Snootyvixen

When I was the only vegetarian in the house, it was very easy just to eat what the girls were eating, minus the meat. Now that Ciel has decided to adopt the vegetarian lifestyle, it’s starting to get harder and harder to provide a variety of meals for the girls, because you know that kids [...]

I just don’t. I don’t believe that any potential life-changing habit should be reserved for one day in the year. Research shows that most people don’t keep a resolution for longer than a month, so where did this ritual come from? Some research shows reference to the god Janus, but I can’t really find anything [...]

When you look at me, who do you see? If you see me at work, you may see a confidence that doesn’t always show in every day passing. If you see me with my children, you may see a disciplinarian in control of the situation. But do you really know me? If you knew I [...]

In a few short days it will be Paris’s birthday. October 2nd, to be precise. She’ll be 10. Yesterday was Matt’s birthday. He turned 24. I really hope that my older children understand how hard it is for me to get in touch with them. All the years I called and left messages for them [...]

Me: Ciel, what are you talking about? Ciel: Oh, I don’t know. My mouth has a mind of it’s own.

When do children stop wanting to be everywhere you are? At the age of 8, Ciel still insists on being no further than 10 feet away from me pretty much all the time ….

These pics are all posted automatically using PixelPipe, through Picasa. Basically, any time I upload pics to my Picasa album, they also upload to my blog and my Facebook page (possibly my MySpace page too, but definitely not my Twitter account! LOL!) Usually, I forget to come back to the blog and label the pics. [...]