idontbelieveingrammar

Somehow over, “Mom I need to tell you something” which my daughter says no less than 347 times a day and the radio…I heard a sickening crunch. The one that sounds like money and insurance claims and fiberglass bending in ways it shouldn't. Even though I couldn’t see a thing, I was pretty sure that I had just backed into something. Again. And yes, my car does have one of those little back up mirrors. Apparently I need one that beeps as well. I pulled forward and got out to inspect the damage. It was dark and late and all I want to do on a Friday night is crawl into bed, so I never noticed that some little car slipped into a space perpendicular to my own. So close in fact that I couldn’t back out at all and eventually would have to move cones out of the way to escape through the front. Immediately I saw a volleyball size dent in the side of the parked car. I looked around and the parking lot was empty. Everyone was still inside the stands intently waiting for...

I love summer. I love the smell of chlorine on my kids skin and sunscreen and an excuse to eat ice cream every single day. Not setting the alarm and no nagging papers that I should be grading. Time to actually eat breakfast. To stay up late. Time to put away the laundry and be completely caught up on my TiVo daily. Going out on a weeknight. I even like all the sweating. Summer is my season. The summer before last was pretty epic (and I know I am too old to use that word and be taken seriously). But, really it was uh-mazing. I spent a week in the mountains, a week in Vancouver and pretty much the rest of the time at the pool and the lake. It left a lot to live up to. I pushed through a long Spring and an exhausting school year just trying to make it. To summer. I had high hopes for cleaning out my house. Room by room. All the lessons I would plan. All the friends I would see and all the adventures my family would have. And it was a big fa...

For months now my daughter has been playing an annoying little game, asking me if everything is nice or not. From the back seat I hear, " mom, are cats nice?" "Most are, but you should always ask the owner or approach a pet carefully." "So some cats are bad?" "Not necessarily, some just don't want to be petted." I turn up my music back up. But again, she pipes up from the backseat, "princesses are nice right?" "Well, I've never met one but I'd guess most of them are nice." And it goes on like this for weeks. "Are grasshoppers nice? Are frogs nice? Is the neighbor's dog nice? Are zombies nice? My American girl doll? Chickens?" "Yes. Yes. Yes. No. The price isn't. They make nice nuggets." "What about a tiger?" "Well, a tiger might try to eat you." "So it is mean?" "Not necessarily, it just might be hungry." Owen growing even mo...