Wednesday, April 29 2009
By mscrochety on Wednesday, April 29 2009, 20:19
I was speaking on the phone with Julia yesterday from my office. She said, "Mom, please don't check on me and tell Dad not to check on me during the night at these times: 9, 9:30, 10:15, 10:10, 11, 12, 1:30, 2:30..."
I said, "ok sure. Why not?"
"That's when I'm going to be fighting crime."
Sunday, March 29 2009
By mscrochety on Sunday, March 29 2009, 11:11
A few days ago, as she was brushing her teeth before bed, Julia asked me: so mom, when you make a baby how does the seed get to the egg? Gulp! She already knew that men have "seeds" and women have eggs...but that's about it. So I punted, saying it's kind of complicated and you're going to bed soon so I'll tell you tomorrow.
Of course the next day, she waited until 5-10 minutes before I left for work to ask again. I said how about when I come home tonight? She said now. So I took a deep breath and explained the mechanics, using the proper terminology. It was pretty funny - she got so disgusted, said "ew!" and "you and Dad didn't do that, did you?!!" The conversation was fine. She claimed to be asking out of curiousity, not because someone had told her something at recess.
At work I immediately ordered a book called "From Diapers to Dating", which has turned out to be very helpful. I recommend it for when your kid asks how babies are made.
Monday, March 16 2009
By mscrochety on Monday, March 16 2009, 19:59
On Saturday I played the role of UN Peacekeeping Forces in the battle of Which Way to Load the Dishwasher, waged between Chris and Julia. I had to stand in front of the dishwasher (so they couldn't open it) and make both leave the room. A temporary ceasefire seems to be holding.
Saturday, January 10 2009
By mscrochety on Saturday, January 10 2009, 14:47
Some of the reading material in the upstairs Pepper bathroom: A Bad Case of the Stripes, Dykes to Watch Out For, Mac OS X Internals: a Systems Approach, Philadelphia Chickens.
Wednesday, January 7 2009
By mscrochety on Wednesday, January 7 2009, 20:20
Today the gym at work had 3 times as many people as are usually there on a Wednesday at 2:15 pm. Â It was odd. Â New Years' resolutions, bad weather, or both?
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