TV Shows That Were Gone Too Soon

This week’s Monday Listicle is “10 shows that got canceled too soon.” I don’t know. I’m picky about my TV. This is not to say I haven’t watched my share of crap (“Zorro and Son” comes to mind). But...

Happy Father’s Day

Children’s Television Madness

My mother always encouraged my brother and me to watch Sesame Street, because (she told us later), it was the only children’s television program she could stand. My mother was right. Baguette’s...

Oh, Right, Dinner Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated

What I really wanted for dinner was a burrito with ground beef. I miss my Tex-Mex. But we didn’t have ground beef, and I couldn’t figure out what to make for dinner, so I looked in the pantry. What...

Hey, Remember Me?

Wow, it’s been a week and a half since I last posted anything. That’s a long time in Blog World. The reason is that I’ve been sick. I started feeling bad last Tuesday, and on Wednesday I had what...

My Week, as Told by Twitter

For the record, Mr. Sandwich saved us all from the babbling, screaming monster.

Cheap Clothes Can Cost Too Much

When Baguette was a newborn, we were very careful about sourcing her toys. We worked hard to buy toys that were made with safe materials, by companies that treated their workers decently. I will be...

These Are a Few of My Favorite Characters

This week’s Monday Listicles is 10 Favorite Characters in TV and Movies. Where to start? Actually, that’s easy. 1) Mike Logan. From the original Law & Order. And not that Mike Logan reboot from...

Makeup and Me

Cosmetics and I go way back. When I was a child, my mother had a collection of bright cream eyeshadows that came in stick form, like lipstick. They clipped onto a display rack that had the effect...

You Can’t Win Them All

Yesterday was a Day of Tantrums. It didn’t start out that way. Baguette woke up happy, because we were all there. Mr. Sandwich, who normally leaves at 6:00, was home to take care of some car...

Happy Mother’s Day

See that owl on my forearm? Baguette says that’s a “Mommy Bird.”

What Baguette Is Saying Now

Try-pair-a-ops Macmohmee cheese Play keep-ee-boo! Cock-oh-lee . . . which is not to be confused with Cock-a-doo! Rooster photo by bagsgroove, via Flickr. Creative Commons.

Creative Cooking

One of the things I love about the CSA boxes we’ve been getting is that they’re a mix of the known and unknown. That means that I can easily eat an apple or come up with a use for fresh basil–but...

Egg Musings

My mother hated egg whites. Scrambled eggs had to be perfectly blended. I think of her every time I scramble eggs. On the rare occasions that we’d have breakfast out and we’d order fried eggs,...

The Best Things In Life Are Free

This week’s Monday Listicles? “10 things you love that are free.” Read on: 1) Baguette’s kisses. 2) Mr. Sandwich’s love for me and her. 3) Snuggles with Wicket. 4) Rain on the roof. 5) Going for a...

Books I Don’t Love

This isn’t a list of books I hate, which would be led by Gregory Maguire’s Wicked. (I loved the musical, but there was not one thing I liked about that book–and I finished it just to see if there...

Things That Are Driving Me Crazy

The splashing of water all over the bathroom during bathtime. The spitting of water onto the floor during bathtime. The regimen of snowman drawing, which is so precise that I am afraid to try,...

An Interesting Monster Needs an Interesting Hairdo

No More Tears and No More Tangles–that’s what my mom used on me. And it’s what we used on Baguette, once her hair got long enough to tangle. But it turns out that’s not enough any more. Baguette’s...

Farm Life

Pierce College in Woodland Hills has an agricultural program, and one weekend every year, they open up their farm to the public. Luckily for us, this was that weekend. Much of my time was spent...

Fresh Week, Fresh Start

Well, last week was a bear, wasn’t it? Over the weekend, Baguette and Mr. Sandwich went to swim class and our regular playdate with Bestie, while I went to my alumni club’s annual lunch, which...

The Good That Men Do

It’s easy, during a week like this, to be horrified, to be sad, to be scared. It’s natural. But it’s also easy, if you take a look–as many people are doing–at the other end of terror and tragedy....

There Is No Serial Killer in the Back Yard

When I was in college, I injured my knee and spent six months in a knee immobilizer. This meant that when I was flying, I met every person in the airport. And also on the plane. I was constantly...

Happy 3rd Birthday, Baguette!

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The Farmer in the Dell

Baguette’s day care has become a delivery point for a CSA program. For those of you not familiar with CSA programs, they’re basically a way to get food from local farmers without all that...

Of Shoes, and Ships, and . . . No, Just Shoes

Jill Pinnella Corso of Back Home Blog has a post that strikes a chord with me. It’s about shoes. When I was in my 20s and 30s, I wore a lot of heels. And by that, I mean that I wore heels as a grad...

10 Things That Make Me Feel Like a Superhero

Who am I? Based on my superhero powers, I have a lot of identities. 1) The Unstoppable Force: Labor and delivery. ‘Nuff said. 2) The Emphathizer: I can (usually) snuggle and talk a tantrum away. 3)...

Traditions: Easter Dinner

Last year was our first effort at a family Easter. This year there was no snowshoeing, but we did dye and hide eggs. Baguette hunted them, with help from Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. Then there...

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Grown-Up Day

Mr. Sandwich and I both work for a state organization, which means that we get today off in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. Baguette’s day care, on the other hand, is open. Most of the time, if work is...

Mawwiage is What Bwings Us Together Today

I try not to get political here, or in a lot of areas of my life. It’s not that I don’t have opinions–it’s that I’d prefer to find common ground. There is far too much that we allow to divide us,...