The wild rumpus
This afternoon as I was driving toward the school to pick up a carload of middle school kids, I realized that it’s May and that soon and very soon it will be June which will bring Summer Solstice, the...
View ArticleIn lieu of today’s nap
Behind the gate in La Jolla. A photo posted by Melodee (@melodee128) on May 19, 2015 at 6:44pm PDT I prefer quiet weeks that feature good books and naps and pajamas at 6:30 PM. But sometimes, I find...
View ArticleOn the bright side
If you’re following along, you know that yesterday I rented a Rug Doctor© and cleaned my living room carpet in anticipation of having some people over today. Today, I returned the Rug Doctor© and...
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Who says you don’t use math after high school?
I am reading a memoir in which the author tells us the year and her age during that year. I squint one eye and calculate her birth year and then subtract that from the year I was born so I can figure...
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Chopped: Untelevised Mom Edition
Cooking dinner is the bane of my existence. I have a somewhat adversarial relationship with food in the first place. (Even stating that I have a “relationship” with food is problematic, am I right?)...
View ArticleGroundhog Day: June Edition
Two months ago on a Saturday morning, I stood fuming in a very long line to register my daughter for recreational soccer. I had already driven around the enormous parking lot twice to even find a spot...
View ArticleHickory dickory dock
My gas tank is empty and yet we have a few miles to go before school is finally out for the summer next Wednesday. (My son was out of school a week or so ago.) My daughter has half-days this week and...
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What a week
Today Grace and I went to the neighboring town and picked up a new (to us) bed for her room. Months ago, she told me she wanted a daybed and even sent me a picture of the one she wanted (at Ikea). I...
View ArticleSay what?
I’ve started to think of my brain as a somewhat leaky bucket. In the old days, my memories came with an iron-clad guarantee. If something happened, I remembered. If I remembered something, it...
View ArticlePresent tense
Tomorrow morning, my daughter returns from her first experience at sleep-away camp. She left with her church youth group last Sunday. And while those in charge advised against campers bringing...
View ArticleLagging
When you stop long enough, it’s hard to catch up. The train has long since left the station and it takes extra effort to sprint down the tracks and jump on board. Who has the energy? That’s why I...
View ArticleThe first day of seventh grade
My youngest child started seventh grade today. Her alarm woke her. She wore a brown skirt and black blouse she chose herself. She insisted that I put a purple streak in her blond hair. She rejected...
View ArticleMy baby girl is a teenage girl now
I started this blog in 2003. At the time, my baby girl was a year old. Here’s the first thing I posted. (It’s kind of long, so grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable.) Saturday, 11 October 2003 The...
View ArticleDisconnected
Our Internet quit working last night. I frantically unplugged and replugged, disconnected and reconnected. Rebooted my computer. Unplugged the modem again. Lather, rinse, repeat, more and more...
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I remember Thomas Kuveikis
This is an annual reposting of the original post made in 2006 when I participated in the 2,996 Project, for which 2,996 bloggers volunteered to write a memorial for one person who perished in the...
View ArticleRear-view mirror
All I seem to do these days is drive around. I pick up kids from here and deliver them to there. I pick up other kids from there and deliver them here, there and there. When I’m not driving around,...
View ArticleSunset, moonrise
A photo posted by Melodee (@still_melodee) on Sep 27, 2015 at 7:41pm PDT Sunday night I hurried to the beach to see the sunset. We’ve had extremely hot weather and occasional clouds lately. The clouds...
View ArticleThe facts, nothing but the facts and more
Church. Lunch. Mom’s taxi service. Then, in between a drop-off and a pick-up, I stopped by Target to pick up essentials: hand soap, kitty litter, toilet paper (and more) . . . all the dumb stuff you...
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