thank god for coffee

It is 11:00 am and here is what I have done already today:
1.  Changed 6 diapers.
2.  Made waffles for T, oatmeal for L, nursed L, morning snack for T (bread and cheese and DHA supplements), fed the dogs, fed the cat.
3. Washed a load of cloth diapers and put out to sun.
4. Hand washed the [...]

why i love fiction

I just got finished reading a Doc Ford novel (Randy Wayne White Black Widow) which is a series about a biologist ex-secret operative who I really, really like (maybe am sort of crushed on) even if he, well, likes to kill people (they are bad people usually).  And even though sometimes the plots get on [...]

a good day

There are days when I feel really disappointed about where things have sort of ended up for me career wise.  I enjoy teaching but I actually would also like to pay off our house and have money to travel and enjoy my life post child rearing (it is  too scary to type out the word [...]