There’s this ad that came on television during American Idol last night: a long-armed, orange muppet creature, Hungry, tempts a dieter with trays of cupcakes, cookies, pizza, when she’s just trying to relax on the couch or whatever. As in, Hungry won’t leave you alone! The Hungry Monster offers the junk food with [...]
Archive for January, 2009
funny Rockinrolla and a rockin’ recipe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eating, family on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
adoption update
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adoption on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We went down again to see the (potential) birthparents, and once again it was great. We really do have a good relationship with them; we genuinely like them a lot and they seem to like us a lot. F and J still seem very committed and sure of their choice. F is [...]
milky haze
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adoption, parenting on January 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.
~~~~~Patricia Hampl, 1981
NOT that we’ve been getting any impressive amounts [...]
childish thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged remembering our butterfly on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I read this on this blog, Missing Eliana, and loved it. It was written as a eulogy by Linn Keller, who recently lost someone close to him.
It’s just so beautiful and tender, and is making me cry this morning.
(I’m a child, too.)
I am a child.
I stand alone on the playground in the gathering dusk.
I look [...]
Saturday morning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adoption, family, remembering our butterfly on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The scene: Mama Jamz’s bedroom. Breastpump accessories are scattered about the bed, new accessory parts are still in plastic wrappers. Mama Jamz is on the bed with the laptop and a cup of coffee, flavored with coconut coffee mate. Enter Rockinrolla, stage left.
Rockinrolla: What is all this stuff?
Mama Jamz: Breastpump stuff. I was going to [...]
funny exchanges
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, random chitchat on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fishmaster, to Rockinrolla: Do you know what chitlins are?
Rockinrolla: Um, aren’t they little dogs?
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Rockinrolla, displeased with his falafel dinner: Mama, what are falafel made out of?
Mama Jamz: Chick peas.
Rockinrolla: You know, that explains a lot.
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In other news, it appears that Meat Day may have resulted in the Fishmaster contracting a [...]
nervous little ball of stress
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
***sigh***
Yes, everything is going fine. The boys are wonderful, the adoption is on target, with just a couple of minor-ish bumps, Daddy J and I are great.
There are no problems here, Mama.
But, yeah, there’s plenty to fret about. I woke up at 4am and was this close to getting up for [...]
Prime Directives
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Um, guess who got a little testy after a snow day when the boys “forgot” again that they can’t just have media whenever they feel like it…
Jamz House Boy Rules
1. NO MEDIA WITHOUT ASKING MAMA OR DADDY FIRST. This includes [...]
MLK day
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s easy to get all emotional about the country right now, even though we certainly still have a lot of things to work through. Whew – it’s a big, exciting, wonderful week.
I just looked up and printed out the text of the “I have a dream” speech for the boys and me to read [...]
co-sleeping paraphenalia
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The boys all slept in our bed when they were little bitty, moving into a crib in our bedroom at about six months and then into their own bedrooms at about a year. We never had any problems, but I’m, um, feeling like I might want to exercise a little more caution with Rainbow, [...]
