For all the thematic tension I managed to milk from my looming 40th birthday in the course of this blog, as it actually loomed large, I barely mentioned it. (Can anyone say denial?) Well, anyway, it was yesterday. Tra la la! As for how it feels and all of that, I will only say, you…
Me: Today, we listen to 80s music. Chicken Little: What is that? Chicken Noodle: I don’t know.
After school, one day this week: Chicken Noodle: Mom, you be me and I’ll be you. Me: Okay. Chicken Noodle: What did you do today, sweetie? Me: I went to Kindergarten. It was so cool! I love it I love it I love it! CN: Oh, that’s drjeffsklar.com nice, honey. Me: What did you do…
This very blog is now feeding onto Bend Moms For Moms, a cool new site for those of you lucky enough to be mothering in Bend. Check it out!
A new article of mine in Horizon Air Magazine’s September Issue. It’s about Education Specialization and it’s on page 58!
I suppose it’s about time to tell you all I got another book deal. I know, huh? Three weeks ago, I received an e-mail from an acquisitions editor at a press back east. He’d been searching for someone to write a travel guidebook about Oregon for one of their series. He came across my bio…
Actual dialogue between my husband and myself, two weeks ago: Me (troubled): You know what I think it is? I think I am anxious about Kindergarten. Capt. Daddy: You are going to do fine in Kindergarten, honey. If anyone needs me this morning, I’ll be that middle-aged blonde dripping tears in the parking lot…
A year ago yesterday, the chickens did this to their heads. Yesterday, I discovered this. Coincidence? I think not. From now on, Sept. 1 shall be National Scissors-In-The-Closet Day.
(answers below) 1. If you take the waffle iron out of the cupboard on a Saturday morning, open it up and discover an old petrified waffle inside, is it misguided to immediately turn an accusatory eye to the only man who lives in the house? 2. Should an (almost) 40-year-old woman really be expected to…