Entries Tagged as ‘Family’

September 16, 2009

How about a Thank You?

My sister is utterly ungrateful. I have given her two years worth of clothing for her daughter, countless toys and lots of time photographing her children. And I have barely gotten a simple thank you. She’s borrowed my cradle, twice. I’ve just discovered her husband completely unassembled it because he thought it would be easier to transport. [...]

August 7, 2008

The annual SnoreFest

The SnoreFest is this Saturday. I loathe the SnoreFest. It involves my monster-in-law and her deathly boring family. If it was possible to be completely void of personality, it’s these people. I’ve never met a less enthused group in my life. Imagine having to sit through a stack of photos from a bike tour through [...]

May 31, 2008

My brother-in-law likes his alcohol

I think my brother-in-law is an alcoholic. The signs are all there. My sister, J,  is practically making a joke out of it. We were out with them last night and she mentioned how he already had a quick beer when he got home from work, which sounds like no big deal but they were [...]

May 21, 2008

The Mothers

I’m a little nervous. For a couple different reasons. This weekend, we having our first official cookout in our new house. We’ve been in our house for just about a year. Technically, our house isn’t new. It’s 96 years old. It needs work. A lot. Because my husband and I both work full time and [...]