I was so extra excited for Christmas this year, way before Thanksgiving, and then we got to the actual Christmas season and I am mostly stressed and resentful. It feels like other people around here are just waiting for Christmas to magically happen around them. I have not brought out all the Christmas decorations, because […]
It is a dreary/chilly/damp day and I am alone/warm/dry in the house, and this should be a LOVELY combination but I am twitchy and weird today and nothing can please me. Oh! Except! I am very pleased about a decision regarding an advent calendar. I bought this tea advent calendar, despite ALREADY HAVING a See’s […]
I am especially excited about Christmas this year, and strangely early. I hope this doesn’t mean I will be sick of it by Thanksgiving. For now I am going right ahead and enjoying the anticipation: I am not on board with the “one holiday at a time” philosophy, especially with holidays that are packed closely […]
Last year I wanted to bring some sort of holiday gift to the pediatric GI department where Edward gets his Remicade infusions. We are there for hours and hours each time, and it used to be every 7 weeks but now it’s every 5 weeks which is basically once a month, and it’s been years […]
I woke up cheerful for the first time in days. I am the same about stressful travel and medical things: I can be weighed down with stress until The Morning Of, when I wake up like HERE IT IS LFG. One way or another, we are out of Weighty Anticipation Mode and into Keyed Up […]
After my first pregnancy, there were certain things I did in each subsequent pregnancy. For example, shortly after getting a positive pregnancy test, I would give the toilets and the floor around the toilets a thorough, thorough cleaning. It wasn’t pessimism: I wasn’t saying I WOULD FOR SURE soon be barfing at a whiff of […]
Yesterday afternoon and evening I had a bit of a slump, feeling exhausted and listless. I feel better after some dinner and some sleep and some coffee in that order, but this whole thing is bound to be a moody rollercoaster for awhile and that seems entirely situationally appropriate. I know from previous discussions that […]
I’m not going to tell you how to spend your own personal money, but I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR SPENDING YOUR OWN PERSONAL MONEY. One recent evening, after let’s say ONE extra vodka-and-Ginger-Lime-diet-Coke, I joined the Mrs. Grossman’s Sticker Club. My October subscription packet arrived today: It has been awhile since I’ve been so pleased […]
I have mentioned before that Tipsy Swistle is a cheery little chore-doing house elf. Another thing I have mentioned before (I should just cut-and-paste today’s post out of snippets from old posts, or make it a series of links to other posts) is that what I would really like for Valentine’s Day every year is […]
This last week before the election is really hard. I’m going with my Temporary High Stress Coping Plan, which is basically this: 1. Eating lots of things that just SMACK of holy nutrition, such as broccoli and carrots and eggs and bananas and smoothies and yogurt and blueberries and salmon. Making sure I get plenty […]