flower fairy invasion

Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments

First it was the bears. But now we have a new infestation.
Fairies.

Flower fairies to be exact!

Yes, Santa brought Sophie a kit on making little flower fairies and we have all gotten totally hooked on making these tiny, pretty people.

Coincidentally, our cousin gave Sophie exactly the same kit—could have been a present disaster, but no!—it’s a [...]

no holds barred christmas

Posted on December 24, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 2 Comments

We are in full on Christmas induced mania around here and it probably won’t stop until Saturday at least. We basically declare it Open Season on presents, fancy food, and parties around December 1 and commence with the celebrating all the way through to the New Year. Boxes arrive from the grandparents, or from amazon, [...]

lovasana

Posted on December 22, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, yoga | 1 Comment

…also called love-mommy-asana. Luc named it. He says, “Is it time for loveasana yet?” It’s my all-time favorite pose. It happens at the end of my practice, when the kids have been waiting to get close for over an hour (don’t get too close to an ashtangi or you’re liable to get kicked by a [...]

om my god it’s freaking snowing!!!!

Posted on December 20, 2009 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | Leave a Comment

Those Weather Men & Women are getting really good at their jobs. They told us it was going to start snowing around noon, and darned if it didn’t start snowing right on schedule, huge, fluffy feather flakes, coming down like gangbusters, just as we were driving home from the toy store at our local mall. [...]

the long haul

Posted on December 17, 2009 - Filed Under writing | 2 Comments

I just got two more rejections, the most recent in a whole lot of publishing-related rejections this year. Blech. Stick’em in the file with the rest of them, right?
Part of me feels depressed, but it feels sort of ghostlike, a shadow—a dark shadow, perhaps, but a shadow nonetheless—of former publishing related depressions. Such that, although [...]

gingerbread bear bonanza

Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under food, kiddo life | 2 Comments

We’re totally infested with gingerbread bears. It’s a nightmare, let me tell you. It all started with some dough.
Best Gingerbread Cookie Dough Ever
Take 3/4 cup butter, softened
and 3/4 cup sugar.
Cream these together.
Add 3/4 cup molasses and
1/4 cup water and mix a bit more. I usually do all this in my food processor.
Next whisk together in [...]

the foreign exchange student

Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under reviews | Leave a Comment

Here is a wonderful story by the most amazing artist/storyteller, Shaun Tan. When you click on the link, you’ll see the first picture with the text underneath, and a place to click to page two. It is a very quick ready, maybe five minutes, but do get all the way to the end. The end [...]

don’t blink

Posted on December 14, 2009 - Filed Under mayalife | 1 Comment

Uh-oh, four days and no blog post. I’m so busy! I don’t even know what with, just that whole weeks disappear into the the past without my having really grokked their passing. What is happening? Turbo speed life! Death is rushing towards me! AAARRRGG! Quick! Go hug your kids before it’s too laaaaaaaaaatttttte…..

the trigger point therapy workbook

Posted on December 10, 2009 - Filed Under reviews, yoga | Leave a Comment

This book can change your life. I am NOT kidding. If you have any pain, especially chronic, nagging pain, ranging from annoying to disabling, the information in this book, applied by you, can seriously diminish your pain, and probably get rid of it entirely. As a yoga person, trying to avoid injuries, this book is [...]

what does a girl have to do get a little rest around here?

Posted on December 9, 2009 - Filed Under mayalife | 5 Comments

Ugh. I’ve had this terrible cold the last two days, just deflated, pitiful, lying on the couch, moaning. Parenting has been reduced to mac n cheese and TV. Thank goodness it stopped raining today so at least the kiddos can go outside and get away from my grumpy assed self. [ETA: although I did manage [...]