• Kids,  Play

    (Not So) Cozy Coupes

    Summer is in full swing here, which means that our days are crammed full of soggy pool towels, BBQs, a herd of extra kids running through the house, and requests for snacks every.five.minutes. It’s busy, but not “when-is-school-over-I’m-so-tired-I-want-to-DIE” busy. Lots of fun & shenanigans! But I want to address something I’ve noticed seems to come hand-in-hand with both warmer weather, and the parenting of younger children. These F&%^*n Things.   The Cozy Coupe: a.k.a. “the cars that NEVER DIE” You know these cars. You know them because they are the same.exact.cars we owned thirty years ago. You’d think that thirty years of technology would result in a slicker, cooler coupe,…

  • Messes

    There’s Always Something (There To Remind Me)

    I shouldn’t be writing this while hunched over my bedside table. I shouldn’t be writing this at all, actually; I shouldn’t be anywhere near my laptop since I should be luxuriating in a Jacuzzi in our hotel suite. You know- the hotel suite that The Captain and I were supposed to be cozily ensconced in this weekend, since this was supposed to be our annual anniversary getaway weekend…. which ended in ashes last year, as I told you here. And life has a funny way of repeating itself; only this time, it went in reverse. Vomit + kid illness = NOT GOING.  So I’m posting for two reasons: 1- to…

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