Archive for September, 2009
wear the white shirt
Two days ago, I was wearing a white shirt. It’s a remarkable shirt in that you wouldn’t guess in a million years that it was made by a fancy designer, purchased in Beverly Hills. My mother bought it for me, because she’s awesome that way. It fits fabulously, as designer-yet-simple items can. It’s extra long, [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 11:00 pm in conversations, sleep | 2 Comments »
laughter and the watermelon baby
Jonah makes jokes.
Sometimes, it’s a joke only he gets.
Like the other night when he was eating his hummus for dinner and he would take a bite and then he’d say “hummus” and then he’d say this string of syllables. Jibberish? I have no idea. But the string stayed consistent each time — and then he [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 at 10:26 pm in conversations, milestones | comments »
toast dinosaur
Take one slice of bread. Place one square slice of cheese* on bread. Place toast and cheese in toaster. Heat until cheese melts.
Pat toast and cheese with paper towel as this removes the grease. The grease is what stays hot, making the toast and cheese un-eatable for a long time, no matter how much you [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at 1:29 pm in baby pics, conversations, feeding, milestones | comments »
in which i consider the end of blogging and other things
I have a friend who is… I can’t say “sick” because she wouldn’t like that. It’s… she’s… I’ve visited her in the hospital twice this week. She may get back online at some point and read this, or she may not. We agree that it’s possible that Internet use has contributed to her body’s dis-ease.
Anyway, [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at 11:03 pm in baby baby baby | 5 Comments »
traveling with toddler kauai day 4 – 8: it’s over already?
Whooosh! And then we flew home.
Live blogging the vay-kay stalled mid-trip due to my trying to upgrade the platform of this blog and thereby breaking it. The lovely hosts at blue host had a backup they could revert to but by then I was ready to give the internet a rest and just get some [...]