More Than Four Sides

Category: Family & Friends

  • Rehearsal night

    Tonight was my choir rehearsal night. It’s one of my two regular weekly activities that serve to restore my soul. The other is my voice lesson, so they’re both about singing. (That’s tomorrow). But today’s rehearsal was a little complicated. Dad left early this morning (really early!) to spend the day with our niece in…

  • Last day of the election season

    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/calc.html#states=lrGmp5qGBlvGmqBlKp It’ll all be over tomorrow – I hope! The US will finally go to the polls, and sometime tomorrow night, we will finally know whether Barack Obama will stay in office for four more years, or we’ll have Mitt Romney in the White House, dismantling the health care reform that so resembles what he…

  • Weekend project

    A challenge to blogging daily for a month is Friday and Saturday, since from 18 minutes before sunset on Friday until after sunset on Saturday we don’t write or use technology. How did you do it, Father Goof??? So I’m cheating a bit, with an image of the pile of clothes that need to be…

  • NaBloPoMo – yes, really!

    Oh, what have I done! My dear friend, who blogs at For Fathers Only, did the NaBloPoMo challenge last year, and I remember reading his posts and thinking “I’ll never get myself committed to that!” But, then, an email came through my inbox today, inviting/challenging me to go for it, and, almost without thinking (although…

  • The day after…

    We were so lucky. Sandy swept through, but we never lost power, our basement didn’t flood, and our roof remained almost completely intact (little leak into our bathroom). So, today, we faced a day of drizzle, and two bored boys. So, we invited a friend of S’s over to play. This strategy to survive the…

  • Stuck inside…thanks Sandy!

    I read with appreciation my thoughtful friend’s words in anticipation of today’s deluge courtesy of Sandy: Sandy I was also anticipating a lovely day at home with boys. And, for the most part, it has been. Highlights: pumpkin pancakes for breakfast reading stories two sets of drawings of S and J, executed by S and…

  • Going stroller-less

    J is getting very close to being as old as S was when we first brought them home. Unlike biological parents, who know precisely the day (and time) that their children come into the world, our guys came to us with birthdays that were created for them by someone in the adoption/orphanage system, and were…

  • Dropping Off vs Picking Up

    “Who’s dropping me off today?”, J asks. “I’m dropping you off, and Daddy will pick you up.” I reply. “So, will you see me in soccer after school?”, he asks. “I wish I could see you doing soccer, but I’m dropping you off, not picking you up. That means that I’m taking you to school…

  • I yelled at my kids

    Yes, I yelled. It was this past Friday morning, and both the husband and I had to get to work early. I had offered to deliver kids to their respective child care programs (S had no school, but was going to Kids After Hours, which he loves!). We were doing great, with clothes on in…

  • Wow! Quiet day…

    The dear husband was up last night when S woke up with a fever of 102.7 F. Ibuprofen was administered, and S slept. We knew that we weren’t going to synagogue today as a family. This morning, the program at our synagogue/shul included “Boker Ohr” – Morning Light – a special, alternative service led by…