Just read this article in the NYT, and though I’m a little late in the game I think it’s still worth posting. It’s about a Manhattan mom’s listing on Craiglist, searching for a nanny. The original listing has now expired, but here it is in its entirety for your reading pleasure! I copied it exactly […]
Life
The question I ask myself everyday….
What am I going to make for dinner? For a time, I was so good about writing out a weekly menu, and shopping accordingly. That has fallen by the wayside, although I can’t seem to pinpoint exactly why. I let my subscription to the Menu-Mailer expire long ago, and my unread issues of Everyday Food […]
An eternal optimist… no more?
Thursday afternoon, as we were putting away some toys, Maya said to me: “So are we going to sell this house or what?” After a good laugh, I responded: “Well, it looks like no one wants to buy it!” She then patted me on my shoulder and said: “That’s okay, Mommy. We can just stay […]
Taking daddy’s car out for a spin
Maya’s taken over her dad’s remote control Mercedes. I gave it to him for Christmas two years ago, he toyed around with it a for a few days after, and it’s been sitting on a shelf gathering dust ever since. It wasn’t until this past week that she discovered that her Little People fit perfectly […]
Baby’s 1st birthday…
Was yesterday. Due to my MIL’s surgery we celebrated it this past Saturday. Other than baking a cake and buying a few treats for the kids, I had nothing planned. On that account, I was pleasantly surprised when we walked in to the in-laws’ house and saw that it was decked out with balloons and […]
Update on our move
Originally we hoped to have our house on the market by mid-July, but our plans have slowed down a bit. My mother-in-law just had major surgery so we’re just taking things day by day. My husband has also had a lot more work come his way, which has kept him from working on the house. […]
