to denmark

We’re headed to Lønstrup, Denmark for two weeks of family visits. I am hoping we will have better weather than we had on our last trip. Benjamin is counting the days until we go to the airport, and I have been planting the idea in his head of how exciting it is to go nite-nites [...]

my stylist is la fameuse *et* la bombe

It had been months since I had a haircut, and even though it was looking afterglow fabulous today, I went to see April at Derby. (April has already been praised in an earlier post). Before sitting in her chair, I went to the loo and saw that my salon and my very stylist was named [...]

the river why

Ben’s third birthday brought us a gift that just keeps on giving: the question “Why?”
As a spokesperson, and someone who likes good extemporaneous challenges, I think I do pretty well on the YQ&A, but even a seasoned professional question answerer can get, um, flustered. I have already said, more than once, “Because I said so,” [...]

“tell me all about yourself”, kitchentable edition

A femmominist blog friend sent me a questionnaire all about one of my (guilty) favorite topics: myself.
I’ll answer, and perhaps someone will send her 5 million dollars euros.

Remove the blog in the top spot from the following list and bump everyone up one place. Then add your blog to the bottom slot, like so:
Mummy Musings
the [...]

to boston, for the living

I brought my bags to the car at 10:30pm, teeth numb from tiredness. I had my shortest east coast trip to date up ahead, two dresses, a stomach eliminator, and directions to a friend’s vacant condo in South Boston. Longer lines than I expected at SeaTac, including guys with golf bags in the shuttle bus. [...]

Giraffe attack

Giraffe attack

Originally uploaded by jdaly.

At some point this year (2007), this wonderful picture of my son began getting page views. It’s now the most popular picture in my photo stream, though I have no indication of how it happened, as the giraffe tag was added [...]