Monthly Archives: July 2010

Tonight I am exhausted. I like the word “exhausted,” because it doesn’t just mean “tired.” It means that you’ve used up all your energy. That’s me, energy-free. Though I was able to keep the boy up until 7:45, by the … Continue reading →

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Grade: A+ We were assigned this book way back in high-school French class, but then we were supposed to read it in the original French. I did not finish it. I probably didn’t … Continue reading →

I write genius blog posts all the time. In my head. Usually I’m too tired to type them into the computer. And on those rare occasions when I find the energy, the translation from my brain to the computer screen … Continue reading →

I preferred it when all I had to worry about was paying my bills, and not my carbon footprint or the nebulously dangerous Global Warming. These days, we’re told to go green, but the American way of life is against … Continue reading →

There was one thing that Gretchen Rubin said in her happiness project book that really hit home. She said, The days are long but the years are short. It was not until I became a mother that I understood that. … Continue reading →