For a while, we’ve lovingly teased my dad for starting the majority of his sentences with “the thing is”, as in “The thing is, I should probably install a dozen smoke detectors throughout your house”. I really enjoyed giggling at my dad’s silly idiosyncrasy until Alec called me on starting the majority of my sentences with “here’s [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
Posted in Amanda on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ideas for our backyard remodel
Posted in House Remodel on Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Alec and I just got back from the Yard, Garden and Patio show and are super excited to get started on our backyard remodel. Our goal is to create a welcoming and peaceful retreat where we can entertain friends and family, sip a glass of wine, drink coffee and read the paper, or chat by [...]
Valentine’s day at the beach
Posted in Holidays, Weekends on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alec and I finally used a gift certificate we received when we got married and headed for our favorite house at the beach this past weekend. We headed down to the coast Friday morning, knowing very well that we would never leave by noon had we gone into the office. We both worked from our [...]
I like MSP
Posted in Amanda, Travel on Thursday, February 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I promise this is not another rant about that wackadoodle with 14 babies who is now soliciting funds on her personal website to support her child collection habit (she accepts major credit cards and Paypal for God’s sake!). Of all the thousands of delightful couples wanting nothing more than to have a baby…I digress…
The Minneapolis [...]
The term is “mega-families”
Posted in Amanda on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times came through for me again, perfectly recapping both sides of the “mega-family” debate.
Read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08bigfam.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
A Sunday kind of content
Posted in Alec, Amanda, Weekends on Sunday, February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This has already been a darn good Sunday. We started the day, as usual, reading the NY Times in bed, sipping coffee, petting the rotating parade of cats climbing across our chests and watching the CBS Sunday Morning Show. We peeled ourselves out of bed, dressed and I now find myself at a lovely little [...]
The American Dream
Posted in Amanda on Friday, February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This story about the 33-year-old single mother who recently gave birth to octuplets through fertility treatments, while already having six children at home and no clear source of income or housing, has me completely up in arms. Nadya Suleman has said that it has always been her dream to have a large family. Fine. I congratulate her [...]
