Recent Posts Tagged With 'mom'

• Pancakes in the Nude

  Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 15:20 in mom, tristan, nude dining

  The following conversation took place between my mom and Tristan while we were on a short road trip over the weekend.  I can't remember exactly how the conversation got started but we were talking about cooking or food or life or who knows what...

• An Evolution of Values

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 06:42 in Cancer, doctor, mom

  It was the day we went back to the plastic surgeon to have my mom's stitches removed. I was supposed to leave the house around 7:15AM and pick Mom up at my office and drive her down to The Big City.At 7:17AM I heard my phone ringing. I leaped out of ...

• Seven Days Makes One Weak

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 06:50 in Cancer, mom, motherhood, hospital, montage

  It was a long week.As if the red biohazard incident were not enough fun, I also caught a summer cold or some sort of respiratory difficulty that may or may not be H1N1 that could possibly kill me.The peak of said respiratory difficulty coincided with...

• We Deserve Each Other

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 06:29 in race, mom, motherhood, julius, mother and son

  Recently Julius and I were at the doctor's office with my mom, this time a specialist in the big city. We rode up the elevator much to Julius's delight, all the way to the 8th floor. In our little town there is only one building that has an elevator ...

• Face Your Fears

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 06:22 in mom, fear, phobia, julius

  Julius and I were discussing what we should do about our "summer trip". Summer is fading fast and soon school will start and we will be thrown into the day-in, day-out loss of freedom.I have these fantasies that I could take him out of school whenev...

• Anatomy 101

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 06:11 in cat, mom, tristan, julius

  The other day the kids and I were over at mom's cabin. I was fussing with her new water filter pitcher because she doesn't have the patience to read the directions. Fortunately for all the members in my family, I LOVE reading directions. It's one ...

• Mrs. Doolittle

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 07:41 in mom

  My mom's cat Brutus Blogger has been missing for a week. Mom was over for dinner during which she discussed with us several theories that might explain his absence.Me: He's probably just out exploring the woods or maybe he got hurt a little bit. He...

• Small Town Snapshot Sunday #17

  Posted on Sunday July 12th, 2009 at 00:01 in mom, tristan, stss, julius, small town snapshot sunday

  It's Small Town Snapshot Sunday! Read the rules and get the banners here. Be sure you include the link to your post at the bottom of this entry and also, tag your post "stss" or "small town snapshot sunday" so people can search for it and find you! T...

• I Can't Make You Love Me, But I CAN Bend You to My Will

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 07:30 in mom, bad neighbors, call me passive-aggressive

  I can't make you love me if you don'tYou can't make your heart feel something it wont...Bonnie RaittMy mother has the worst neighbors. Okay, maybe "worst" is a slight exaggeration. Maybe a more accurate description would be to say she has really ho...

• Messages from the Mothership

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 07:13 in mom, strange conversation

  I was on the phone with my mom the other night bragging (again) about my husband's meat roast. It was a fabulous affair.When it came time to do the dishes I, of course, feigned a dire bathroom emergency and excused myself. As karmic punishment, God...

• Trip to the Doctor II

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 07:35 in doctor, mom, health care, hospital

  Last Thursday was lithotripsy day, the day I took my mom to the hospital to get a super sonic vibroblast to the ureter. In some ways that could almost sound sexy except that 1) it has to do with my mom and 2) the doctor could have been my grandfathe...

• Urinary Tract Adventures (UTAs)

  Posted on Friday June 12th, 2009 at 20:18 in health, mom, pee, tristan, kidney stone

  Between my son's particular medical condition which gives us periodic trips to the hospital and my mom's occasional adventures in health care, I rack up a lot of frequent flyer miles in doctor's offices, hospitals and waiting rooms.It started Thursda...

• Mom vs. Dog

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 07:39 in dog, mom

  It's spring and the grass is growing fast in the yard at the back of my office. In quiet moments of the morning I sit and have a cup of tea before I get started for the day and gaze out the window at nothing in particular.In the distance I see someth...

• Adventures in Health Care

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 19:52 in Adventure, mom, hospital

  Here's how efficient I am... I did the 24-hour virus in about 12 hours. While I'm sore and tired today, I take great pride in streamlining the whole adventure. And I won't regale you with any tales from that 12 hours since it mostly involved lying a...

• A Belated Groundhog Day Tale

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 10:26 in mom, spring, groundhog day

  Only twice in my life have I ever seen a groundhog. We have them where I live, but you never see them. NEVER. I have lived here most of my life, I have been over hill and over dale, across the river and through the woods all the way to grandmother...