Last weekend the kids and I buckled ourselves into the car and headed out to take Nomad Papa to the airport. He was leaving for an eight day trip to Argentina for “work”. (He says it is for WORK, but the glamorous jet-setting locales make me think that “work” is a more appropriate description.) As […]
Archives for August 2013
Motherhood turned me into a scaredy cat
In 1999, I moved halfway around the world to become a nanny for a family I had spoken to once via phone. I can still remember, as my father drove me to the airport, the fear plainly clear in his voice, he passed me a handful of cash and made me promise to use it […]
Miley Cyrus at the VMA’s – no surprise there
I took my kids to the zoo today and came home to find the interweb exploding with advice for Miley Cyrus after her performance at the 2013 VMA’s. People seem to be shocked by her behavior and saddened by her performance and how poorly it reflects on her. What no one is admitting is that […]
Keeping up appearances
Last night I decided I was going to go to the gym after work today. This is not a decision to be taken lightly as it requires me to leave work 15 minutes early, run (literally) in my work clothes to the gym, speed through a wardrobe change and the fastest workout ever and then […]
You Can’t Suck It In For Eight Hours
It’s the first day of my beach vacation. I pour myself into my new bikini and avoid all close encounters with the mirror before heading out the door. I don’t feel great, my post-baby fat hanging out over the top of the bikini bottoms, so I try to rearrange my bikini top to enhance my […]
MY VACATION? IT WAS FINE…
I am back from a week-long vacation on the beach in Italy. How was it, you ask? It was fine. Yes, only fine. People keep asking that question at work and seem shocked by my answer. Um hello, I spent a week in a small condo with my mother and father-in-law, limited aircon and barely […]
THE BRITISH SINK
When Nomad Papa and I moved into our rental house here in the UK, we thought something was wrong with the kitchen sink. Every time we turned on the hot water, it would jet out a mega-strong stream that rebounded off the bottom of the sink and soaked the front of our shirts. 30 seconds […]
THIS IS NOT A FASHION EMERGENCY (aka THE SCHOOL UNIFORM)
As the mother of two girls, I see a lot of fashion emergencies. Some are small on the richter scale – not being able to get the heel of the sock on the right part of the foot or trying to shove a giant head through an armhole. Some are of gigantic, house-leveling proportions – […]