Some of y’all know I’m kind of a fan of vampires. Chiefly, The Vampire Diaries. So one night while watching this most excellent angsty teen drama, a theory came to me. Basically, babies and vampires are kind of the same. 1. They both need to feed in order to live. Emma spends her days sucking…
Life
Macy’s Pink Pig
In keeping with the recent theme of finding the cool things to do here and then doing them, this weekend we ventured into town to check out an Atlanta holiday staple. The Macy’s Pink Pig tradition started in 1953 when Macy’s was still Rich’s. (Remember them?) As people moved out of the city, department stores…
Word Up
It’s no secret I love words, people. I love words the way some love music or paintings or photography or Ring Dings. Words are the way to my soul. They speak to me on a molecular level, you know? The way words and phrases come together to create sentences and paragraphs is magic to my…
No More Sick Days
There is so much snot in my life right now, people. It’s pouring from the heads of both children and then today it started pouring out of mine. Three sickies in this house. Coughing. Sneezing. Snot nosing. Glamorous life I’m living. In the sickness, I’ve stumbled upon what might be the most unfortunate aspect of…
Changing the subject
Sometimes I’m speechless. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes it happens. Today it happened. Joshua’s in this crazy habit of putting on actual pajamas any time he’s going to sleep. I blame the fact(s) that we’re staying at home a lot more now and there’s no immediate need for either of us to get dressed…