Monthly Archives: June 2014

That Time I Got Wet For Her: What She’ll Remember

Sometimes when I’m feeling exasperated with my kids and I’m having a Betty Draper Francis kind of day, I worry that this is what they’ll remember. “Mama is a holiday ruiner!” they’ll remember. Because this is true. I always seem to forget that my mostly good kids are, in fact,…

Swollen Batteries (It’s A Thing!) And Swollen Thumbs

Well, it seems that there is something called a swollen battery for your iphone which sounds slightly dirty but also slightly like something you don’t want to happen to your phone and I know this because it is most definitely currently happening to my phone battery and from the way…

What I Can Learn From My Neighbor…And That Kid From The Sixth Sense

This is story that ends well, which is the only reason it is getting told. To remind you — and me — that there are good people in this world, even when our news is filled with senseless and sickening school shootings. 74 since Sandy Hook, 74 too many. One…