multiple people have come to dwelling at all times of the day and night. Most carry manila envelopes likely containing...
Looming deadlines
It is said in my house that the only certainty to spring is taxes, Girl Scout cookies and weeds growing everywhere. I am feeling a little lighter today. Got my tax information turned into the CPA, although I really dread the call from him telling us how much we owe. I got the Girl Scout deposit made at the bank. I still need to wrap up some paperwork. Also got the weeds pulled and a layer of...
