daily journaling

I awoke yesterday feeling grumpy. It was a beautiful, late summer day. It needed to be enjoyed by children. But I was having trouble finding enthusiasm for doing anything that required getting out of bed. My friend and I had talked about going to ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/21/2010 - 23:11 - 4 comments

My blog has had some problems this summer, which are now resolved--making it much easier to post. So a little back-blogging is in order. Namely, our big family vacation that we take every year to Maine. Usually we go in August. This is our fourth ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/19/2010 - 11:34 - 1 comment

Last week I was browsing around a couple of shops, and I stumbled on a new store in a nearby neighborhood. It's a children's clothing retail store, but dedicated to more sustainable clothing options: recycled (aka gently used *grin*), eco-friendly, ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/17/2010 - 08:16 - 0 comments

Blueberries go "kerplink, kerplank, kerplunk" into buckets. Marlowe, where do the blueberries go? Enjoying apple cider ice in the shop. And so another step towards instilling into my poor city kids that food ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/13/2010 - 20:14 - 0 comments

This post has two parts. Part the First: wherein encounters with the public library lead to benefits beyond my wildest dreams. I am attempting to renew our overdue relationship with the public library. (heh, heh.) The public library and I have a ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/11/2010 - 08:26 - 11 comments

Recently I joined a gym. Shocker, I know. Yes, it's the first time I have ever joined a gym. I was terribly nervous about it, being the nonathlete that I am. I don't know how to use anything. I didn't want to look stupid. I'm just totally out of my ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/05/2010 - 23:32 - 3 comments

FIVE!! Five, five, five. I have a five-year-old. A handful. A veritable kid!! with a long, lean body, the baby fat has gone from his fingers and toes, his shoulders feel firm, strong, muscular. And what a birthday! Of course, one's fifth ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/20/2010 - 22:22 - 1 comment

Today is our Ninth Anniversary. Nine Years ago on a beautiful early summer evening two kids got married. I look back now, and wonder how we did it. We were so young. But there's only way to grow older, and that's to start doing it. We were 23 and ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/08/2010 - 20:06 - 5 comments

More bloggy catchup. A month ago I took my Do it With Kids policy to a whole new level by taking my boys down to Lookout Mountain for my sister's college graduation. It's about 700 mi. At the last minute, my mom did the drive down with me, which was ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/03/2010 - 09:06 - 5 comments

Sure, the calendar gives us a few more weeks until summer solstice. But in these parts, Memorial Day ushers in the season and Labor Day closes. Now you have to have beach tags to go to the shore or plan ahead for camping in the Poconos. It's the ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/01/2010 - 09:16 - 2 comments

I went back to New York in April. This time with just Marlowe, which I admit I find rather challenging, because at 23 months, he was a wiggly, curious boy. But we made it there, and met up with my MIL who was in town all week with a trade show for work. ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/28/2010 - 13:19 - 2 comments

I have a lot of back blogging to do. If I don't, I think I'll be sad, because I have a lousy memory. Going to New York from Philadelphia is actually pretty easy and cheap. By car it's 90 miles, if you want to deal with the traffic. I don't. By ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/28/2010 - 09:14 - 2 comments

Couldn't help posting a few more pics: Just a day or so old. Less than a week old. Three months old. One year old. Almost two years old. Two years old. Email this ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/25/2010 - 22:38 - 0 comments

Today my little Marlowe-y turns two. We had a little party with a couple of his toddler friends this afternoon. I got Elmo plates and napkins...and juice (thanks, Earth's Best--also thanks for those Cookie Monster waffles for breakfast). ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/25/2010 - 22:19 - 4 comments

So one month ago we were this: And I had a list of questions. To revisit where I am at the moment: * Grass. We decided to forego the headache of a tiny bit of grass. Couldn't even imagine keeping kids off of it. A ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/19/2010 - 21:08 - 6 comments

Before I go on to blog about other things, I must post the Easter pics. My friend Chandra brought her camera to church to catch these cuties. She is a fabulous photographer, and I love letting her practice on my kids. I'm so magnanimous that way. Ha! ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/19/2010 - 20:35 - 0 comments

So, remember last year when we had a freak wave in April , so my friend and I went to the beach. It all felt so odd. But then it happened again now. Is it freak, or the new normal? We had so much fun last year, that when I saw the forecast ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/07/2010 - 22:49 - 2 comments

Last Saturday was my birthday, or National 'Nette Day, as it is known in these parts. It was heralded early on in the week by a cold that by the weekend left me feeling exhausted in a tunnel. I still feel that way, as a matter of fact. So it ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/06/2010 - 23:08 - 2 comments

Okay, so this is the plan. As of October, we are city dwellers in a Philadelphia rowhouse. Our outdoor space is a teeny, tiny backyard (but, hey, we have one!) and a front porch. We could probably spill out onto the sidewalk some, but anything there is ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/17/2010 - 12:17 - 10 comments

Oh, have we ever earned spring this year. Today was up to 60. And sunny. I took the kids to the arboretum, so we could soak in the sunshine and fresh air. We always have fun in their tree adventure area. For awhile I couldn't find them, as ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/10/2010 - 00:08 - 0 comments