For those of you who read this blog and don’t know me personally, I’ll let you in on a little secret. I really can’t stand the holidays. The push and pull of Nomad Papa’s family versus my own family versus my intense desire to stay home. The pressure to decorate and bake and wear terrible […]
Magnolia Ripkin kicks my butt
(Magnolia Ripkin is my FAVORITE advisor. I heart her, wholeheartedly. And for some crazy reason, she hearts me back. I’ve decided not to question it in case she changes her mind. I asked her to guest post so that I could introduce her to the rest of you. So read on below to see how […]
The Village Idiot
Tonight on the Nomad Mom facebook page, I asked people what role they would have in the “village” it takes to raise our kids. Crazily enough, some of you answered. There was a shrink and a nurse, a court jester and someone who had to do everything because her village was really small. I asked […]
The gahden pahty
Nomad Papa is a professor at the University of Oxford, and as such, he is also a fellow at an Oxford College. (Note: all of that should be pronounced with as posh an accent as possible.) I’d be terrified to go to events there except that all of the faculty at his college are like […]
An Early Christmas Shopping Campaign
It seems as if every year the holiday season starts creeping up on us a bit too soon, and a bit too quickly. Of course, it’s not like we aren’t anxious to experience this cheerful time of year – rather, it’s just that when we’re seeing trailers for Christmas films in september, or seeing London’s […]
Why Americans are overweight (IMO)
I recently discovered a large American section in one of the grocery stores here in Oxford – by far and away the largest stock of items I have seen outside of a specialty shop. Once I managed to get over the sticker shock, I was appalled by the items that I was supposed to be […]
High Class Problem: Toilet Paper
Sometimes I have a problem that I know is not a real problem. It is inane and perhaps even nonsensical, but I still want to complain about it anyway. And that is when having a blog comes in handy. I can create a whole series on my high class problems without having to see the […]
Motherhood: some travel required
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 […]